NVIDIA
Senior Performance Verification Engineer
$136K–$264K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 4, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in CPU performance modeling, performance correlation, performance analysis, or relevant experience.
- Education
- BS or MS in EE/ECE or equivalent experience; PhD is a plus.
About the job
Leads CPU performance verification by planning and executing validation strategies, analyzing workloads and benchmarks, and building tools and microbenchmarks to identify and correlate performance issues.
What you'll do
- Define, plan, implement, and execute performance verification strategies for CPU designs; develop test plans and microbenchmarks.
- Analyze and correlate CPU benchmarks and workloads, and build infrastructure and tooling for performance debugging.
- Coordinate with architects and design engineers, and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Strong understanding of CPU microarchitecture and designs.
- Experience with workload analysis and characterization.
- Strong coding skills in scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or C++.
- Good communication skills and ability and desire to work as a team player.
Nice to have
- Experience leading performance validation of major CPU pipeline blocks.
- Background with ARM A64 or X86 Architectures.
Pay
136,000 USD - 218,500 USD base salary; 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD base salary
Tools
Perl, Python, C++, ARM A64, X86 Architectures
AI focus
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes; the role itself does not state AI work.
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