Power Methodology and Modelling Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Santa Clara, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The focus of this role is to drive SoC power efficiency methodology with a primary focus on RTL and architecture. The engineer will support the development of IP and SoC power models, analyze power-performance tradeoffs, and identify opportunities to improve power efficiency across AMD products.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Strong foundation in RTL design, digital logic, and SoC architecture, with exposure to CPU, memory subsystems, fabrics, I/O, clocking, or power-management features.
Experience with, or strong interest in, RTL power analysis, low-power design techniques, power methodology, and power-efficiency optimization.
Understanding of power-management concepts and how architecture and RTL design decisions impact SoC power and performance.
Exposure to power modeling, power projection, and model-based power analysis methodologies.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and drive power-efficiency opportunities across engineering disciplines.
Programming and scripting experience, with Python preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hardware emulation and the use of emulation traces for power projection and analysis is a plus.
Interest in learning and growing expertise in SoC power modeling, methodology development, power projection, validation, and correlation.

Responsibilities

Contribute to SoC power methodology, RTL power analysis, and optimization to improve power efficiency across the SoC.
Collaborate with architecture, RTL design, verification, and power teams to identify, evaluate, and implement power-efficiency features and enhancements.
Analyze power and performance tradeoffs using power models, RTL simulations, workloads, and design data to support product power targets.
Evaluate simulation and emulation traces for power projection and correlate projections with power-model predictions and silicon data when available.
Support the development and continuous improvement of SoC power models and methodologies, with opportunities to grow ownership of power-modeling activities.
Analyze power results, identify key power contributors and anomalies, and work with design teams to drive RTL power optimizations.
Drive power-efficiency ideas from concept through RTL implementation, validation, and measurable power improvements.
Apply power methodology and analysis techniques to identify and implement RTL and SoC-level power-efficiency enhancements.