NVIDIA · 6 hours ago
Principal Hardware Engineer - Product Performance and Power
US, CA, Santa Clara
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$232K/yr - $368K/yr
15+ years expNVIDIA is a leading company in the technology industry, seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer to lead product performance and power initiatives across their GPU and SoC product lines. The role involves driving the next-gen product roadmap and collaborating with multi-functional teams to deliver best-in-class products.
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Responsibilities
Architect next-generation power management features and solutions, through system architecture, design, and productization; working with multi-functional teams across the company
Evaluate industry direction and use cases; identify opportunities and challenges in the area of power management and optimization to drive the future roadmap to build competitive products
Drive initiatives for system-level power optimizations spanning across silicon, platform, software, manufacturing, and product systems, for products ranging from large-scale data centers to low-power client devices
Lead the team in defining power feature requirements and schedules, from architecture to silicon phase, of projects, incorporating silicon feedback to improve the next generation
Develop methodologies for power modeling and measurement, characterization of power features, correlate silicon behavior with simulations, and provide design feedback
Work alongside system architects, designers, marketing teams, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW applications engineering, process/reliability authorities, ATE engineers, sales, and silicon operations, in a fast-paced, high-energy, collaborative work environment to bring industry-defining products to market
Qualification
Required
MS or PhD in EE, CE, CS, Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience
Proven experience of 15+ years in silicon, product power, and power management
Expertise and profound understanding in the areas of silicon power, transistor/device physics, power modeling and measurement, and active power management
Background with system-level features, product binning methods, optimization techniques, and tools for data analysis and statistics
Experience working on product-level power and performance analysis and optimization
Familiarity with silicon bring-up and validation, as well as frequency and power characterization
Excellent problem-solving, partnership, and interpersonal skills
Experience working with offshore teams is required
Preferred
Background information on the market segments of the data center is preferred
Hands-on post-silicon experience is a plus
Exposure to CPU/GPU/SoC architecture and HW-SW co-design is a plus
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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