The Cpu Architecture Team

AI, agentic workloads, deep learning (DL), high-performance computing (HPC), cloud service providers (CSP), gaming, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles

PrincipalCPUPowerArchitect

$272–431k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Principal CPU Power Architect at The Cpu Architecture Team. Skills: CPU architecture, power consumption, power efficiency, RTL development, process technologies, circuit design, low power techniques. Bridge the gap between architecture, RTL implementation, and physical design. Serve as subject matter expert on power delivery/regulators, power gating, di/dt, and thermal throttling”

What You'll Achieve.

delivering breakthroughs in AI, HPC, and advanced system design; powering transformative applications across industries; expanding into the CPU server market; orchestrating complex workloads with exceptional performance-per-watt efficiency; enabling faster AI model training, agentic use-cases, efficient data processing, and scalable cloud deployments

Industry & Context.

AI, agentic workloads, deep learning (DL), high performance computing (HPC), cloud service providers (CSP), gaming, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience, 15 or more years of relevant experience, Extensive background in CPU architecture, Solid understanding of power consumption, and power efficiency concepts, Experience of RTL development, Detailed understanding of process technologies and circuit design, Well versed in low power techniques that the entire stack from SW, Architecture, RTL, VLSI, and process

Nice to Have

PhD or research experience, Advanced knowledge in the area of physical design, Knowledge of GPU and SOC design, Experience of advanced packaging technologies

What You'll Do.

Bridge the gap between architecture

Serve as subject matter expert on power delivery/regulators

and thermal throttling

Analyze power trade-offs for different die stacking and packaging proposals

Propose and drive improvements related to power and power methodology for our custom CPU cores

How You'll Work.

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