Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Datacenter Power and Performance Modeling Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $120K — $160K *
Santa Clara, CA 95051In-Person
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
2 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
  • Experience in SoC Level Power/Performance projections and optimization
  • Knowledge of power modeling for digital and analog IPs
  • Familiarity with digital logic physical design and power management techniques
  • Desirable Verilog RTL coding experience, especially for low power designs
  • Experience in post-silicon power/performance debug and model correlation
  • Proficiency in Excel-based data analysis and scripting in Ruby or Python

Responsibilities

  • Conduct pre-silicon power modeling and performance projections
  • Support setting PPA targets for hardware IPs, firmware, and software
  • Collaborate with engineering teams across various domains to attain PPA goals
  • Perform post-silicon calibration and power/performance debugging
  • Analyze workloads to identify power behavior and optimization potential
  • Automate tasks through scripting and develop tools for broader use

Benefits

  • Comprehensive AMD benefits package
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Collaborative team environment across global sites
Full Job Description
THE ROLE:

AMD's Datacenter Performance Group is seeking talented, motivated engineers to drive the Power Constrained Performance of our industry-leading AI/ML/HPC GPUs. The role will involve many aspects of Perf@Power attainment, including pre-Si power modeling, post-Si correlation, workload analysis, setting PPA targets and driving attainment, power/perf roll-ups and reporting, methodology innovations and development. Being passionate about performance and power efficiency is a key ingredient for success in this role.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for performance and power efficiency. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Pre-silicon power modeling (HW-IP, SoC, Multi-GPU nodes/clusters), Power-constrained Performance projections and Reporting
  • Support Pre-silicon PPA target setting (for HW IPs, FW and SW)
  • Support PPA attainment by working with various engineering functions including SOC architecture, System Design, IP Design, Foundry team, Physical Design, Software, Power Management, Post-si validation
  • Post Si calibration of models and Power/Performance debug
  • Analyzing key workloads for power behaviors and optimization opportunities
  • Scripting and coding to automate routine tasks, building new tools for wider usage


KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Background in Computer Architecture, Power and Performance
  • Experience in Soc Level Power/Performance projections, modeling and optimization
  • Experience in power modeling for digital and analog IPs
  • Familiarity with digital logic physical design and power management techniques (clock gating, power gating, V-F curves, p-states, on-die voltage regulation, clock integrity, etc..)
  • Verilog RTL coding experience/understanding is desirable, especially low power design techniques
  • Experience in post-silicon power/performance debug, model correlation
  • Knowledge of DL/ML/LLM workloads will be a bonus
  • Fluency in Excel based data analysis & charting, scripting experience in Ruby, Python


ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering


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Learn more about Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
Size
15,500 employees
Market Cap
$100.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+30.9%
Revenue
$9.7 billion
NASDAQ
AMD
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