Senior CPU Power Architect

NVIDIA’s CPU group is seeking for a passionate power architect to drive the CPU power optimization during the entire design cycle and ensure that silicon power meets the power target. You will be responsible for estimating CPU power from early stages of projects using different tools, optimizing power by collaborating with multiple teams, and examining and ensuring that CPU silicon power meet the pre-silicon target. We are searching for a hard-working, highly motivated engineer who has both strong technical skills as well as excellent personal skills. It will be a key role to make NVIDIA’s CPUs achieve the best performance at Watt efficiency in the industry!What you’ll be doing:Estimate CPU power at different levels such as C model, RTL, and netlist during design phases, identify power inefficiencies in the design, and drive the power optimization with architects, RTL designers, and physical design teams.Measure CPU power and performance on silicon, analyze, and correlate silicon power data with pre-silicon power estimation.Design CPU power tests such as CPU peak power test and di/dt testsWhat we need to see: BS/MS in EE, CE, or CS or equivalent experience.5+ years of experience working in ASIC power measurement and optimization.Solid fundamental knowledge about power including transistor-level leakage/dynamic characteristics of VLSI circuits.Proficient with lab equipment for silicon power measurement such as DAQ. Able to analyze board level power issues.Experience with RTL and netlist power analysis tools such as Power Artist/PTPX.Ways to stand out from the crowd: Strong programming skills - Python preferred.Deep understanding of computer architecture.Good communication skills and desire to work as a team player.NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to tackle challenges no one else can solve. Our work in AI and the metaverse is profoundly impacting society and transforming the world’s largest industries—from gaming to robotics, self-driving cars to life-saving healthcare, climate change to virtual worlds where we can all connect and create. NVIDIA recently entered the CPU server market with its Grace CPU superchip. Additionally, NVIDIA's GPUs and SOCs are world leaders in performance and efficiency and rely on CPU cores to efficiently orchestrate the system. The NVIDIA CPU architecture team builds new, innovative products tailored to cooperate with other technologies to tackle ground-breaking challenges.The base salary range is 144,000 USD - 270,250 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis. 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.