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NVIDIA

Senior CPU Performance Architect

NVIDIA
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senior full-time Santa Clara

First indexed 23 May 2026

Description

Do you want to help drive the development of CPU technology for architectures used for artificial intelligence (AI) / deep learning (DL), high-performance computing (HPC), cloud service providers (CSP), gaming, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles?

Come join the CPU performance architecture team and help us push performance boundaries for all our CPU products!

Responsibilities:

Study workloads for a wide range of markets, including CSP, HPC, AI / DL, and autonomous vehicles.

Develop infrastructure to visualize CPU performance bottlenecks on important workloads.

Develop performance analysis tools.

Analyse and debug performance scaling bottlenecks on multi-core and multi-socket CPU and CPU/GPU systems.

Work with CPU architects to improve future CPU and system designs based on your findings.

Requirements:

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Experience with data visualisation techniques and Python programming.

Familiarity with compiler concepts.

Understanding of modern web development technologies (JavaScript, D3, and Django) and modern software development methodologies (CI/CD).

12+ years of relevant experience.

Experience with CPU workloads and performance analysis.

Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture.

Benefits:

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

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