Sr. SoC Modeling Engineer, Hardware Compute Group

California Jobs; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team as a Sr. SoC Modeling Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in architecting and delivering software models for cutting-edge consumer electronics. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work with innovative technologies and collaborate with talented professionals across various disciplines. Your expertise in SystemC and performance analysis will be key in shaping the future of high-profile devices. If you are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to world-class hardware development, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in SW modeling and HW performance analysis.
• Strong skills in SystemC, C++, and flow automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build SW models for custom SoCs.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for hardware device development.

Skills

SW modeling of HW using SystemC

C++ & TLM2.0

HW architectural performance analysis

Flow automation (Perl/Python/tcl/bash)

Embedded SW understanding

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE, CE, or CS

Job description

The Amazon Devices team designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, including the best-selling Kindle family of products. We have also produced innovative devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo, and the Astro personal robot. What will you help us create?

As a Sr. SoC Modeling Engineer, you will be part of a pre-silicon platform team responsible for delivering SW models of custom SoCs for use in architectural exploration and early SW development. In this role, you will be responsible for architecting, building and debugging modeling environments for both custom in-house IPs and SoCs. You will own the design, build, test and delivery of these models.

Key job responsibilities
You will work closely with multi-disciplinary groups including Product Architecture, Audio Technology, Computer Vision, Hardware Engineering, and Software Engineering, to define solutions that enable development of world-class hardware devices. In this role, you will:

- Architect SW models of HW IP and SoCs that can be used to determine both function and performance
- Define methodologies that allow early performance and power modeling and ease of reuse across all pre-silicon platforms
- Implement and test SW models (SystemC C/C++ )
- Define workloads and tune models to produce actionable performance metrics
- Support multiple customers; architecture, design verification, SW
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree or higher in EE, CE, or CS
- 7+ years experience in SW modeling of HW using SystemC / C++ & TLM2.0
- 7+ years experience of HW architectural performance analysis using modeling
- Flow automation experience with Perl / Python / tcl / bash
- Good understanding of embedded SW running on both bare metal and Linux
- Must have good communication and analytical skills
- Should be able to work closely with design teams and software teams across multiple sites



PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience leading design verification and validation efforts for new SoCs
- Experience with RTL design and software development
- Have in depth knowledge of entire SoC development process from requirements through specification, design, verification, and validation


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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.