Senior Engineer- Power Architecture and Systems Engineer
Core
Drive power-efficient system design and analysis for embedded AI subsystems (DSP/eNPU) focusing on XR and always-on use cases.
Role type
Senior IC power architecture and systems engineer
Builds
Power-optimized LPAI solutions for Mobile, XR, Compute, and IoT platforms
Domain
Semiconductor / Embedded Systems / AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Power modeling, Power analysis, System-level power optimization, Embedded processor architectures (DSP, NPU), Power measurement tools (Kratos), Python programming, Memory systems analysis, Data movement analysis, Cache memory strategies, RTOS, Fixed-point implementation, Low-power optimization techniques
Preferred skills
Qualcomm DSP and LPAI architectures, Audio domain expertise, Always-on AI use cases, ML inference workloads
Technologies
Kratos, Python, DSP, eNPU, TCM, LLC, DDR, RTOS
Responsibilities
Analyze and optimize power consumption of LPAI subsystems, Develop system-level power analysis for audio use cases, Perform detailed data-path and memory-access analysis, Drive power optimization techniques (clock/BW voting, workload partitioning), Collaborate with HW, SW, and PdM teams, Execute lab-based power measurements and correlate with modeling, Support system integration and benchmarking, Document power analysis methodologies
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
