Power Modeling Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING
At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you'll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.
Together, we advance your career.
The Role
As a passionate and dedicated member of the CG SOC Power team, you will collaborate on the next generation of products for some of AMD's most important clients. You will engage in System on Chip and IP power architecture exploration, modeling, and analysis for Customer-specific markets and workloads.

The Person
Self-driven and motivated individual who enjoys exploring power topics and working across multiple teams to deliver the best possible Perf/W.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate closely with CG customers to understand unique customer market requirements, workloads, and use cases of interest to customer-specific applications.
• Work across AMD and with CG architects to utilize the company's power management feature set to create an optimal customer-focused solution.
• Integrate with SOC and IP Architects to understand the SOC and IP design architecture, to ensure features of interest are properly implemented and optimally architected.
• Collect data from silicon which can be used for power modeling projections
• Construct an SOC power model within AMD modeling framework that is uniquely tailored for AMD CG customer-specific requirements.
• Analyze power modeling results and use these to drive design teams towards best practices for reducing power.
• Conduct power modeling simulations using RTL netlists for customer specific applications and workloads using AMD's power modeling environment.
• Collaborate with power management firmware architects, optimize firmware routines and optimize system power and performance.
• Optimize customer use cases in terms of absolute power and in relative performance per watt.

Preferred Experience

• Excellent organization, and communication skills.
• Very good understanding of CPU, GPU, IO, and computer system architecture.
• Good understanding of device physics, related to power dissipation.
• Meticulous attention to details.
• Platform power measurement and prototyping.
• Working experience of UNIX/Linux operating systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with VCS-NLP simulations, Primetime PX, Power Artist, or similar EDA power simulation tool.
• Optionally experience with UPF power intent is helpful.

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor of Science degree with emphasis in Electrical Engineering, Computer architecture, or Computer Science with commercial experience required, or
• Master of Science degree with emphasis in Electrical Engineering, Computer architecture, or Computer Science

LOCATION:
Shanghai

Benefits offered are described:
AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.