Senior Cpu Power Management Architect

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Texas, Austin, United States +1

This role focuses on CPU power management architecture, including defining microarchitecture specifications, exploring new power management solutions, and collaborating with hardware and software teams. It involves defining mechanisms for DVFS, power states, thermal control, and using machine learning algorithms for power and performance optimization. The role also includes post-silicon debug and tuning.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define end-to-end CPU power management microarchitecture, including the design and specification of hardware mechanisms for dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), power state transitions (C-states and P-states), thermal control, hotspot detection and mitigation, droop mitigation, ICCMAX enforcement, reset flow architecture, Machine learning algorithms for power and performance, power delivery and power gating techniques, as well as telemetry and debug capabilities.
  2. Explore new approaches and devise novel power management and thermal management solutions that deliver optimized CPUs for multiple segments, from high-performance computing to extreme low-power applications.
  3. Collaborate with RTL designers, SoC architects, and firmware/OS teams to ensure power management algorithms are implemented correctly and interface seamlessly with software.
  4. Review and influence cross-functional roadmaps and collaborate with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during project execution.
  5. Participate in the post silicon debug and tuning of silicon. You will compare real-world power/performance data against your pre-silicon models to close the gap between theoretical projections and actual hardware results.

Skills

Required

  • CPU architecture fundamentals
  • microarchitecture design
  • low-power design
  • RTL development
  • System Verilog
  • debug microarchitecture and simulation issues
  • solve complex design problems
  • system-level power and thermal constraints
  • define and analyze power/performance KPIs
  • drive architectural decisions based on data
  • hardware/firmware/software co-design for complex power management systems
  • 10+ years of experience working in CPU and SOC power management and thermal management architecture

Nice to have

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • leadership roles or team management
  • Effective collaboration skills
  • influence cross-functional roadmaps
  • Passion for driving innovation

What the JD emphasized

  • Machine learning algorithms for power and performance