Custom Platform Performance Engineer

Custom Platform Performance Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Custom Platform Performance Engineer to design, model, and analyze next‑generation SoC solutions. This role is focused on delivering innovative products and requires a strong background in SoC architecture, client requirements, and development cycles.

• Work with external customers to understand and characterize their unique user workloads, translating that understanding into resource utilization.
• Quickly model user workloads on existing hardware at both IP and SoC levels.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to propose modifications to existing IP or new IP to better meet user workloads, and provide performance improvement estimates.
• Optimize external customers' applications, including CPU, GPU (CUDA), or machine‑learning network optimizations.

• Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 6+ years of relevant work experience focused on CPU, GPU, and HPC architectures.
• Understanding of the many factors influencing power efficiency at chip, system, and product levels.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth.
• High‑level understanding of computer architecture, including CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, fabric, DRAM, and high‑speed SERDES (PCIe, chip‑to‑chip).
• Experience with workload analysis and characterization, and familiarity with tools and theory for workload analysis. ARM‑based tools a plus but not required.
• Experience developing and using cycle‑accurate and cycle‑approximate performance models, and their trade‑offs.

• Experience optimizing code (CPU, CUDA, ML networks) for higher performance.
• Experience defining custom accelerators, including SW/HW interface and programming model.
• Datacenter TCO calculation.
• Pre‑Silicon Performance Verification.
• Experience developing plans and strategies with Architecture and Design teams to address performance issues.
• Experience creating methodologies for performance analysis.

The base salary range is $156,000 USD – $247,250 USD, determined by location, experience, and comparable positions. You will also be eligible for equity and a comprehensive benefits package.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proudly offers equal opportunity employment. NVIDIA does not discriminate 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.