Senior Performance Engineer

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Gruppe in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Performance Engineer to drive benchmarking, hardware bring-up, and cross-organization collaboration. You will run GPU performance tests across AI, visualization, and LLM workloads, and develop Python tools to streamline workflows.

The role requires a 5+ year track record in technical benchmarking, strong scripting skills, and deep hardware knowledge. Equity and benefits are included; base salary ranges are disclosed by level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 5+ years in technical/business marketing fields.
• Strong benchmarking fundamentals, performance analysis and competitive data comparisons.
• Deep understanding of 3D application performance testing methods and techniques.
• Excellent scripting skills in a language such as Python.
• Expert knowledge of hardware components to identify bottlenecks.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Marketing, Architecture, and Engineering to provide competitive data analysis.
• Bring-up and debug pre-production hardware to support product development.
• Run performance, image quality, and power tests on GPUs across applications.
• Develop Python automation scripts to streamline benchmarking procedures.
• Design tools and processes to improve benchmarking reporting workflows.
• Analyze results and craft reports for internal stakeholders.

Skills

Benchmarking basics

Performance analysis

Python scripting

Hardware knowledge

Cross-team collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

Job description

As a Performance Engineer at NVIDIA, you will be part of a team that’s advancing the limits of what technology can achieve. This is an outstanding opportunity to work at the forefront of AI, accelerated computing, and modern graphics technologies. You will play a crucial role in crafting the future of our products and influencing key business decisions. If you’re passionate about performance analysis and eager to contribute to world-class innovations, this is the perfect role for you!

What you'll be doing:

• Work directly with Marketing, Architecture, and Engineering across Enterprise business units to provide competitive and internal data analysis. Your insights will set industry performance expectations, support new product initiatives, and influence business decisions.
• Bring-up, maintain, and debug pre-production, reference, and consumer hardware to help build the next great NVIDIA product.
• Run performance, image quality, and power tests of Professional Visualization, AI, and LLM benchmark applications on various GPUs
• Develop and maintain Python-based automation scripts and tools to streamline benchmarking procedures and balance configuration files.
• Design new tools and create efficient processes to improve benchmarking analysis and reporting workflows
• Analyze and validate results from test runs and craft reports that will be used by various groups within the company.

What we need to see:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years of experience in a technical or business marketing field.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Workstation/AI/LLM application benchmarking fundamentals, performance analysis, and competitive data comparisons.
• Deep understanding in the field 3D application performance testing methods and techniques.
• Excellent programming and debugging skills in a scripting language; Python preferred.
• Expert knowledge of hardware & PC components to identify and root-cause performance bottlenecks.
• Strong verbal and written interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to balance multiple simultaneous projects successfully.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Strong skills or previous experience in benchmarking and competitive analysis.
• Experience with LLM development and deployment.
• Knowledge of NVIDIA hardware and NVIDIA software products.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 136,000 USD - 212,750 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 21, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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