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NVIDIA

Distinguished Engineer, Power Architecture

NVIDIA
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onsite executive full-time Santa Clara

First indexed 14 May 2026

Description

Join NVIDIA's Applied Power Architecture team and help define the perf/watt standards of our innovative silicon and systems across many domains. As a Distinguished Engineer, Power Architecture, you'll develop the long-term technical strategy for power architecture. This includes datacenter GPUs, GeForce and client products, automotive (DRIVE), robotics (Jetson, Isaac), and the broader edge-AI portfolio.

Responsibilities:

  • Set multi-generation, cross-portfolio power strategy.
  • Own perf/watt across server-, client-, and edge-class platforms.
  • Drive performance-versus-power analysis that influences major silicon trade-offs and product roadmap decisions.
  • Lead silicon and vendor/IP co-architecture.
  • Define new technology frontiers.
  • Architect thermal and system-level power management end-to-end.
  • Drive ML- and workload-aware modeling and post-silicon optimization.
  • Influence across the company and the industry.
  • Develop the next generation of technical leaders.
  • Generate sustained IP and intellectual contribution.

Requirements:

  • MSEE, MSCE, or PhD or equivalent experience demonstrating significant impact in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 18+ years of relevant industry and/or academic experience.
  • Demonstrated ownership of power architecture across several successful silicon generations,server-class, client/mobile-class, or thermally-constrained SoC platforms.
  • Deep, applied expertise in the full stack of low-power and energy-efficient design techniques.
  • Authoritative understanding of modern GPU, CPU, and accelerator architectures; high-speed interconnects (NVLink, PCIe, Ethernet, optical, automotive networks); memory subsystems (HBM, LPDDR, on-die SRAM); and the system, OS, runtime, firmware, and workload layers that determine real-world perf/watt.
  • Proven history of developing and implementing power and performance modeling methods, important metrics, and tools widely used across the engineering organization.
  • Demonstrated experience defining requirements with , and architecting power solutions across , internal silicon teams and external silicon, IP, foundry, or packaging partners.

Benefits:

  • Eligible for equity and benefits.