- Apple
- Austin, TX
- Full-Time
- 45 days ago
Power Engineer.
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- The Role:This role is for an engineer focused on CPU power analysis and optimisation within hardware design.
- The Person:The person will drive CPU power budgeting, measurement and analysis, study power reduction opportunities with micro-architects and design teams, and work on power optimisation across pre-silicon and gate-level designs.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has a master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or a related field, five years of experience, and experience with Synopsys Prime Power, RTL-based power analysis, and physical design flows.
About the role
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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
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