SOC Power Design Engineer – Sr Staff

• Work with cross-functional teams on SoC Power and architecture for mobile SoC ASICs.

  Skills/Experience

  • At least 4-12 years of experience are required in the following areas:
  • Low power intent concepts and languages (UPF or CPF)
  • Power estimation and reduction tools (PowerArtist/PTPX,Calypto)
  • Power dissipation and power savings techniques- Dynamic clock and voltage scaling
  • Power analysis (Leakage and dynamic) and thermal impacts
  • Power Software features for power optimization
  • Voltage regulators including Buck and Low Drop out
  • ASIC Power grids and PCB Power Distribution Networks

  Additional skills in the following areas are a plus:

  • Mobile Baseband application processors chipset and power grid understanding
  • UPF-based synthesis and implementation using Design Compiler
  • Structural low power verification tools like CLP or MVRC
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

• Responsibilities

  • Defining chip and macro level power domains
  • System Level Power Modeling
  • Mixed signal power analysis
  • Power Island/Power Gating/Power Isolation
  • Structural Low power design of level shifter and isolation cell topology and associated rules
  • Architectural analysis and development of digital power optimization logic/circuits/SW
  • Work with Power Management IC developers for power grid planning
  • Creating detailed architecture and implementation documents

  Education Requirements

  • Required: Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering
  • Preferred: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering

Level of Responsibility:

•    Works independently with minimal supervision.

•    Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.

•    Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.

•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc. 

•    Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.