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CPU Power Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Beaverton, OR), Hybrid (Santa Clara, CA)$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

CPU team member focusing on power budgeting, analysis, and identification of recovery opportunities at the cross-section of micro-architecture, RTL, physical design, and technology in high performance designs.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and estimate the power impact of implementing new micro-architectural features
  • Generate power rollups and projected estimates from initial to mature net lists through the lifecycle of a project
  • Analyze power contributions to generate opportunities for recovery in physical implementation as well as RTL
  • Create power projections factoring in expected cost of convergence and implementation and refine the process

Qualifications

  • Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Scripting experience in Perl/Python and TCL
  • Academic or industry experience with CPU architecture and implementation
  • Broad knowledge related to micro-architecture, physical implementation, auto place and route tools, STA, spice, logic design, and device physics
  • Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications for high performance and high frequency designs
  • CMOS circuit design and analysis skills
  • Experience with industry-standard power analysis tools like PrimePower and PowerArtist

Skills

Required:Power analysis and budgetingPower projections and rollupsScripting (Perl/Python, TCL)CPU architecture and implementationPower analysis tools
Nice to have:Physical design tools and STA
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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