Senior Applied Power Architect, GPU

Nvidia

Confirmed live today High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX
Salary
$168,000–$264,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
22 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

Market check

Salary context

Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $213k
This role $216k
$156k $276k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This role pays more than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $186,787–$239,462 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $213k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

Nvidia currently has 1623 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 1110 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Nvidia

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Applied Power Architect, GPU

As a Senior Applied Power Architect - GPU, you will join the Applied Power Architecture team to develop state of the art GPUs for AI, Automotive, GeForce, and Mobile products. You will invent methodologies and features to address electrical, speed, and power challenges for next generation AI architectures like Rubin and Feynman. Your daily work involves driving power management initiatives to optimize efficiency, analyzing V-F tradeoffs, and investigating multi-die technologies to solve packaging and thermal constraints. You will analyze peak current, Di/Dt, IR, and EM requirements while collaborating with ASIC designers and packaging experts. Required skills include a specialization in low-power-processor architectures, performance modeling, and PDN design. Preferred technical tools include Python, Pandas, NumPy, PyTorch, and experience with power measurement equipment like scopes and DAQs.

What you'll do

  • Invent methodologies and techniques to address electrical, speed, and power challenges for next-generation AI architectures.
  • Drive power management initiatives to optimize power efficiency and performance while addressing thermal and electrical constraints.
  • Analyze process characteristics to perform V-F tradeoff analysis considering Vt choices on power and performance metrics.
  • Develop innovative solutions for multi-die technologies regarding packaging, interconnect, physical design, electrical, and thermal challenges.
  • Analyze peak current, Di/Dt, IR, and EM requirements to formulate technical solutions.
  • Collaborate with ASIC designers and packaging experts to resolve board-level power issues like supply voltage and over-current.

What we're looking for

  • MSEE/MSCE, preferably PhD, or equivalent experience with a specialization in low-power-processor architectures.
  • 6+ years of relevant industry experience in energy efficient system design fundamentals and performance/power modeling.
  • Background in PDN design and understanding of electrical issues such as Di/Dt, undershoot/overshoot, IR, EM, and peak current (helpful).
  • Ability to analyze board-level power issues like supply voltage and over-current (helpful).
  • Exposure and working knowledge of Python and data analysis packages like Pandas, NumPy, and PyTorch (preferred).
  • Exposure to lab setup including power measurement equipment such as scope/DAQ.
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to work as a great teammate.

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Compute Kernel Architect, GPU Power

Nvidia

Santa Clara, CA 120 days ago
CUDA GPU Kernel Development PTX Assembly Nsight Compute Nsight Systems nvprof High-Performance Computing Silicon Validation Pre-silicon Modeling Power Delivery Network DVFS AVFS Clock Management Hardware Engineering

Senior GPU Memory Architect

Nvidia

Remote (Santa Clara, CA) +3 36 days ago $184,000–$287,500
GPU Architecture Memory Systems CUDA PPA) analysis RTL Simulation Emulation Verilog VHDL C C++ Ansys Power Artist Synopsys PTPX Hardware Design Scripting Languages
10+ yrs exp Remote

Senior ASIC Power Engineer

Nvidia

Remote (Santa Clara, CA) +2 154 days ago $136,000–$218,500
ASIC SystemVerilog HDL VLSI Physical Design Computer Architecture GPU RTL Deep Learning
5+ yrs exp Remote

AI GPU Power Architect

Nvidia

Santa Clara, CA 13 days ago $100,000–$166,750
Computer Architecture Digital Logic Design VLSI Design Python Pandas NumPy PyTorch Machine Learning DVFS Clock Gating Power Gating Multi-VT High-Performance Computing

Power Architect

Nvidia

Santa Clara, CA +1 7 days ago $124,000–$195,500
Python TensorFlow PyTorch Pandas NumPy Low Power Architecture Power Modeling Deep Learning Design Compiler PTPX Power Artist Scope DAQ ASIC Design Performance Simulators

Senior GPU Architect

Nvidia

Santa Clara, CA +3 14 days ago $184,000–$287,500
GPU Architecture Parallel Computing C C++ Python Perl RTL Graphics Algorithms High Performance Computing Signal Processing Database Test Infrastructure Computer Architecture
8+ yrs exp