SoC Power and Thermal Modeling Engineer - Austin, Texas, USA | Portland, Oregon, United States
Ahead Computing
Austin, Texas, USA | Portland, Oregon, United States
Full-time
2 hours ago
Digital Design & SoC Architecture
About the role
This role involves building and running product-level power and thermal models to determine silicon performance within a real power envelope.
What you'll do
- Build and run product-level power and thermal models.
- Combine component-level power data with interconnect, memory, package, and thermal inputs.
- Generate projections for the product team.
What you'll need
- Experience with power and thermal models.
- Experience with component-level power data.
- Knowledge of interconnect, memory, and package inputs.
Market context
This role has been open 33 days — well below the 53-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
1021
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$154k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ahead Computing | All employers we track in this specialty (1021 roles · 102 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 1021 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 3 | 6292 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 33 d | 53 d (−20 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $154k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 75 open roles · median 39 d
- KLA Corporation · 64 open roles · median 51 d
- Teradyne · 60 open roles · median 39 d
- NVIDIA · 50 open roles · median 70 d
- Applied Materials · 49 open roles · median 67 d
- AMD · 44 open roles · median 56 d
How we counted: 1021 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 102 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.
Ahead Computing
Austin, Texas, USA | Portland, Oregon, United States
On-site
Full-time
2 hours ago