NVIDIA

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SeniorPowerandThermalEngineer-FeatureDesignandVerification

$168–311k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Power and Thermal Engineer - Feature Design and Verification at NVIDIA. Skills: power management, power features, AI/ML-assisted workflows, codesign, AI agents. understand chip, module, and datacenter power features. develop in-depth system design plans to meet compliance using AI tools”

What You'll Achieve.

drive next-generation power management and power features to market; meet compliance; reduce debug cycle time; correlate silicon behavior with simulation at scale; Deliver system-level power optimizations; bring industry-defining products to market

Industry & Context.

technology
Problems you'll solve

excellent problem-solving; AI tools to bridge cross-team assumption gaps; reduce debug cycle time; catch the class of bugs that live in assumptions between teams

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

BS or MS in EE, CE, CS, Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience, 6+ years in the area of silicon and product power and power management, expertise in transistor/device physics, power modeling, measurement, and active power management, Experience with system-level features, product binning methods, optimization techniques, and tools for data analysis and statistics, Familiarity with AI/ML-assisted workflows for power characterization, yield analysis, silicon debug, or log correlation, comfort using Python, LLMs, or data science tooling alongside core EDA flows, excellent problem-solving, partnership, and interpersonal skills

Nice to Have

Hands-on post-silicon bring-up and validation frequency and power characterization background, Experience working with offshore teams, Exposure to CPU/GPU/SoC architecture and HW-SW co-design, codesign engineer who has learned to build with AI to understand power design and cross-design well enough to specify what an agent must know, evaluate its output, and create closed-loop workflows, Hands-on experience building or piloting AI agents, copilots, or automation tools within a power, thermal, or silicon validation workflow, not just using AI tools, but shaping them for domain-specific problems, Track record of using LLMs or ML models to catch the class of bugs that live in assumptions between teams, thermal-to-software, power-to-binning, or spec-to-silicon mismatches, Familiarity with the full codesign arc (Innovate to Realize) and experience identifying handoff points where agents can assist or automate cross-team contract verification, Publications, open-source contributions, or internal tooling that demonstrates applied AI expertise in an EDA, semiconductor, or hardware validation context

What You'll Do.

and datacenter power features

develop in-depth system design plans to meet compliance using AI tools

BringUp and validate compliance features

apply AI-driven tools to reduce debug cycle time

correlate silicon behavior with simulation at scale

Deliver system-level power optimizations spanning across silicon

create/leverage AI models for power prediction

and Vmin/Fmax characterization across products

Lead power feature requirements and schedule from architecture to build

guide the development of AI agents scoped to your charter

Develop AI-agentic methodologies for power modeling

drive silicon-to-simulation

create/establish data pipelines and human-in-the-loop review workflows to accelerate codesign

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with design owners across the company; collaborate across multiple organizations within the company; Work alongside system architects, designers, marketing teams, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, ATE engineers, and AI engineering partners; partnership; interpersonal skills; cross-team assumption gaps; cross-team contract verification

Process & Methodology

Lead power feature requirements and schedule from architecture to build

Full Job Description

As one of the technology industry's most desirable employers, NVIDIA has been redefining accelerated computing, computer graphics, and leading the Artificial Intelligence revolution. NVIDIA's innovation is fueled by its great technology and amazing people. We are seeking a Senior Power and Performance Architect to influence, innovate, and drive next-generation power management and power features to market. As part of the Silicon Co-Design Team, we architect and deliver groundbreaking system solutions that integrate all aspects of the system from silicon design, software design, operations, and final deployment in multiple market segments that NVIDIA serves. This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate across multiple organizations within the company and to grow your career in a high-impact role. We need a passionate, hard-working, and creative individual to lead the power features from architecture through delivery in the final product. **What you 'll be doing: ** * Work with design owners across the company to understand chip, module, and datacenter power features and develop in-depth system design plans to meet compliance using AI tools to bridge cross-team assumption gaps and accelerate documentation. * BringUp and validate compliance features on silicon; apply AI-driven tools to reduce debug cycle time and correlate silicon behavior with simulation at scale. * Deliver system-level power optimizations spanning across silicon, platform, software, manufacturing, and product systems; create/leverage AI models for power prediction, binning optimization, and Vmin/Fmax characterization across products. * Lead power feature requirements and schedule from architecture to silicon; build or guide the development of AI agents scoped to your charter, such as thermal-to-SW assumption checkers, binning coherence agents, or state machine verification agents. * Develop AI-agentic methodologies for power modeling, measurement, and characterization; drive silicon-to-si

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