Staff Engineer - SoC Power Architecture
Qualcomm · Posted Sep 22
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's Systems Engineering Group is seeking an experienced SoC Power Architect to drive power-efficient architectures for next-generation SoCs. The role focuses on optimizing and exploring new features to optimize dynamic power, Vmin reduction, leakage power, and use-case energy footprint across SoC infrastructure, including clock tree power, power modelling, lab characterization of SoC infrastructure energy impacts and residency profiles of use-cases, and data analysis.
What you will do
- Exploring new SoC-level power architecture & optimization features, architecture dependencies with different IP blocks. Driving cross-functional technical evaluations of new features across multiple stakeholders
- Energy & latency sensitivity study of dynamic power reduction techniques DVFS, clock gating, power gating, Micro/Macro power collapse periods
- Analyze and optimize Vmin margins, power-performance tradeoffs, and silicon robustness.
- SOC infrastructure power optimization techniques by studying infra utilization based on use-case profiles ,
- Island use-cases flows, constraints in micro & macro -idle power optimization techniques,
- Drive leakage reduction and low-power design techniques across advanced process nodes.
- Evaluate efficient techniques to manage voltage droops, overshoots, thermal & electrical limits
- Handson experience in developing MATLAB models to quantify PPA KPI of power architecture features
- SPICE simulations to backup SOC/System level architecture features heling optimize Voltage droops, overshoots dynamic load-line management
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in SoC Power Architecture, Energy Management & Low-Power Design.
- Strong expertise in:
- Dynamic Power Optimization
- Vmin Analysis and Margining
- Leakage Power Reduction
- Low-Power Design Techniques
- PDN/Power Integrity Analysis
- DVFS, Clock Gating, Power Gating
- Hands-on experience with:
- MATLAB Modeling, SPICE Simulations, Lab power/perf data crunching
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a global leader in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry, including mobile processors, 5G, and on-device artificial intelligence. The company designs and markets digital communications products, semiconductor solutions, and system software used globally across smartphones, automotive solutions, IoT devices, and computing systems. Through extensive R&D and intellectual property licensing, Qualcomm powers a highly interconnected and smarter world.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 50000+ employees
- Founded
- 1985
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $53M raised
- 2018-11-01Grant
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Ann Chaplin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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