Senior Power Systems Engineer

Hp Iq; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Flexible spending account

Generous parental leave

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a Senior Power Systems Engineer to lead architecture and optimization for wearable platforms. The role requires 8+ years of experience in power systems and systems engineering. Candidates should have hands-on expertise in low-power architectures and model building. The position allows for flexibility and autonomy, working in a dynamic environment to contribute to innovative AI-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in power systems, systems engineering, or related domains.
• Experience optimizing multi-core SoCs at the platform or system level.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end system architecture for wearable platforms.
• Build power models and define system use cases.
• Partner with teams to meet power targets.

Skills

Systems thinking

Low-power architecture experience

Model building

Telemetry analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Job description

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates.

We’re assembling a diverse, world‑class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless.

We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human‑centric mindset.

By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work.

Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work.

About the Role

HP IQ is seeking a Senior Power Systems Engineer to drive end‑to‑end system architecture, modelling, and optimisation for wearable platforms. The candidate will build power models, define system use cases and operating modes, partner with product and engineering teams to meet aggressive power targets, and define manufacturing tests and field telemetry for NPI.

The ideal candidate brings strong systems thinking, hands‑on experience with low‑power architectures, and the ability to build models and telemetry to drive trade‑offs from SOC level to board level to maximise user runtime.

What You Might Do

• Power architecture responsibility for a wearable device covering SoC states, sensor, audio, and memory architecture trade‑offs at board level.
• Battery, PCM, and charging profile definition and validation.
• Design power experiments, test plans, and measurement & telemetry mechanisms across firmware and hardware to optimise power and performance.
• Build and maintain system‑level power models to model expected power consumption for user profiles; map power models by subsystem, correlating modelled behaviour with instrumented measurements.
• Define user profiles, power and sleep states, and low‑power operating modes.
• Partner closely with product, hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and regression QA to drive alignment and execution toward power targets.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in power systems, systems engineering, or related domains.
• Experience optimizing multi‑core SoCs, understanding of power systems at the platform or system level.
• Experience building and correlating power models to instrumented tests.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across engineering teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with ARM‑based embedded systems and profilers, including power supplies and power management ICs.
• Experience with power and performance characterisation, validation, and correlation to real system behaviour using bench equipment and scripts in Python or MATLAB.
• Prior experience in computing platforms, servers, workstations, or embedded systems.
• Demonstrated ability to influence system design decisions using data and analysis.
• Experience working in a power‑focused systems or architecture team.

Compensation & Benefits (Full‑Time Employees)

Salary range: $170,000 to $240,000. Final salary offered is based upon multiple factors including individual job‑related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills.

At HP IQ, we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long‑term/short‑term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time‑off policies, including:
  • 4‑12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

What We Offer

• Innovative Work Help shape the future of intelligent computing and workplace transformation.
• Autonomy and Agility Work with the speed and focus of a startup, backed by HP’s scale.
• Meaningful Impact Build AI‑powered solutions that help people and organisations thrive.
• Flexible Work Environment Freedom and flexibility to do your best work.
• Forward‑Thinking Culture We learn fast, stay future‑focused, and imagine what comes next—together.

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