SoC Power Spec Engineer

Apple • Austin, TX

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About The Position

As part of Apple’s Silicon Engineering group, the SoC Power Spec Engineer models power dissipation across IPs, applications, and SOC/system levels for Apple products, including AI/ML workloads. The role supports optimization of leading-edge chips for power efficiency and collaborates with architecture, SOC design, system design, software, technology, validation, and product engineering teams. It also partners with lab and silicon characterization and validation teams to correlate power models with silicon data.

The position involves developing insights into silicon optimization and contributing to mobile SoC design and model-to-silicon correlation efforts. Responsibilities include modeling power at the SOC level and for customer use cases, defining SOC-level power targets and power delivery with partner teams, and correlating models to silicon measurements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• At least 10 years of relevant industry experience.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE).
• Deep knowledge of SOC architecture and power modeling.
• Deep understanding of SOC building blocks, including CPU, GPU, caches, memory, and media IPs.
• Skills in scripting and data analysis.
• Understanding of VLSI design flow and CMOS technology, with an electrical engineering background.
• Ability to understand and model thermal control loops and throttling mechanisms.
• Strong teamwork and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Model power dissipation at the SOC level, including Neural Engines, CPUs, graphics, AI/ML compute accelerators, media IPs, caches, and fabric.
• Model power dissipation for customer use cases.
• Work with system designers, the technology team, silicon validation, and product engineering teams to define SOC-level power targets and power delivery.
• Work with power lab and test teams to correlate models with silicon data.
• Collaborate with architects, silicon design engineers, software developers, and other teams on silicon optimization and model-to-silicon correlation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior