Quik Hire StaffingRemote
Senior Power Design Engineer
United States of America
Full Time
4 weeks ago
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Key skills
RTL-to-GDSII design flowLow-power implementationPower gatingMultiple voltage railsUnified Power Format (UPF)Power analysisPower reductionPrimeTime PXPrimePowerPythonMachine learning frameworksRTL design principlesRTL power optimizationPower-Artistlearn quicklyExplore new ideasIterate rapidlyRAIMLRails
About this role
Quik Hire Staffing is seeking a highly skilled Senior Power Design Engineer to join their team for a full-time role. This position involves performing comprehensive power analysis throughout various design stages and contributing to the development and improvement of power analysis flows.
Responsibilities:
- Perform comprehensive power analysis at various design stages, spanning from RTL to GDSII
- Contribute to the development, improvement, and automation of various power analysis flows, including gathering and analyzing large datasets for power modeling via automated processes
- Investigate and address power inefficiencies, providing actionable feedback to the RTL design team
- Develop and maintain accurate and efficient power modeling and analysis tools and scripts
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality design implementation and signoff
Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience with RTL-to-GDSII design flow usage and development in advanced technology nodes (7nm and below)
- Expertise in low-power implementation and signoff, including power gating, multiple voltage rails, and unified power format (UPF) usage
- Proven experience in power analysis and reduction utilizing industry-standard tools such as PrimeTime PX/PrimePower
- Proficiency in scripting languages, with a strong emphasis on Python and ML/AI frameworks
- Working knowledge of RTL design principles
- Experience in RTL power optimization using specialized tools like Power-Artist
- Ability to learn quickly, explore new ideas, and iterate rapidly to achieve optimal results
- Experience with synthesis and place and route (P&R) flows (desired)
- Experience analyzing intellectual property (IP) design for power characteristics and building run-time estimation models for use by software/firmware teams (desired)