ASIC Power Engineer

Job Description

Join Apple's wireless silicon development team to work on power modeling, analysis, and correlation tasks for wireless communication SoCs.

Requirements

• BS and 3+ years of relevant experience
• ASIC power knowledge
• Power tool (e.g. PTPX and Power Artist) knowledge and experience
• Understanding of ASIC logic design
• Knowledge of low power design and UPF
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Shell, Perl, or Python)
• Basic knowledge of common SOC components (e.g. CPU, fabric, peripherals, PCIe)
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Responsibilities

• Define power-efficient SOC architecture and schemes, write power spec
• Estimate pre-silicon power, build wireless application and atomic power model with high accuracy
• Define and generate power vectors with Design and DV support
• Collect pre-silicon power data using power flow and tools
• Analyze and identify power reductions
• Support post-silicon power correlation