Apple

SoC Power Modeling Engineer

Apple$120K — $160K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field
  • Minimum 10 years of industry experience
  • 3+ years experience in SOC power modeling
  • Strong programming skills
  • Deep understanding of low-power digital design and power fundamentals
  • Experience with EDA tools and VLSI design flow
  • Knowledge of thermal control loops and throttling mechanisms

Responsibilities

  • Model power dissipation and power delivery for SOCs
  • Establish voltages for DVFM states of various IPs
  • Create models for customer-specific use cases
  • Collaborate with technology and silicon validation teams
  • Correlate power models with hardware data through lab testing

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge ASIC designs
  • Collaborative environment across diverse teams
  • Involvement in power optimization for next-gen SOCs
  • Engagement with silicon characterization and validation process
  • Growth potential within a leading tech company
Full Job Description
SoC Power Modeling Engineer You will be part of the team responsible for designing state-of-the-art ASICs that are integral to many Apple products. We are looking for an engineer who will work on the modeling of power dissipation of various IPs including AI/ML and the corresponding power rails, peak current requirements and voltage-frequency operating points for upcoming generations of Apple SOCs. This role provides an opportunity to participate in optimization of a variety of leading edge chips for power-efficiency. You will collaborate across many teams including architecture, design, thermals, PMIC and system design to model power and current profiles for various IPs of the SOC, and the voltages-frequency operating points. The job also involves partnering with the lab and silicon characterization/validation and technology teams on correlating the models to the HW data. Your main responsibilities will be: - Modeling power dissipation and power delivery, - Establishing voltages for DVFM states of IPs, including Neural Engines, CPUs, Graphics, compute (AI/ML) accelerators, media IPs, caches and fabric. - Modeling power dissipation for customer use-cases. - Interacting with the Technology team, Silicon Validation, and Product Engineering teams to establish voltage-frequency design points pre- and post- silicon. - Working with the power lab and test teams to correlate models to HW data. A minimum of a bachelor's degree in relevant field and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience. Our ideal candidate should have 3+ years relevant experience, programming skills and an understanding of low-power digital design and power fundamentals. You should also have the following: Understanding of SOC power modeling and current demand. Understanding of electrical properties of on-die PDN, power gating, package and system power delivery. Skills in scripting, data analysis and experience with EDA tools. Understanding of VLSI design flow and CMOS technology. Extensive background in EE. Ability to understand and model thermal control loops and throttling mechanisms. Familiarity with physical design tools for power optimization. Great teammate and excellent communication skills.

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Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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