Graphics Power Analysis & Optimization Engineer
Apple· Hardware
Santa Clara, California, Austin, Texas$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Engineer role in Silicon Technologies to support power activity of GPU development, focusing on power estimation, optimization, and analysis across RTL and gate-level designs for high-performance, power-efficient GPUs.
Responsibilities
- Create early power estimation, power targets and perform what-if analysis at architectural evaluation stage.
- Support RTL and gate-level power rollup and analysis.
- Analyze various GPU workloads to identify power reduction opportunities.
- Evaluate and implement power optimizations in both RTL and gates.
- Identify the best power sign-off tests to improve power analysis coverage.
- Develop flows & heuristics to accelerate power triage on large power data sets.
Qualifications
- BS degree and minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience with low power microarchitecture and implementation.
- Experience with scripting in Python.
- Experience with PowerArtist and/or PTPX.
- Experience in product level power budgeting and projection.
- Experience in writing, simulating and debugging RTL designs.
- Experience in low power ASIC design and implementation techniques.
- Experience in data mining applications to power modeling & triage.
- Experience in power use-case definition and analysis.
- Experience in post-silicon power correlation.
- Experience in power management techniques.
- Excellent communication skills, self-motivated and well organized.
Skills
Required:Power estimationRTL and gate-level power analysisGPU workload analysisPower optimizationData analyticsPython scripting
Nice to have:Power sign-off testingPowerArtist/PTPX
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- retirement benefits
- discounted products and free services
- reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
- potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments
- relocation assistance
- employee stock programs (RSUs, ESPP)
Last updated Oct 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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