Velaura AI
Power Management Architect
$200K–$300K
Santa Clara, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in power management, mixed-signal, or SoC architecture.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Own the power architecture for Velaura’s Physical AI SoC, from early design through tape-out and production, balancing performance, energy use, and thermal limits.
What you'll do
- Define SoC power domains, DVFS strategy, power states, power delivery, and power budgets.
- Architect power-management hardware and firmware/software policies, and validate power intent through implementation and silicon bring-up.
- Set power and thermal management practices, including throttling and energy-aware scheduling; mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in power management, mixed-signal, or SoC architecture, including significant power architecture experience for shipping silicon or embedded platforms.
- Expertise in low-power design techniques, power delivery networks, PMICs, voltage regulation, and power/thermal/package interactions.
- Hands-on experience with UPF/CPF power intent, low-power methodology, and SoC power modeling and analysis.
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience optimizing power for AI/ML accelerators or NPUs and real-time or latency-sensitive edge workloads.
- Familiarity with robotics, automotive, mobile, or other constrained domains; energy-aware software/firmware and thermal management.
Pay
USD 200,000–300,000 (per-year-salary)
Tools
DVFS, UPF, CPF, PMICs, clock gating, power gating, adaptive voltage scaling, body biasing
AI focus
Optimize power for AI/NPU compute and real-time workloads in Physical AI systems.
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