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Staff Power and Thermal Management is a technical leadership role within the Software Engineering team focused on low-level firmware and platform software for data-center and cloud AI systems. The engineer will design, develop, and maintain firmware for SoC, board, and system levels while managing power management solutions for next-generation cloud rack platforms. Key responsibilities include supporting platform bring-up, hardware integration, and field debugging while mentoring others and influencing long-term architecture decisions for rack management and observability. Candidates must possess expertise in C/C++, embedded Linux environments, and computer architecture concepts like memory systems, interrupts, and DMA. The role requires practical experience with IPMI, MCTP, and PLDM protocols to solve complex power and thermal control challenges within high-performance infrastructure, including AI accelerators and multi-device systems.
ASIC
RTL
Verilog
VHDL
System Verilog
UPF
CPF
Conformal Low Power Check
Python
Tcl
Perl
DFT
Synthesis
Timing Closure
Power Analysis
Power Modeling
Prime Power
PowerArtist
PtPx