Platform Power and Performance Architect

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Oregon, Hillsboro, United States

Intel is seeking a Platform Power and Performance Architect to influence and drive technical direction across Intel and industry for client platforms. Responsibilities include developing test plans for deep learning models, defining and conducting power/performance experiments, analyzing workloads using tracing techniques, developing tools for analysis, and researching power optimization technologies. The role requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field with significant experience in computing system architecture, processor architecture, power management, or thermal management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and execute test plans leveraging experience to compile deep learning models with various compile flag options applied.
  2. Define, scope, and conduct power and performance design of experiments to analyze workload sensitivities based on SoC and platform metrics.
  3. Deliver power and performance analysis that leverages various tracing techniques (Emon, hardware events, and IP/memory cache behavior) to decompose workloads.
  4. Develop/modify tools to analyze platform power and performance, important use cases, and relevant workloads to identify power and performance bottlenecks and opportunities.
  5. Research platform and die voltage conversion technologies to optimize power efficiency and implement software power optimization capabilities to meet power and performance targets for a platform.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years of relevant experience OR Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 3+ years of relevant experience
  • Computing system architecture
  • Processor architecture
  • Processor micro-architecture
  • Workload decomposition
  • Power management
  • Energy management
  • Thermal management

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of Client PC computing power and performance management architecture
  • Demonstrated understanding of Intel platform architecture and firmware flows

What the JD emphasized

  • power and performance
  • power optimization