Senior Power and Performance Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Senior Power and Performance Engineer at NVIDIA, focusing on system-level power and performance management features for datacenter and client products. Requires 8+ years of silicon power architecture experience, strong EE fundamentals, and programming proficiency. The role involves architecting features, building roadmaps, partnering with cross-functional teams, and leading debug efforts.

What you'd actually do

  1. Architect and integrate system-level performance and power management features, controllers, and policies to optimize product efficiency across datacenter and client products.
  2. Build feature roadmaps to address low-power, low-noise, and performance-per-watt product needs through prototyping, use-case analysis, and cost/benefit trade-offs.
  3. Partner with architecture, ASIC, board/platform, software/firmware, and marketing teams to drive design decisions and debug complex issues.
  4. Track industry trends and market needs and translate them into forward-looking roadmaps that keep NVIDIA's products ahead of the curve.
  5. Lead debug efforts, develop workarounds, and support bringup, validation, manufacturing, and customer escalations.

Skills

Required

  • BS or MS in EE/CE (or equivalent experience)
  • 8+ years in silicon power architecture, system-level design, validation, and power/performance optimization
  • Strong EE fundamentals: digital design, low power design, DVFS, control systems, power management, timing, and architecture
  • Solid understanding of firmware/driver structures and HW/SW interaction
  • Programming proficiency in C/C++, Python, or Perl in Windows/Linux environments
  • Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with clocking, boot/reset flows, and system architecture
  • Hands-on lab experience (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers)
  • Silicon bringup exposure
  • Demonstrated cross-functional leadership
  • System-level intuition
  • AI-assisted engineering fluency

What the JD emphasized

  • BS or MS in EE/CE (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years in silicon power architecture, system-level design, validation, and power/performance optimization.
  • Strong EE fundamentals: digital design, low power design, DVFS, control systems, power management, timing, and architecture.
  • Solid understanding of firmware/driver structures and HW/SW interaction.