Senior System Power & Performance Architect

NVIDIA; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 232,000 - 368,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a Principal System Power Management and Performance Architect to shape system-level power and performance features for data center and high-performance platforms. You will own HSIO power management, DVFS, P-states, and boot flows across multiple silicon generations.

Across the organization, you will lead architecture decisions, collaborate with ASIC, firmware, and platform teams, and drive power-per-watt improvements with a focus on scalable, reliable designs.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in EE/CE, or equivalent experience proven through the work itself.
• 15+ years of system architecture, development, and validation experience with a strong focus on power and performance-per-watt optimization in datacenter or high-performance platforms.
• A verifiable history of guiding architecture decisions that shipped across multiple silicon programs.
• Extensive knowledge of HSIO power management, DVFS, P-states, system boot flows, and low-power entry/exit architecture.
• Strong fundamentals in low-power design, power management techniques, and rack-level performance architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-generation roadmap for system-level power and performance features grounded in prototyping and cost/benefit trade-offs.
• Own the architecture and integration strategy for HSIO power management, DVFS, P-states, and low-power features.
• Lead system-level boot and IST architecture across complex multi-IP systems.
• Drive power management strategy at datacenter scale, including rack-level telemetry and platform state coordination.
• Identify and redesign system-level processes that break under new product requirements.
• Serve as the multi-functional technical authority across architecture, ASIC, board/platform, and firmware teams.

Skills

System architecture

Power management

DVFS

P-states

Boot flows

Rack-level power

Leadership

Cross-functional

Education

BS or MS in EE/CE

Tools

Firmware tooling

Job description

NVIDIA seeks a Principal System Power Management and Performance Architect to shape system-level power and performance features for data center and high-performance platforms. You will own HSIO power management, DVFS, P-states, and boot flows across multiple silicon generations.

Across the organization, you will lead architecture decisions, collaborate with ASIC, firmware, and platform teams, and drive power-per-watt improvements with a focus on scalable, reliable designs.