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Power Engineer

Austin, TXOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Synopsys Prime Power
  • RTL
  • physical design
  • gate level
  • CPU power budgets
  • CPU power projections
  • CPU microarchitecture
  • scripting
  • dynamic power
  • leakage power

Role summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Power Engineer in Austin, Texas, to drive CPU power analysis, budgeting, and optimization. This role involves extensive collaboration with Micro-architects, RTL, physical designers, and library/technology teams to identify and implement power reduction opportunities. Responsibilities include defining power metrics, optimizing design operating points, partnering with CAD teams on tools and methodologies, and modeling CPU power contributions. The position requires a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or a related field, with 5 years of experience in power analysis, budgeting, and optimization using tools like Synopsys Prime Power, RTL-based analysis, and physical design flows.

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Description


APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Drive the budgeting, measurement, and analysis of overall CPU power. Work extensively with Micro-architects, RTL, physical designers, library and technology teams to study and drive power reduction opportunities. Collaborate closely with Micro-architect and RTL team to define traces and metrics of interest to track power for various use cases. Work with the design implementation team and optimize design operating points and power efficiency. Partner with CAD and driving tools and methodologies for power optimization. Collaborate closely with the SOC team to model and optimize CPU contribution of power. 40 hours/week.

Minimum Qualifications


Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Experience and/or education must include: Working with Synopsys© Prime Power for power analysis and optimization tasks. Performing RTL-based power analysis to evaluate design power consumption. Developing and managing CPU power budgets to ensure designs meet power targets. Creating CPU power projections to forecast power consumption across different operating scenarios. Analyzing and understanding CPU microarchitecture to inform design decisions and optimizations. Writing scripts and developing programs to automate engineering workflows and analysis tasks. Utilizing physical design flows and tools to analyze power consumption at gate level. Utilizing power efficiency analysis for a project and comparison to all previous projects. Working with physical design implementation team on pre-silicon dynamic and leakage power convergence including efficient clocking structures and power aware data path optimization

Preferred Qualifications


N/A

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