Principal Power & Performance Validation Engineer
Core
Lead power, thermal, and performance validation for advanced AI compute silicon and systems, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and scalability across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
Role type
Principal, hands-on IC with people leadership
Builds
AI compute silicon and systems infrastructure
Domain
Semiconductor / AI Hardware / High-Performance Computing
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Power and performance validation, Silicon characterization, SoC architecture, Linux systems, Python programming, Benchmarking and profiling, Hardware/software debugging, Validation methodology design, Data analysis, Cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
AI accelerator/GPU architecture, Pre-silicon modeling, Power management technologies, C/C++ programming, Hardware instrumentation, Large-scale compute systems, Technical team scaling
Technologies
Python, stress-ng, fio, perf, iperf
Responsibilities
Define and lead validation strategies for power, thermal, and performance characterization; Lead, mentor, and support a team of validation engineers; Drive planning and execution of validation activities across multiple projects; Develop comprehensive validation plans covering functional, stress, and corner-case scenarios; Lead post-silicon bring-up and characterization activities; Drive validation of CPU, memory, interconnect, and high-speed I/O subsystems; Develop scalable automation frameworks and regression infrastructure using Python; Design and execute benchmark workloads and performance experiments; Collaborate with architecture, RTL, firmware, and software teams to debug complex issues; Analyze power, thermal, and performance data to identify bottlenecks; Guide development of custom workload generators and micro-benchmarks.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with people leadership
