SoC Hardware Characterization Lead, Power and Performance
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
San Diego, CA, USA - Experience
- 15 years of experience with power management or low-power design/methodology; experience navigating the full silicon/SoC delivery cycle from architecture definition through post-silicon productization.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads post-silicon SoC characterization and power/performance optimization, bridging chip design and system software teams to improve energy efficiency, stability, manufacturing screening, and product readiness.
What you'll do
- Own cross-functional silicon-software frameworks and drive power, performance, and platform-stability optimization.
- Lead post-silicon validation, characterization, and debugging across voltage, frequency, and power architectures.
- Guide an engineering team, optimize manufacturing screening, and set roadmaps for sensing subsystems and hardware triggers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience with power management or low-power design/methodology.
- Experience across the silicon/SoC product cycle, from architecture definition through post-silicon productization.
- Experience with low-power architectures or advanced power optimization techniques.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, emphasizing computer architecture or power/performance analysis.
- Experience in areas such as product characterization, DVFS governor, power analysis, thermal management, PDN droop mitigation, or battery technology.
Pay
USD 240000 - 333000 base salary
Tools
DVFS governor, Fmax, Vmin, DPPM, PDN droop detection and mitigation
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