Senior Silicon Power and Thermal Controllers Engineer

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

4d•$196,000 - $310,500•Hybrid

About The Position

NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group (SCG) is responsible for bringing every GPU, SoC, and CPU silicon program from initial power-on to high-volume production. SCG operates at the intersection of architecture, design, marketing, operations, and productization, developing innovative solutions for Datacenter, Server, Gaming, Robotics, Automotive, and Embedded markets. We are seeking a Senior Silicon Power and Thermal Controllers Engineer to design, implement, and productize the power-performance and thermal-control mechanisms within our products. This role bridges silicon, firmware, platform, and software, focusing on controllers that determine product performance within thermal and power limits. The ideal candidate will leverage AI to optimize debug and modeling cycles, understanding where it adds value and potential risks.

Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
6+ years implementing power and thermal controllers in firmware for GPU, CPU, or SoC products.
Hands-on experience with system-level silicon bring-up and validation, DVFS, power characterization and modeling, performance analysis, and perf-per-watt optimization.
Background in implementing system-level features, thermal policies, and data-analysis and statistics workflows.
Solid understanding of digital design, circuit analysis, CPU/GPU/SoC architecture, PTPX, advanced process technologies, and transistor/device physics.
Demonstrated experience operating across globally distributed and offshore engineering teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex post-silicon signals into clear options for executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

Background in gaming, automotive, or datacenter market segments, understanding power-thermal trade-offs across these product classes.
Track record of shipping system-level perf-per-watt or thermal-policy features that measurably improved products at scale.
Proficiency with AI productivity tools (Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, or equivalent) applied to power debug, modeling, or analysis workflows, with a clear understanding of outcomes and implemented guardrails.
Comfort navigating ambiguity, establishing technical structure within fast-moving silicon programs, and collaborating with global teams from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and tune silicon power and thermal controllers in close partnership with firmware, hardware, software, and design/power-architecture teams, from specification through productization.
Drive debug and resolution of power-limiting constraints, delivering efficient, product-specific customizations that enhance performance without exceeding thermal limits.
Deliver system-level power optimizations across silicon, platform, software, and manufacturing for a range of products from datacenter accelerators to low-power client devices.
Collaborate with the SCG Tools team to advance modeling, analysis, and test infrastructure, refining methodologies and integrating new closed-loop techniques into production.
Validate silicon power and thermal features with multi-functional teams from bring-up through production, managing and confirming fixes.
Translate complex power, thermal, and performance data into actionable insights for leadership to address risks related to POR, binning, and program impacts.
Work with system architects, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, power-architecture engineers, Product Definition Engineers, and ATE engineers in a dynamic environment to bring products to market.