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 at the SoC and system levels, including AI/ML use cases. The role contributes to power-efficiency optimization of leading-edge chips for Apple products and collaborates with architecture, SoC design, system design, software, technology, product engineering, silicon validation, and lab teams. The engineer also helps define SoC-level power targets and power delivery, and correlates power models with silicon data.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• At least 3 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 for Neural Engines, CPUs, graphics, AI/ML compute accelerators, media IPs, caches, and fabric.
• Model power dissipation for customer use cases.
• Work with system designers, technology, silicon validation, and product engineering teams to define SoC-level power targets and power delivery.
• Collaborate with power lab and test teams to correlate models with silicon data.
• Contribute to silicon optimization and silicon/model correlation efforts for mobile SoC design.

What This Job Offers

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