SoC Power and Thermal Modeling Engineer

AheadComputing, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits package

Collaborative team environment

Professional growth opportunities

Flexible and inclusive culture

Job summary

AheadComputing, Inc. is seeking an experienced power and thermal modelling engineer to build product-level models and drive design decisions. The role focuses on translating component data into actionable power envelopes and temperature limits, supported by workload-driven analyses.

You will set operating targets, develop robust tooling, and collaborate with CPU teams to ensure models reflect real silicon behavior and guide trade-offs for performance and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years in power modelling, power and thermal analysis, or related discipline.
• Working understanding of power and thermal fundamentals — dynamic and leakage power, supply droop, di/dt, thermal limits.
• Demonstrated experience building models from component-level data and defending results.
• Proficiency in Python for modelling, data analysis and automation.
• Clear written communication; models used by others to understand limits.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain product-level power and thermal models from component-level inputs.
• Model power delivery network behaviour and translate into sustainable operating points.
• Set and hold TDP envelopes, typical and peak operating points, and all-core frequency targets.
• Run workload-driven power analysis using benchmarks and traces.
• Produce sensitivity studies showing architectural levers that move power and by how much.
• Correlate projections against measured silicon and feed back into model fidelity.
• Supply power numbers to architecture trade-off studies to influence outcomes.
• Build tooling, assumptions and documentation so models are usable by non-authors.

Skills

Power modelling

Thermal analysis

Python

Communication

Model validation

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in EE/CE/CS

Tools

Python

Job description

• Develop and maintain product-level power and thermal models that project real behaviour from component-level inputs.
• Model power delivery network behaviour, supply droop, di/dt, leakage and thermal limits, and translate them into what the design can sustain rather than what it can peak at.
• Set and hold TDP envelopes, typical and peak operating points, and all-core sustained frequency targets.
• Run workload-driven power analysis using representative benchmarks and workload traces.
• Produce sensitivity studies that show which architectural levers actually move power, and by how much.
• Correlate projections against measured silicon as it becomes available, and feed the error back into model fidelity.
• Supply power numbers to architecture trade-off studies on a timescale that lets them influence the outcome.
• Build the tooling, assumptions and documentation so the models are usable by people who did not write them.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years in power modelling, power and thermal analysis, or a closely related discipline.
• Working understanding of power and thermal fundamentals — dynamic and leakage power, supply droop, di/dt, thermal limits — sufficient to reason about them as model inputs.
• Demonstrated experience building models from component-level data and defending the results.
• Proficiency in Python for modelling, data analysis and automation.
• Clear written communication; these models are used by people who need to understand their limits.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• SoC or CPU power estimation methodology, especially pre-silicon to post-silicon correlation.
• RTL-based power analysis and physical-design power convergence.
• Power delivery network modelling and voltage regulator behaviour.
• Working knowledge of DVFS, adaptive voltage scaling, and voltage-frequency curve modelling.
• Thermal modelling, including package-level thermal behaviour.
• High-performance or server-class CPU experience; RISC-V a plus.
• Familiarity with advanced TSMC nodes and power scaling across node transitions.

What We Offer

• Own the power and thermal envelope every product projection is built on
• Competitive compensation & benefits package
• Collaboration with talented engineers passionate about cutting-edge CPU technologies.
• Opportunities for professional growth in an innovative, fast-paced environment
• A flexible and inclusive work culture