CPU Power Engineer

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Description

As a CPU Power Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Analyze and estimate the power impact of implementing new micro-architectural features
• Generate power rollups and projected estimates from initial to mature net lists through the lifecycle of a project
• Analyze power contributions to generate opportunities for recovery in physical implementation as well as RTL
• Create power projections factoring in expected cost of convergence and implementation and refine the process

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

Perl/Python and TCL scripting experience from industry usage
Experience with CPU architecture and implementation
The ideal candidate should have broad knowledge related to micro-architecture, physical implementation, auto place and route tools, STA, spice, logic design, and device physics
Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications for high performance and high frequency designs
CMOS circuit design and analysis skills
Experience with industry standard power analysis tools like PrimePower and PowerArtist