Senior Performance Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$136,000–$212,750 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $174k
$126k most similar roles pay here $228k

This role pays less than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $152,200–$213,531 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $174k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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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 904 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Performance Engineer

As a Senior Performance Engineer, you will join a team focused on advancing the limits of AI, accelerated computing, and modern graphics technologies. You will collaborate with Marketing, Architecture, and Engineering across Enterprise business units to provide competitive and internal data analysis that informs product initiatives and sets industry performance expectations. Your daily responsibilities include bringing up, maintaining, and debugging pre-production, reference, and consumer hardware while running performance, image quality, and power tests for Professional Visualization, AI, and LLM benchmark applications on various GPUs. You will develop Python-based automation scripts to streamline benchmarking procedures and design tools to improve reporting workflows. The role requires expertise in 3D application performance testing, hardware components, and identifying bottlenecks. You will analyze test results to create reports while utilizing Python for scripting and debugging across complex technical environments.

What you'll do

  • Provide competitive and internal data analysis to influence business decisions and set performance expectations.
  • Bring up, maintain, and debug pre-production, reference, and consumer hardware for product development.
  • Execute performance, image quality, and power tests on Professional Visualization, AI, and LLM benchmark applications.
  • Develop and maintain Python-based automation scripts and tools to streamline benchmarking procedures.
  • Design new tools and processes to improve benchmarking analysis and reporting workflows.
  • Analyze and validate test results to create reports for internal stakeholders.
  • Identify and root-cause performance bottlenecks across hardware and PC components.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical or business marketing field.
  • 5+ years of experience in a technical or business marketing field.
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Workstation/AI/LLM application benchmarking, performance analysis, and competitive data comparisons.
  • Deep understanding of 3D application performance testing methods and techniques.
  • Excellent programming and debugging skills in a scripting language (Python preferred).
  • Expert knowledge of hardware and PC components to identify and root-cause performance bottlenecks.
  • Strong verbal and written interpersonal skills with the ability to manage multiple projects.
  • Experience in LLM development, NVIDIA products, or benchmarking and competitive analysis (preferred).

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