Senior Power and Thermal Engineer

Nvidia • Santa Clara, CA

223d • $168,000 - $310,500

About The Position

NVIDIA has been redefining accelerated computing, computer graphics and is leading the Artificial Intelligence revolution. NVIDIA's leadership is driven by its phenomenal technology and outstanding people. We now have an opportunity to join this groundbreaking team. Silicon Solutions Group (SSG) is a wide-ranging, multi-functional team at NVIDIA. We sit at the crossroads of design, architecture, marketing and productization. Our involvement begins at the arch stage and extends to defining final products. We architect and deliver innovative solutions for various markets like Gaming, Datacenters, Servers, Automotive and Embedded. We are fast-paced, multi-layered, share a sense of humor and collaborate extensively to push the boundaries of what is possible. We do all of this with an eye on making ground-breaking impacts in the markets we serve. If this sounds like something you want to do, read on. We are seeking a Senior Power and Thermal Engineer, focused on BringUp and Validation. You will drive bringup, characterization and validation of revolutionary power features on current products. You will do this, while also continuing to influence, innovate and drive future power compliance features.

Requirements

• BS or MS in EE, CE, CS, Systems Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years in the area of silicon and product power and power management.
• Expertise and deep understanding in the areas of silicon power, transistor/device physics, power modeling and measurement, active power management.
• Experience with system level features, product binning methods, optimization techniques, methods and tools for data analysis and statistics.
• Experience working on product level power and performance analysis and optimization.
• Background with the market segments of datacenter is preferred.
• Familiarity with silicon bringup and validation, frequency and power characterization; hands-on post silicon experience is a plus.
• Excellent problem solving, partnership, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with offshore teams is required.
• Exposure to CPU/GPU/SoC architecture and HW-SW co-design is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with chip design owners across the company to understand chip, module and datacenter power features and develop in-depth System design plans to meet compliance.
• BringUp and Validate these compliance features and other features on silicon.
• Work cross-functionally with partners to track progress and sensitize future designs to any findings.
• Deliver system level power optimizations spanning across silicon, platform, software, manufacturing and product systems; for products ranging from large-scale datacenters to low-power client devices.
• Lead the team for power feature requirements and schedule from architecture to silicon phase of projects, incorporate silicon feedback to improve the next generation.
• Prototype any features on existing silicon to pre-fetch findings and reduce risks.
• Develop methodologies for power modeling and measurement, characterization of power features, correlate silicon behavior with simulations and provide design feedback.
• Work alongside system architects, designers, marketing teams, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW applications engineering, process/reliability authorities, ATE engineers, sales, and silicon operations, in a fast-paced, high-energy, collaborative work environment to bring industry-defining products to market.

Benefits

• Equity and benefits

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Master's degree