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Staff Hardware Engineer, Power Delivery (AI Data Center) joins the hardware engineering team to develop a new product line for machine learning inference acceleration in the cloud. This role involves managing all aspects of product development, including specifying board level power designs, selecting voltage regulators, and performing post-silicon board and SoC test validation to ensure system-level performance metrics are met. The engineer will provide schematic and layout guidance, drive simulation teams for signal and power integrity analysis, and program PMICs to orchestrate power sequences. Key technical skills include expertise in switch mode and linear power electronics, thermal analysis, and firmware coding using Python or similar scripting languages. Required tools include MATLAB, SIMPLIS, Excel, and Mentor Graphics. The role addresses the challenge of achieving high performance per watt for cloud-based machine learning infrastructure.
SoC
ARM v8
Python
C++
Power Analysis
Performance Analysis
Benchmarking
SMMU
GIC
CoreSight-PMU
Data Center Workloads
Logic Analyzers
Oscilloscopes
Scripting
System Architecture