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Silicon Power Architect, Reality Labs
$146K–$209K
Sunnyvale, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
Redmond, WA
Austin, TX
San Diego, CA - Experience
- 6+ years of production silicon experience, including at least one product shipped.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. The posting also lists MSEE or PhD equivalent.
About the job
Leads power architecture for next-generation wearable silicon, modeling and optimizing use-case power from system requirements through implementation and post-silicon validation.
What you'll do
- Model use-case power and coordinate with systems teams on SoC power requirements, power states, power trees, and sequencing.
- Optimize power architecture and assess performance, power, and area trade-offs for SoC functions and workloads.
- Correlate post-silicon models with hardware and coordinate cross-disciplinary work from concept through product transition.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years of production silicon experience, including at least one product shipped.
- Experience with custom IP power estimates, low-power design principles, and evaluating architectural performance, power, and area trade-offs.
- Experience with hardware/software partitioning, technology-node scaling, and independently driving technical work across teams.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Synopsys Platform Architect or virtual prototyping tools.
- MSEE or PhD equivalent; experience with high-level-model-to-hardware power modeling and programming in C, C++, or Python.
Pay
USD $146,000/year to $209,000/year (base salary); bonus and equity amounts not specified.
Tools
Synopsys Platform Architect, C, C++, Python
AI focus
Experience using AI agents for managing power tools and extracting results.
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