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Principal SoC Power Architect

United States, Oregon, Hillsboro💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-25

Core

Model processor SoC power for various workloads and generate power-constrained performance projections to inform SoC architecture definition.

Role type

Principal SoC Power Architect

Builds

SoC architectures and power management solutions for datacenter processors

Domain

Semiconductor / SoC Design / Power Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

SoC power modeling, power-constrained performance analysis, silicon process knowledge, power management mechanisms, RTL collaboration, physical design collaboration, post-Si validation, PnP impact evaluation

Preferred skills

Datacenter processor SoC architecture experience

Technologies

RTL, physical design tools, power modeling tools

Responsibilities

Model processor SoC power for a range of workloads; generate power constrained performance projections; contribute to SoC architecture definition based on modeling results; augment and track power modeling for IP's and SoC's across generations; collaborate with RTL and physical design teams to propose power optimization techniques; collaborate with silicon manufacturing and validation teams on post-Si planning, guidance, projection, and debug; evaluate PnP impact of power management features in pre-Si and post-Si.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic architecture input

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