Systems Power Engineer, Fitbit

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years relevant professional experience in development and optimization of embedded systems.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with device system architecture and knowledge of the power impact of different components in the system.
• Experience using hardware measurement equipment such as power analyzers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and software debug tools.
• Experience in power architecture and/or power optimization.
• Experience with data analysis using tools (e.g., Python, MATLAB, R, JMP, Minitab).
• Experience with battery powered Android based devices, using ADB to interface to a device and the power data available within the linux filesystem.
  
  

About The Job

Fitbit’s Device Engineering Systems Power team is responsible for delivering exceptional performance and battery life on Fitbit products. As a member of this core power team, you will need to identify power components used on platforms and products. You will also work closely with people in other teams to understand the root cause for power regression and help optimize the power numbers for a device. You will extract power data using both power equipment, and software interfaces. This work will apply to all levels of the product development lifecycle, including prototype bring-up, verification, qualification, and failure analysis.

Fitbit’s diverse line of innovative products of smartwatches, trackers and smart scale help people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration and guidance to reach their health and fitness goals. Our products deliver personalized experiences, insights and guidance through leading software and interactive tools to support our users’ health and wellness. Partnering with Google will expand our resources and global platform, and we will be able to accelerate innovation in the wearables category to scale faster, and make health even more accessible to everyone.

Responsibilities

• Provide and maintain power models for a platform and ensure the model is accurate by closing the loop with real measurements.
• Define the power and clock tree configurations, define different sleep states and what is needed when transitioning between different sleep states.
• Develop methods and tools for analyzing system dynamic behavior.
• Perform analysis to identify power/performance optimization opportunities.
• Measure micro amperes of current for different power rails within an embedded system.
  
  

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