PPAT Developer

We are seeking a skilled PPAT Developer to analyze, optimize, and validate power, performance, and thermal aspects of embedded Linux systems. You will work on silicon-level power domains, kernel frameworks, and user-space profiling tools to deliver optimized systems for thermal and battery efficiency. Key Responsibilities : Analyze and optimize Linux-based systems for power efficiency and thermal behavior. Develop and maintain tools for measuring power consumption, CPU/GPU/DSP utilization, and thermal performance. Tune DVFS, CPUFreq, idle states, cpuidle, and thermal governors. Interface with kernel and firmware teams to drive platform-level power and thermal optimizations. Debug power-related issues and collaborate with hardware teams to identify root causes. Evaluate and recommend architectural changes to improve performance-per-watt. Run benchmarks and workload simulations to validate performance KPIs. Required Skills : Strong understanding of Linux kernel power management and thermal frameworks. Experience with tools like perf, powertop, turbostat, thermal_zone, and stress-ng. Hands-on with tracing tools like ftrace, LTTng, or perfetto. Good knowledge of SoC power architecture, regulators, clocks, and sleep states. Programming skills in C, Python, and shell scripting.