Senior Power Infrastructure Engineer – ASIC/RTL

SiFive, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 206,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

SiFive in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a senior power analysis engineer to develop and deploy methodologies to measure and analyze SiFive IP power consumption. You will partner with design teams to drive accurate power models and measurement infrastructure across architecture and RTL.

The role requires high-level expertise in power benchmarking, ASIC power analysis, and HW/SW development, with a strong track record in large codebases and problem solving. Eligible for US compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Computer Science / Computer Architecture.
• 8+ years of experience in power benchmarking, analysis and modeling.
• Experience with power impacts at architecture, logic design, and circuit levels.
• Knowledge of computer architecture of high performance out‑of‑order CPU designs.
• Experience with ASIC power analysis and optimization.
• Hands‑on expertise with either HW development (RTL/implementation flows, verification/validation, backend flows, FPGA flows) or SW development is a strong plus.
• Competency in software engineering best practices needed to maintain and refactor very large object oriented code bases.
• Self‑starter, fast learner, strong problem‑solving skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy power analysis flows, models to collect and analyze power consumption.
• Correlate power models with RTL and Silicon.
• Develop and deploy power measurement infrastructure.
• Develop power models for architecture exploration and development.

Skills

Power benchmarking

Power analysis

RTL/FPGA flows

ASIC power

CPU architecture

Software engineering

Self-starter

Problem solving

HW/SW development

Education

MS/PhD in Computer Science or Computer Architecture

Tools

RTL/Implementation flows

FPGA flows

Verification/Validation

Backend flows

Job description

SiFive in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a senior power analysis engineer to develop and deploy methodologies to measure and analyze SiFive IP power consumption. You will partner with design teams to drive accurate power models and measurement infrastructure across architecture and RTL.

The role requires high-level expertise in power benchmarking, ASIC power analysis, and HW/SW development, with a strong track record in large codebases and problem solving. Eligible for US compensation and benefits.