Senior Power Architecture and Optimization Engineer
Job Description
NVIDIA, the world leader in accelerated computing, is seeking a Senior Power Architecture and Optimization Engineer to join their team focused on maintaining and improving energy efficiency across their product line. This role sits at the intersection of hardware architecture, power optimization, and AI innovation.
The position involves working with NVIDIA's cutting-edge GPUs and Tegra SOCs, where you'll be responsible for analyzing fullchip and unit-level power data while driving ASIC teams to enhance their units' power efficiency. You'll be developing and implementing methodologies that help make NVIDIA's products more energy efficient, which is crucial to the company's competitive advantage.
As a senior engineer in this role, you'll collaborate with a diverse team of Architects, Performance Engineers, Software Engineers, ASIC Design Engineers, and Physical Design teams. Your work will directly impact the energy consumption optimization of graphics and artificial intelligence workloads, allowing you to influence architectural, design, and power management improvements.
The role offers a competitive compensation package with a base salary ranging from $168,000 to $310,500 USD, depending on level and experience. You'll also be eligible for equity and comprehensive benefits. This position is based in Santa Clara, CA, putting you at the heart of NVIDIA's innovation center.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical skills in power analysis, Verilog, and ASIC design principles, combined with programming capabilities in Python, Perl, and C++. You'll be working on next-generation technology that powers AI and graphics applications, making a significant impact on product efficiency and performance.
The role requires both technical expertise and strong collaborative skills, as you'll be working across teams to implement power analysis and reduction techniques. If you're passionate about energy efficiency in computing and want to work with cutting-edge technology at a company that's leading the AI revolution, this position offers an exciting career opportunity.
Responsibilities For Senior Power Architecture and Optimization Engineer
- Use internally developed tools and industry standard pre-silicon gate-level and RTL power analysis tools
- Develop and share best practices for performing pre-silicon power analysis
- Perform comparative power analysis to spot trends and anomalies
- Interact with architects and RTL designers to help interpret power data and identify power bugs
- Select and run workloads for power analysis
- Prototype new architectural features in Verilog and analyze power
- Automate flows and define new flows for Power anomaly detection
- Use AI to develop Power optimization solutions
Requirements For Senior Power Architecture and Optimization Engineer
- MS (or equivalent experience) with 3+ years of experience or PhD in related fields
- Strong understanding of energy consumption, estimation, data movement and low power design
- Familiarity with Verilog and ASIC design principles, including Power Artist, PTPX
- Good verbal/written English and interpersonal skills
- Strong coding/automation skills in Python, Perl, and C++
- Desire to bring data-driven decision-making and analytics
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