
CPU Power Modeling Engineer
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Job overview
The CPU Power Modeling Engineer will develop system-level power models for battery-life analysis and energy optimization. The role collaborates with SoC and CPU power teams on power projections, requirements, silicon power capture, and workload profiling. It also performs workload analysis and data mining at RTL and gate level to support high-level power estimation and power optimization.
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CPU Power Modeling Engineer
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Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
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4 years of experience in industry (e.g., Hardware) or equivalent research.
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Experience with low-power systems (e.g., dynamic and leakage, power estimation), data analytics and profiling.
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Experience in flow automation (Python, C, C++, Gemini).
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Experience with data science.
Preferred qualifications:
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Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, with an emphasis on computer architecture.
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Experience in RTL design and low-power design techniques.
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Expertise in vendor tools such as PTPX, Ansys Power Artist, Synopsys Prime Power RTL.
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Familiarity with the concept of power management, DVFS.
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Familiarity with CPU benchmarking, performance analysis and study.
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Demonstrated knowledge of CPU microarchitecture and system level.
About the job
Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. We aim to make people's lives better through technology.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $138000 - $197000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Recruit a talented individual contributor engineer to own and drive several activities related to CPU architecture and system level energy modeling, engaged performance and power analysis, power optimization, simulation and rollups.
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Develop a system level power model for battery life analysis and energy optimization.
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Collaborate with the SoC and CPU Power Teams on various power projections and requirements for our CPU. This includes silicon power capture and profiling of CPUs for benchmarks and other daily workloads.
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Perform workload analysis for battery life and tests definition for power analysis and optimization.
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Perform data mining analysis at the RTL and gate-level to define relevant micro-architectural transactions for high-level power estimation.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,054 open Hardware Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$138–197K/yr
- Texas median$142–215K/yr53 salary ranges
- US median$146–245K/yr774 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $168K, is 6% below the Texas median midpoint ($178K) — in the middle half of Hardware Engineering salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 114 open Hardware Engineering jobs in Texas and 1,054 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Hardware Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (674 postings).
- Education
- 352 of the 1,054 open Hardware Engineering jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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