Senior Power & Performance Engineer
Description For Senior Power & Performance Engineer
Microsoft's Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is seeking a Senior Power and Performance Engineer to join their dynamic cloud infrastructure division. This role is crucial in Microsoft's expanding cloud business, focusing on developing and optimizing power and performance solutions for System on Chip (SOC) architectures.
The position offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of hardware and cloud computing, where you'll be responsible for architectural trade-off analysis, power modeling, and performance optimization. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams including business, architecture, firmware, and software teams to drive improvements in system power efficiency across the technology stack.
The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of technical engineering experience with deep expertise in SOC power architectural analysis. You'll be working with cutting-edge technology, developing power and performance modeling methodologies, and creating architectural power models that influence Microsoft's cloud infrastructure decisions.
This role offers competitive compensation ranging from $117,200 to $229,200 per year (higher in SF and NYC areas), along with comprehensive benefits including industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, and parental leave. The position offers hybrid work arrangements with up to 50% work from home flexibility.
You'll be part of Microsoft's mission to power over 200 online businesses including Azure, Office 365, Xbox Live, and Teams. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about hardware engineering who wants to make a significant impact on cloud infrastructure while working with industry-leading technologies and experts in the field.
Responsibilities For Senior Power & Performance Engineer
- Work with business, architecture, and design teams to understand power and performance requirements
- Collaborate with platform, firmware, and software teams to improve system power and performance management
- Develop power and performance modeling methodology for System on Chip (SOC)
- Project and report power constrained SOC performance results to senior management
- Maintain power modeling infrastructure
- Work with IP Micro-architects and RTL team on low power design methodologies
- Analyze use case profiling and cloud computing workload
- Understand product SOC power and performance interactions with power delivery and thermal solutions
Requirements For Senior Power & Performance Engineer
- 7+ years of related technical engineering experience or Bachelor's with 4+ years experience or Master's with 3+ years experience
- 4+ years of experience in SOC power architectural trade-off analysis or design
- Deep understanding of computer architecture, SOC and system-SW architectures
- Experience in development of analysis tools written in C++ and Python
- Knowledge of performance monitors and post-silicon SOC power and performance tuning
- Familiarity with ASIC power analysis, low power design and power optimization
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Benefits For Senior Power & Performance Engineer
- Industry leading healthcare
- Educational resources
- Discounts on products and services
- Savings and investments
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Generous time away
- Giving programs
- Networking opportunities
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