Senior Performance Verification Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$136,000–$218,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
12 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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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

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TL;DR · Senior Performance Verification Engineer

As a Senior Performance Verification Engineer, you will join the CPU Performance verification Team to provide technical leadership in defining and executing performance verification strategies for sophisticated CPU designs. Your daily responsibilities include delving into low-level CPU unit design specifications, drafting detailed performance testplans, and creating scalable micros to validate features. You will analyze and correlate CPU benchmarks and workloads while building the necessary infrastructure and tooling for efficient performance correlation debugging. The role requires strong coding skills in scripting languages like Perl, Python, or C++. You must possess a deep understanding of CPU microarchitecture, workload characterization, and performance modeling. This position focuses on solving performance bottlenecks across product lines including consumer graphics, self-driving cars, and artificial intelligence by ensuring high-quality CPU pipeline performance.

What you'll do

  • Define, plan, and execute the performance verification strategy for sophisticated CPU designs.
  • Analyze low-level CPU unit design specifications to determine performance impacts.
  • Draft detailed performance testplans and create scalable micros to validate specific features.
  • Perform analysis and correlation of CPU benchmarks and workloads to identify bottlenecks.
  • Build infrastructure and tooling for efficient performance correlation and debugging.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers on performance verification tasks.
  • Collaborate with architects and design engineers to define the scope of micro-architectural features.

What we're looking for

  • BS or MS in EE/ECE or equivalent experience.
  • PhD is a plus (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience in CPU performance modeling, performance correlation, performance analysis, or relevant experiences.
  • Strong understanding in CPU micro architecture and designs.
  • Experience with workload analysis and characterization.
  • Strong coding skills in scripting languages like Perl, Python, or C++.
  • Experience leading performance validation of major blocks of CPU pipeline (preferred).
  • Background with ARM A64, X86 Architectures (preferred).

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