silicon validation engineer

Amazon Web Services

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">DESCRIPTION</h2><div>
Annapurna Labs, an AWS organization with development centers in the U.S. and Israel, builds custom silicon and software for AWS customers. Our team combines cloud-scale innovation with world-class expertise across silicon engineering, hardware design, verification, software, and operations to tackle technical challenges that have never been seen before. 
 
Join our Silicon Validation team to validate next-generation machine learning accelerators that power AWS's cloud computing infrastructure. You'll work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry on cutting-edge, internet-scale technology that directly impacts how customers use Machine Learning acceleration. We are changing the landscape of cloud infrastructure by accelerating the development of custom silicon by moving beyond traditional partnerships to dominate in AI training and inference. 
 
Your work will span validation of the complete vertical stack&mdash;silicon, PCB, high-speed components (HBM, PCIe, chip-to-chip), inter-system connections, and system-to-system interfaces. You'll dive deep into new technology hardware components and scaling technologies that power our Machine Learning boards and servers at scale, ensuring every component of our hardware and software comes together into products our customers rely on. 
 
Key job responsibilities 
As a Validation Engineer on our Machine Learning Acceleration team, you'll lead and own critical validation aspects across the entire product development lifecycle&mdash;from early design validation through emulation, silicon bring-up, post-silicon validation, and ongoing support of production systems deployed in AWS data centers. You'll collaborate deeply with architecture, RTL design, design verification, firmware, and software teams to ensure our next-generation AI/ML accelerators meet the highest standards of quality and performance. This role requires bridging multiple domains and broad scope of impact&mdash;from low-level hardware interfaces to high-level ML workloads&mdash;to deliver exceptional results. 
 
We are looking for candidates with: 
<ul><li>Strong programming skills (Python, Lua, C/C++, Rust, Go, etc)</li><li>A solid understanding of computer architecture and chip/system validation methodologies</li><li>Experience with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD</li><li>Firmware testing and/or development (BIOS, BMC, drivers)</li><li>Domain expertise in any of these areas: PCIe, HBM, GPUs, neural networks, ML HW architecture</li><li>Knowledge of the full validation lifecycle from RTL simulation (SystemVerilog/UVM, VCS, Questa, Xcelium) and emulation (Palladium, Zebu, Veloce) through silicon failure analysis and debug</li></ul> 
A day in the life 
<ul><li>Developing comprehensive validation strategies and leads new methodologies to improve validation coverage and time to root cause.</li><li>Role models detailed test plans covering functional, performance, power, and stress testing from silicon bring-up to product release</li><li>Mentors and provides direction to junior validation engineers</li><li>Executes complex test plans from RTL simulation and emulation environments through physical silicon validation</li><li>Handing complex debug including hands-on silicon bring-up and debug in the lab using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers</li><li>Validating ML accelerator performance, accuracy, and reliability using real-world neural network workloads</li><li>Building test infrastructure, CI/CD, and automated regression frameworks to enable efficient validation at scale</li><li>Collaborating across architecture, design, firmware, and software teams to triage failures and drive root cause analysis to closure</li><li>Reviewing test results, identifying patterns, and providing feedback to improve design quality and validation coverage</li><li>Delivering new tests to production systems in AWS data centers and manufacturing to improve fleet health</li></ul></div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience</li><li>2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience</li><li>Experience programming with at least one software programming language</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience</li><li>Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent</li></ul> 
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 
 
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company&rsquo;s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
 
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. 
USA, CA, Cupertino - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually 
USA, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually</div>

Post-Silicon Systems Software Validation Engineer, Annapurna Labs

Apple

In this position, the candidate will be working for the Hardware Validation Engineering (HVE) team on post-Silicon hardware system validation of next generation Mac systems. Our Engineering Team is responsible for architecting methods to test new system hardware with the macOS environment to catch issues early in the hardware life cycle. You will be a key technical and logistical contributor and will utilize your in-depth data analytic skills to help provide insight into Hardware behaviors related to Silicon and System performance, power, temperature and fault / error issues. 
 
Description 
 
As a Data Scientist / Analyst within the Hardware team your job responsibilities will include: 
 
Analyze large-scale hardware telemetry including power rails, thermal sensors, Power Silicon and SoC counters and performance logs, and stress-test measurements etc. 
 
Apply statistical modeling and ML techniques to identify anomalies, drift, hardware degradation patterns, and emerging failure signatures. 
 
Develop feature extraction pipelines tailored to silicon behavior-examples: rate-of-change of thermal zones, correlation of voltage droops with workload transitions, PMU-based bottleneck signatures. 
 
Build predictive models that estimate performance/power deviations, reliability risks, or stress-induced failures. 
 
Create clear, high-signal visualizations (e.g., multi-axis time-series overlays, workload-power envelopes, thermal gradients, event timelines) to support hardware debug and performance analysis. 
 
Automate root-cause discovery workflows using statistical correlations, temporal pattern detection, clustering of abnormal runs, and hardware-aware signal decomposition. 
 
Work closely with silicon design, system validation, and performance engineering teams to turn data insights into actionable design or validation recommendations. 
 
Continuously refine modeling and feature engineering methods as new hardware blocks, sensors, counters, and test modes become available. 
 
Data Extraction, Parsing and Storage own the pipeline for extraction and and storage into Databases and the structure. 
 
Preferred Qualifications 
 
Experience with dashboard platforms (Grafana, InfluxDB, Plotly Dash, Tableau). 
 
Familiarity with test automation data, debug logs, or hardware lab measurement tools. 
 
Experience in product validation, reliability, performance characterization, or silicon bring-up. 
 
Minimum Qualifications 
 
Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science. 
 
Data Science / Statistical Expertise: Ability to handle asynchronous, high-frequency hardware telemetry and create anomaly detection based algorithms. 
 
Programming &amp; Tools: Python skills (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Plotly). 
 
Ability to write clean, reproducible analytical scripts for large datasets. SQL and experience working with validation data warehouses. 
 
Visualization Skills: Must be comfortable creating custom plots and interactive exploratory visualizations using Python and other analytical tools. 
 
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant . 
 
Pay &amp; Benefits 
 
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $126,800 and $220,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 
 
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. 
 
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Software Development Engineer - Data

<div>As part of our Silicon Engineering group, you will take imaginative and revolutionary ideas and determine how to turn them into reality! You and your team will apply engineering fundamentals and start from scratch if needed, bringing forward-thinking ideas to the real world. Join us, and you will help design products that bring to our customers experiences they&rsquo;ve never before envisioned! 
 
You will be part of an exciting silicon design group that is responsible for designing state-of-the-art ASICs. We have an extraordinary opportunity for Validation Engineers. 
 
The SoC hardware development team is looking for a motivated engineer to fill a full-time position. The primary role is to engage in power hardware validation and analysis of typical SoC workloads. The analysis of the workloads and their power dissipation will help drive the power optimization efforts to achieve best-in-class power/performance. 
 
Description 
 
Imagine yourself at the center of our SOC design effort, collaborating with all fields, playing a strategic role of getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. You will have the opportunity to integrate and come-up with new ideas, as well as work with a team of industrious engineers. As a member of the SoC power team, you will get involved in the power validation efforts of mobile SoCs. 
 
The main responsibilities of this role are: 
 
<ul><li>Measure in silicon power dissipation of typical workloads (e.g., video streaming, video recording, etc.), analyze data, and correlate measurements with simulation results.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Have a close collaboration with design, architecture, systems, and software teams, hence strong communication and teamwork skills are essential.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Perform silicon power measurements and correlate with simulations/projections.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Work with multi-functional teams to enable use-case power measurements.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Improve use-case energy efficiency through tuning of hardware and software settings.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Improve power measurement infrastructure.</li></ul> 

Preferred Qualifications 
 
We are looking for applicants with experience in phenomenal programming skills and understanding of low-power digital design and power fundamentals, including: 
 
<ul><li>Expertise on C/Assembly programming and associated tool chains.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Use of basic lab equipment such as multi-meter units, oscilloscopes, etc.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Calculations for dynamic and static power in CMOS.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Strong communication skills and ability to work as a team.</li></ul> 

Minimum Qualifications 
 
A minimum of a bachelor's degree in relevant field and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience. 
 
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant . 
 
Pay &amp; Benefits 
 
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $139,500 and $258,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 
 
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. 
 
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.</div>

SoC Power Validation Engineer

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">DESCRIPTION</h2><div>
Our Machine Learning Acceleration (MLA) team designs and develops the SOCs that power today's AI workloads across datacenters worldwide. As an ASIC Design Methodologies and Infrastructure Engineer, you'll play a foundational role in the project by automating design flows and building large-scale solutions that accelerate silicon development and we're just getting started here at Amazon! 
 
We're looking for a strong engineer who is passionate about creating design flows and automation flows that enhance both the productivity and quality of our design team. The ideal candidate brings proven expertise in RTL design and front-end methodologies while having good software skills and a drive for improving and automating flows. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with architects, designers, verification engineers, and other cross-functional team members to refine existing design flows and introduce innovative automation solutions that streamline flows and elevate overall design quality. 
Key job responsibilities 
 
Core Responsibilities: 
 
<ul><li>Develop and implement new methodologies and infrastructure to empower design teams to operate efficiently while maintaining high-quality standards.</li><li>Enhance and build design flows to boost the overall productivity of design teams.</li><li>Collaborate with vendors to evaluate and qualify new design tools and updated tool versions.</li></ul> 
About the team 
Annapurna Labs (our organization within AWS UC) designs silicon and software that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time ago&mdash;even yesterday. Our custom chips, accelerators, and software stacks enable us to take on technical challenges that have never been seen before, and deliver results that help
 
 
Diverse Experiences 
Annapurna values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn&rsquo;t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don&rsquo;t let it stop you from applying. 
 
Work/Life Balance 
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there&rsquo;s nothing we can&rsquo;t achieve in the cloud. 
 
Inclusive Team Culture 
Here at Annapurna, it&rsquo;s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. 
 
Mentorship &amp; Career Growth 
We&rsquo;re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth&rsquo;s Best Employer. That&rsquo;s why you&rsquo;ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">BASIC QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>7+ years of ASIC implementation, synthesis, STA and physical design in deep sub-micron nodes (16nm or smaller) experience</li><li>7+ years of digital design in communication systems experience</li><li>7+ years of full-custom analog or RF layout experience</li><li>7+ years of wireless communications systems and implementation experience</li><li>8+ years of creating and maintaining automation frameworks for Post-Silicon Flow experience</li><li>7+ years of verification in communication systems experience</li><li>5+ years of UVM, C, System C, and scripting experience</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field</li><li>Experience in RTL coding and debug, as well as performance, power, area analysis and trade-offs</li><li>Experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools</li><li>Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation</li></ul> 
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 
 
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company&rsquo;s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
 
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. 
USA, CA, Cupertino - 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 USD annually 
USA, TX, Austin - 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually</div>

Senior ASIC Design Infrastructure & Methodologies engineer, MLA-MI - Annapurna Labs

GlobalFoundries

<div>Аbout GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries (GF) is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world&rsquo;s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GF makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com . 
 
Key Responsibilities:
<ul><li>Design and verify ultra-high-speed AMS circuits for next generation Optical Engines.
</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, refine, and review block-level specifications.
</li><li>Perform transistor level simulations, design optimization, and modeling.
</li><li>Evaluate, measure, and debug silicon prototypes through characterization until high volume production.
</li><li>Contribute to design reviews, documentation, and methodology improvements.
</li></ul>Required Qualifications
<ul><li>12+ Years of Experience
</li><li>Deep industry experience designing High-Speed AMS Blocks/subsystems.
</li><li>Ownership of full design cycles from concept to production.
</li><li>Ability to define architecture, drive specifications, and lead sub-teams, as needed.
</li><li>Expertise in silicon validation, optimization, and yield improvement.
</li><li>BiCMOS high‑speed design expertise (TIAs, PAs &amp; Drivers) is a major plus.
</li></ul>We Offer
<ul><li>Base Salary
</li><li>Equity
</li><li>Annual Bonus Plan
</li>Medical Insurance 
<li>
</li></ul> 
<div><div>Information about our benefits you can find here: https://gf.com/careers/opportunities-in-europe/</div></div></div>

MTS Analog Design

<div>Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you&rsquo;ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You&rsquo;ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you&rsquo;ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple&rsquo;s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. 
 
Work with the best Formal Verification team in the world and acquire experience being at the center of a System-on-a-chip (SoC) design verification effort collaborating with design. Are you passionate about changing the world? We have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly. 
 
Description 
 
As a formal verification engineer working the complete formal verification for single or multiple design blocks and IP&rsquo;s (CPU, Cellular and Connectivity IP, Audio and Image Processing IP, Neural Networks IP, Memory/DMA Controller, Security IP, Peripheral IP, Interconnects, Power management subsystems, etc.), you will be responsible for: 
 
<ul><li>Working with Apple Silicon's world-class Security Enclave design engineers to develop a formal micro-architecture specification</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Developing comprehensive formal verification test plan that includes unique security requirement verification</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Proving properties of the design, finding design bugs, and working closely with design teams to help improve the micro-architecture.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Crafting novel and creative solutions for modelling security attacks and proving robustness of complex design micro-architectures</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Developing and implementing re-usable and optimized formal models and verification code base</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Architecting correct-by-construction design methodologies for improved formal verification efficiency and productivity.</li></ul> 

Preferred Qualifications 
 
Hands on experience with VLSI and digital logic design and verification techniques or formal methods and their application to hardware, software, or systems 
 
Interest in learning and becoming an expert in SoC, CPU, GPU, or Cellular designs 
 
Detail oriented approach and desire to overcome challenges is required. 
 
Formal Method or Formal Verification technologies knowledge is a plus. 
 
Knowledge and experience in interpreting hardware specifications 
 
Temporal logic assertion-based languages such as SVA or PSL. 
 
Experience in using EDA formal tools and tool development experience is plus. 
 
Proficiency in any scripting language with excellent debugging skills. 
 
Excellent interpersonal skills. 
 
Passionate about developing world-class/innovative formal verification solutions. 
 
Exposure to CPU instruction-set architectures, memory consistency or cache coherence principles. 
 
Minimum Qualifications 
 
A minimum of a BS degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field. 
 
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant . 
 
Pay &amp; Benefits 
 
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 
 
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. 
 
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.</div>

Formal Verification Engineer

<div>Do you have a passion for crafting new solutions? As part of our Silicon Engineering group, you will generate ideas and turn them into reality. You will be part of the team responsible for crafting 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 and applications, including AI/ML and power modeling at the SOC/system level for Apple products. 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, SOC design, and system design. The job also involves partnering with the lab and silicon characterization/validation teams on correlating the models to the silicon data. 
 
Description 
 
The job involves collaborating across many fields and playing a role of getting innovative products to millions of customers. You will have the opportunity to build new insights into silicon optimization, as well as work with architects, silicon design engineers, software developers, and be involved in silicon/model correlation efforts of mobile SoC design. 
 
Your main responsibilities will be: 
 
<ul><li>Modeling power dissipation at the SOC level, including Neural Engines, CPUs, Graphics, compute ( AI/ML) accelerators, media IPs, caches and fabric.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Modeling power dissipation for customer use-cases.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Interacting with the System designers, Technology team, Silicon Validation, and Product Engineering teams to define power targets at the SOC level, and the power delivery.</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Working with the power lab and test teams to correlate models to silicon data.</li></ul> 

Preferred Qualifications 
 
We would prefer our SoC Power Spec Engineer to have the following qualifications: 
 
MSEE preferred 
 
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 and background in EE. 
 
Ability to understand and model thermal control loops and throttling mechanisms. 
 
Strong teammate with excellent communication skills. 
 
Minimum Qualifications 
 
A minimum of a bachelor's degree in relevant field and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience. 
 
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant . 
 
Pay &amp; Benefits 
 
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $171,600 and $302,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 
 
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. 
 
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.</div>

SoC Power Spec Engineer

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