Principal Power and Thermal Architect

What you'll do

• Architect next-generation system, platform, and datacenter-level power and thermal co-design solutions.
• Scan internal research, academia, and industry partners to identify emerging system-level co-design ideas.
• Build product differentiation cases for candidate ideas based on performance, power, reliability, schedule, and cost.
• Lead end-to-end co-design from initial concept through to final production.
• Drive alignment across architecture, VLSI, software, platform, packaging, and operations teams to implement selected technologies.
• Shape innovation for workload-aware controls, platform telemetry, power compliance, and advanced cooling intercepts.
• Maintain a living intercept pipeline to track candidates, productization status, and decision gates.
• Brief SCG and broader NVIDIA leadership on future technology trends and research.

What we're looking for

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years in system-level power, thermal, or related architecture.
• Deep expertise in system power management, thermal architecture, platform energy architecture, workload-aware controls, or memory co-design.
• Track record of taking research-grade ideas through system co-design into measurable product impact.
• Demonstrated multi-functional influence in aligning teams across the company without direct reporting authority.
• Excellent problem-solving, partnership, and social skills.
• External technical recognition, premier publications, patents, or industry standards contributions.
• PhD or equivalent experience with sustained research contributions after entering industry (preferred).