You will work closely with GPU architects, power architects, silicon validation engineers, and software teams to characterize workload behavior and influence the power architecture of future NVIDIA ...

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You will work closely with GPU architects, power architects, silicon validation engineers, and software teams to characterize workload behavior and influence the power architecture of future NVIDIA ...
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the crossroads of architecture, silicon, systems, and ... Own the per-release validation plan - split-screen experiments, sample sizes, statistical ...
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the crossroads of architecture, silicon, systems, and ... Own the per-release validation plan - split-screen experiments, sample sizes, statistical ...
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern ... Provide feedback to analog circuit designers regarding silicon performance, design quality, and ...
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern ... Provide feedback to analog circuit designers regarding silicon performance, design quality, and ...
Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$168 - $258.75/hr
Join NVIDIA's groundbreaking team as a Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer for our GPU ... Strong system troubleshooting skills covering silicon, board, SI, firmware, OS, and applications.
Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$168 - $258.75/hr
Join NVIDIA's groundbreaking team as a Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer for our GPU ... Strong system troubleshooting skills covering silicon, board, SI, firmware, OS, and applications.
Own HSIO validation of NVIDIA products end-to-end, including test plan development, automation ... What we need to see: * BS+ in EE/CE or equivalent experience. * 3+ years of post-silicon HSIO ...
Own HSIO validation of NVIDIA products end-to-end, including test plan development, automation ... What we need to see: * BS+ in EE/CE or equivalent experience. * 3+ years of post-silicon HSIO ...
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 transformed the gaming industry, revolutionized graphics, and ... Validate silicon performance, quality, and margins for refinement of memory interface designs.
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 transformed the gaming industry, revolutionized graphics, and ... Validate silicon performance, quality, and margins for refinement of memory interface designs.
Senior Platform AI Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Hybrid
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is seeking Senior AI Platform Engineers. They will set the ... Exposure to silicon design, methodology, validation or EDA toolchains, especially the cadence of ...
Senior Platform AI Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Hybrid
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is seeking Senior AI Platform Engineers. They will set the ... Exposure to silicon design, methodology, validation or EDA toolchains, especially the cadence of ...
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the crossroads of architecture, silicon, systems, and ... Own the per-release validation plan - split-screen experiments, sample sizes, statistical ...
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the crossroads of architecture, silicon, systems, and ... Own the per-release validation plan - split-screen experiments, sample sizes, statistical ...
Principal Performance and Manufacturing Architect
OR · On-site +1
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the crossroads of architecture, silicon, systems, and ... Own the per-release validation plan - split-screen experiments, sample sizes, statistical ...
Principal Performance and Manufacturing Architect
OR · On-site +1
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the crossroads of architecture, silicon, systems, and ... Own the per-release validation plan - split-screen experiments, sample sizes, statistical ...
Principal Performance and Manufacturing Architect
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$232 - $368/hr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the crossroads of architecture, silicon, systems, and ... Own the per-release validation plan -- split-screen experiments, sample sizes, statistical ...
Principal Performance and Manufacturing Architect
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$232 - $368/hr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the crossroads of architecture, silicon, systems, and ... Own the per-release validation plan -- split-screen experiments, sample sizes, statistical ...
You will work closely with GPU architects, power architects, silicon validation engineers, and software teams to characterize workload behavior and influence the power architecture of future NVIDIA ...
You will work closely with GPU architects, power architects, silicon validation engineers, and software teams to characterize workload behavior and influence the power architecture of future NVIDIA ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Provide feedback to designers on silicon performance, build quality, and margins. * Verify ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Provide feedback to designers on silicon performance, build quality, and margins. * Verify ...
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 transformed the gaming industry, revolutionized graphics, and ... Validate silicon performance, quality, and margins for refinement of memory interface designs.
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 transformed the gaming industry, revolutionized graphics, and ... Validate silicon performance, quality, and margins for refinement of memory interface designs.
Senior Speed Characterization Engineer - Silicon Co-Design Group
Santa Clara, CA · Hybrid
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA silicon runs the world's AI infrastructure. The frequency it delivers across every voltage ... It is measured, correlated, and validated. This role does that work. The Silicon Co-Design Group is ...
Senior Speed Characterization Engineer - Silicon Co-Design Group
Santa Clara, CA · Hybrid
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA silicon runs the world's AI infrastructure. The frequency it delivers across every voltage ... It is measured, correlated, and validated. This role does that work. The Silicon Co-Design Group is ...
Senior Platform AI Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is seeking Senior AI Platform Engineers. They will set the ... Exposure to silicon design, methodology, validation or EDA toolchains, especially the cadence of ...
Senior Platform AI Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is seeking Senior AI Platform Engineers. They will set the ... Exposure to silicon design, methodology, validation or EDA toolchains, especially the cadence of ...
Own HSIO validation of NVIDIA products end-to-end, including test plan development, automation ... What we need to see: * BS+ in EE/CE or equivalent experience. * 3+ years of post-silicon HSIO ...
Own HSIO validation of NVIDIA products end-to-end, including test plan development, automation ... What we need to see: * BS+ in EE/CE or equivalent experience. * 3+ years of post-silicon HSIO ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Provide feedback to designers on silicon performance, build quality, and margins. * Verify ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Provide feedback to designers on silicon performance, build quality, and margins. * Verify ...
Senior Silicon Power and Thermal Controllers Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is the team that gets every GPU, SoC, and CPU silicon ... Validate silicon power and thermal features across multi-functional teams from bring-up through ...
Senior Silicon Power and Thermal Controllers Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is the team that gets every GPU, SoC, and CPU silicon ... Validate silicon power and thermal features across multi-functional teams from bring-up through ...
Senior Silicon Power and Thermal Controllers Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is the team that gets every GPU, SoC, and CPU silicon ... Validate silicon power and thermal features across multi-functional teams from bring-up through ...
Senior Silicon Power and Thermal Controllers Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$122K - $168K/yr
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is the team that gets every GPU, SoC, and CPU silicon ... Validate silicon power and thermal features across multi-functional teams from bring-up through ...
Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$145K - $191K/yr
Join NVIDIA's groundbreaking team as a Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer for our GPU ... Strong system troubleshooting skills covering silicon, board, SI, firmware, OS, and applications.
Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$145K - $191K/yr
Join NVIDIA's groundbreaking team as a Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer for our GPU ... Strong system troubleshooting skills covering silicon, board, SI, firmware, OS, and applications.
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Job description
NVIDIA is seeking a Compute Kernel Performance Architect who can develop, profile, and analyze CUDA workloads with a strong focus on GPU power behavior. In this role, you will create specialized workloads that exercise the GPU's compute, memory, and I/O subsystems under demanding operating conditions. You will work closely with GPU architects, power architects, silicon validation engineers, and software teams to characterize workload behavior and influence the power architecture of future NVIDIA products. This position sits at the intersection of GPU architecture, high-performance software, and silicon characterization.
What You'll Be Doing:
Design and develop CUDA kernels and infrastructure that exercise worst-case power behavior across GPU compute, memory, and I/O subsystems.
Profile workloads to understand the relationship between kernel behavior, hardware utilization, performance, and power consumption.
Build workloads that generate controlled steady-state and transient power conditions across multiple GPU architectures.
Partner with GPU architects and silicon teams to identify functional units and workload patterns that require additional characterization.
Support power-stress methodology from pre-silicon modeling and simulation through post-silicon bring-up and validation.
What We Need to See:
MS or PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field-or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience in CUDA programming, GPU kernel development, high-performance computing, or performance architecture.
Hands-on experience developing and optimizing GPU kernels, including work at the PTX or assembly level.
Experience with GPU performance-analysis tools such as Nsight Compute, Nsight Systems, nvprof, or equivalent tools.
Strong understanding of GPU build principles, including streaming multiprocessors, execution pipelines, memory hierarchy, synchronization, occupancy, and power states.
Excellent analytical, debugging, and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively across GPU architecture, software, silicon validation, and hardware engineering teams.
Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd:
Experience crafting GPU power-stress microbenchmarks or test-to-failure workloads.
Familiarity with Power Delivery Network concepts, including package and board-level behavior, impedance, inductance, decoupling, resonance, voltage droop, and overshoot.
Understanding of di/dt and how changes in current over time can compose voltage transients.
Experience with DVFS, AVFS, clock management, power states, or hardware noise-mitigation mechanisms.
Knowledge of how software workload patterns can interact with system-level power-delivery behavior.
Our team works at the core of NVIDIA's GPU performance and power stack. We collaborate closely with Compute Architecture, Power Architecture, Silicon Solutions, circuit-design teams, and deep-learning software teams. The workloads, tools, and analysis produced by this team help validate current products and influence the build of upcoming NVIDIA GPUs.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It's a unique legacy of innovation that's fueled by great technology--and amazing people. Today, we're tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what's never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world's best talent.
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