Senior Power and Performance Engineer

NVIDIA; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced power and thermal control engineer to design, implement, and optimize silicon power and thermal controllers from spec through production. You’ll drive DVFS, profiling, modeling, and cross-functional debugging with firmware, hardware, and software teams to unlock performance within thermal limits.

With 6+ years in relevant roles, you will ship system-level features to Datacenter and client products, translating complex signals into clear executive options.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent).
• 6+ years building power and thermal controllers in firmware for GPU/CPU/SoC products.
• Hands-on system bring-up, DVFS, power characterization, modeling, and perf-per-watt optimization.
• Experience with system-level thermal policies and data-analysis workflows.
• Solid understanding of digital design, CPU/GPU/SoC architecture, and transistor physics.
• Experience working with globally distributed offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and tune silicon power and thermal controllers from spec to production.
• Debug power-limiting constraints and deliver product-specific optimizations.
• Deliver system-level power optimizations for datacenter and client products.
• Collaborate with SCG Tools to improve modeling, testing, and closed-loop techniques.
• Validate features across bring-up through production and manage fixes.
• Translate power/thermal signals into decision-ready options for leadership.
• Work with architects, designers, firmware, and ATE engineers in a high-energy environment.

Skills

Power/thermal control

Firmware development

System bring-up

Performance analysis

Data analysis

Executive communication

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer/Systems Eng

MS in Electrical/Computer Eng

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Verilog/VHDL

Job description

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. Today, we're tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing - an era in which our GPUs act as the brains of the computers, robots, and self-driving cars that understand the world. NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is the team that gets every GPU, SoC, and CPU silicon program from first power-on to high-volume production. SCG sits at the crossroads of architecture, design, marketing, operations, and productization, and we architect innovative solutions for Datacenter, Server, Gaming, Robotics, Automotive, and Embedded markets.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, implement, and tune silicon power and thermal controllers in close partnership with firmware, hardware, software, and design/power-architecture teams - from spec through productization.
• Drive debug and resolution of power-limiting constraints, and deliver efficient, time-to-market product-specific customizations that unlock performance without compromising the thermal envelope.
• Deliver system-level power optimizations spanning silicon, platform, software, and manufacturing - for products ranging from large-scale datacenter accelerators to low-power client devices.
• Partner with the SCG Tools team to left-shift modeling, analysis, and test infrastructure - refine methodologies, sharpen procedures, and bring new closed-loop techniques into production.
• Validate silicon power and thermal features across multi-functional teams from bring-up through production silicon, and be responsible for the WARs and productized fixes through to confirmation.
• Translate complex power, thermal, and performance signals into decision-ready options that give leadership the clarity to act on POR, binning, and program-impacting risks.
• Work alongside system architects, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, power-architecture engineers, Product Definition Engineers, and ATE engineers in a high-energy environment to bring industry-defining products to market.

What we need to see:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 6+ years implementing power and thermal controllers in firmware for GPU, CPU, or SoC products.
• Hands-on experience with system-level silicon bring-up and validation, DVFS, power characterization and modeling, performance analysis, and perf-per-watt optimization.
• Background in implementing system-level features, thermal policies, and data-analysis and statistics workflows.
• Solid understanding of digital design, circuit analysis, CPU/GPU/SoC architecture, PTPX, advanced process technologies, and transistor/device physics.
• Demonstrated experience operating across globally distributed and offshore engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate complex post-silicon signals into crisp, decision-ready options for executive leadership.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Background in gaming, automotive, or datacenter market segments - you know how the power-thermal trade space changes across those product classes.
• Track record of shipping system-level perf-per-watt or thermal-policy features that measurably improved a product at scale.
• Proficiency with AI productivity tools (Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, or equivalent) applied to power debug, modeling, or analysis workflows - and a clear view of the outcome and the guardrails you put in place.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity, building technical structure inside fast-moving silicon programs, and working with global teams from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Our team is at the forefront of silicon innovation, advancing groundbreaking technologies. We offer a dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the company's success. Join us to advance your career in a role where you can truly make a difference. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered one of the technology industry's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us, and due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology