NVIDIA
Senior Performance Verification Engineer
$136K–$264K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; no stated alternatives beyond relevant experiences.
- Education
- BS or MS in EE/ECE or equivalent experience; PhD is a plus.
About the job
Leads CPU performance verification, analyzing and correlating workloads and benchmarks, developing microbenchmarks, and building infrastructure to validate CPU designs.
What you'll do
- Define, plan, implement, and execute performance verification strategies and test plans for CPU designs and features.
- Analyze and correlate CPU workloads and benchmarks; develop microbenchmarks and tooling for performance validation and debugging.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers and collaborate with architects and design engineers.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in EE/ECE, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in CPU performance modeling, performance correlation, performance analysis, or relevant experiences.
- Strong understanding of CPU micro architecture and designs; experience with workload analysis and characterization.
- Strong coding skills in scripting languages like Perl, Python, or C++.
Nice to have
- PhD.
- Experience leading performance validation of major blocks of CPU pipeline; background with ARM A64 or X86 Architectures.
Pay
136,000 USD - 218,500 USD (base salary, Level 3); 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD (base salary, Level 4)
Tools
Perl, Python, C++, ARM A64, X86 Architectures
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