Senior Power Architect — Power & Performance Tools

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Power Architect to own and advance a critical power estimation and analysis platform used to guide architecture and product decisions. You will develop scalable software, model workloads, and correlate pre- and post-silicon data to deliver actionable power-performance insights.

The role requires a Masters in a STEM field and 6+ years of experience, with strong Python/C++ skills and deep understanding of SoC power management.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in a STEM field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of relevant work experience.
• Strong software development skills in Python and C++, with production-quality tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, development, validation, and long-term roadmap of the power estimation and analysis tools.
• Develop scalable software for estimating and analyzing power and performance across workloads and configurations.
• Build models translating architectural parameters and telemetry into actionable insights.
• Enable rapid analysis of trade-offs in performance, power, and energy efficiency.
• Integrate silicon telemetry, performance counters, power measurements, and simulation data.

Skills

Python

C++

Power/Performance modeling

Software architecture

Data analysis

Debugging

Automation tooling

Education

Masters in Computer Engineering

Masters in Electrical Engineering

Masters in Computer Science

Tools

Telemetry tooling

Performance counters

Lab measurement data

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Power Architect to own and advance a critical power estimation and analysis platform used to guide architecture and product decisions. You will develop scalable software, model workloads, and correlate pre- and post-silicon data to deliver actionable power-performance insights.

The role requires a Masters in a STEM field and 6+ years of experience, with strong Python/C++ skills and deep understanding of SoC power management.