Server Chipset Power Engineer

-; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 211,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Server Chipset Power Engineer, where you'll leverage your extensive experience in power estimation and optimization to develop cutting-edge server solutions. Collaborate with world-class engineers to create innovative designs that enhance performance and energy efficiency. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-performance systems, pushing the boundaries of technology in a dynamic and collaborative environment. If you're passionate about low power design and eager to make a significant impact in the data center industry, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive annual discretionary bonus

Annual RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in power estimation and optimization.
• Strong fundamentals in digital ASIC design and CMOS circuits.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end power modeling framework for server use cases.
• Collaborate with engineers to optimize power and thermal metrics.

Skills

Power Estimation

CPU Design

SoC Design

Thermal Optimization

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Power Modeling Tools

Simulation Software

Job description

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm Data Center team is developing High performance, Energy efficient server solution for data center applications. We are looking for highly talented, innovative, teamwork-oriented individuals for our cutting-edge technology work!

Our Mission

We are dedicated to transforming the industry by reimagining silicon and developing next-generation computing platforms. By joining our team, you'll collaborate with world-class engineers to create innovative solutions that push the limits of performance, energy efficiency, and scalability. Our focus is on developing server-class high performance solutions that are highly optimized for the needs of the server product.

Position: Server Chipset Power Engineer

We are seeking a highly experienced Server Chipset Power Engineer to join our team. If you possess a deep understanding of Server SoC designs and have a passion for architecting and designing complex, high performance and low power designs at advanced process nodes, we would be pleased to hear from you. This critical role involves estimation, analysis and optimization of Power, Performance and Thermal metrics of Server chipset.

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of CPU and SoC power estimation methodologies and modeling of workloads for datacenter SoCs. The candidate is expected to work with cross-functional teams to develop models for chipset power and optimize hardware and software to meet product KPIs. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential for excelling in this position.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Over 10 years of experience in a combination of power estimation, modeling and optimization of CPU and/or SoCs, and at least 5 years of experience with a high-performance server chip
• Strong expertise in power management of a high-performance system including management of active power, idle low power and silicon/system limits
• Strong fundamentals in digital ASIC design and power of CMOS circuits
• Strong technical documentation skills, along with excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 15 years of experience in low power design and optimization.
• Experience in design and/or analysis of low power features at SoC, chipset and platform level
• Experience in hardware and software co-design of optimizations for low power features
• Experience in power delivery systems including multi-phase bucks and LDOs
• Experience in modeling peak current transients of the various IPs in the system
• Strong understanding of silicon test methodologies for power and thermal optimization
• Proven track record in hyperscale data center solutions
• Familiarity with high performance and low power design techniques

Key Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end power modeling framework to support server use cases.
• Perform tradeoff analysis for various workloads / usecases.
• Identify gaps relative to targets and propose feature enhancements to meet product KPIs.
• Collaborate with IP, SoC and Platform power and thermal engineers to optimize KPIs of the system
• Must have good communication skills and able to work in dynamic environment with top level engineers and technologists

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$211,900.00 - $349,600.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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