Senior SoC Power Architect

Location: US, CA, Santa Clara, US, OR, Hillsboro

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

NVIDIA is seeking an exceptional Power Architect to help us build power efficient and performance leading SOC's. This position offers the opportunity to have real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company impacting product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars, to the growing field of artificial intelligence. We have built a team of extraordinary people, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future of computing.

What you'll be doing:

• Optimizing power and performance across technical, product, and usage constraints for Nvidia SoCs in driving, robotics, multimedia, edge computing, and other embedded applications.

• Working with teams throughout the company (RTL, PD, Circuit, SI, Thermal, SW, Platform, Operations, Marketing, etc...) to deliver outstanding power solutions.

• Guiding HW Design teams in evaluating and improving power efficiency of their implementations.

• Creating power models of key SoC units to evaluate architectural tradeoffs in DL/ML (training/inference), CPU, GPU, and multimedia workloads.

What we need to see:

• Master's Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)

• 5+ years of additional relevant work experience focused on computer architecture and power.

• Understanding of the many factors influencing power efficiency at chip, system, and product levels.

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.

• A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with modeling and optimization of power and/or performance.

• Prior experience in power architecture and design

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative, autonomous and love a challenge, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until February 24, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.