NVIDIA
Senior Power and Performance Engineer
$168K–$310K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- BS or MS in EE/CE (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Architects and integrates system-level power and performance features for datacenter and client products, from roadmap development through silicon bringup and product support.
What you'll do
- Design and integrate power and performance management features, controllers, and policies; develop roadmaps using prototyping and tradeoff analysis.
- Collaborate across architecture, ASIC, platform, software, firmware, and marketing teams to make design decisions and resolve complex issues.
- Lead debugging and develop workarounds; support bringup, validation, manufacturing, and customer escalations.
What they ask for
- 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, including digital design, low power design, DVFS, control systems, power management, timing, and architecture.
- Programming proficiency in C/C++, Python, or Perl in Windows/Linux environments.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with clocking, boot/reset flows, and system architecture.
- Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers; silicon bringup exposure.
Pay
168,000 USD - 264,500 USD base salary (Level 4); 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD base salary (Level 5)
Tools
C/C++, Python, Perl, Windows/Linux, DVFS, Claude, GitHub Copilot
AI focus
Preferred AI-assisted engineering: use AI tools to accelerate analysis and workflows, generate and review scripts, synthesize technical documentation, and explore solution spaces.
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