Principal System Power Management and Performance Architect

NVIDIA
Santa Clara, Austin
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 232,000 - 368,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Problem-solving","Systems thinking","Architectural judgment","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Own system-level power and performance architecture for datacenter and high-performance platforms, turning ambiguous performance gaps and power anomalies into scalable, multi-generation roadmap decisions. Lead architecture and integration for HSIO power management, DVFS, P-states, low-power features, and boot/IST sequences across complex multi-IP systems. Serve as a technical authority across architecture, ASIC, board/platform, and firmware teams, coordinating rack-level telemetry and control policies to improve performance-per-watt and reliability.

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Job Summary

Own system-level power and performance architecture for datacenter and high-performance platforms, turning ambiguous performance gaps and power anomalies into scalable, multi-generation roadmap decisions. Lead architecture and integration for HSIO power management, DVFS, P-states, low-power features, and boot/IST sequences across complex multi-IP systems. Serve as a technical authority across architecture, ASIC, board/platform, and firmware teams, coordinating rack-level telemetry and control policies to improve performance-per-watt and reliability.
Location: Santa Clara, Austin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define the multi-generation roadmap for system-level power and performance features using prototyping, use-case analysis, and cost/benefit trade-offs.
  • •Own the architecture and integration strategy for HSIO power management, DVFS, P-states, and low-power features to improve performance, power, and reliability.
  • •Lead system-level boot and IST architecture for how power and clock domains initialize, sequence, and recover across complex multi-IP systems.
  • •Drive power management strategy at datacenter scale, including rack-level power telemetry and platform state coordination.
  • •Redesign system-level processes that break under new product requirements, such as boot/reset flows, low-power entry/exit sequences, and control-system policies across IPs.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 232,000 - 368,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •BS or MS in EE/CE or equivalent experience.
  • •15+ years of system architecture, development, and validation experience focused on power and performance-per-watt optimization in datacenter or high-performance platforms.
  • •A proven history of guiding architecture decisions that shipped across multiple silicon programs, able to explain trade-offs and what changed.
  • •Extensive knowledge of HSIO power management, DVFS, P-states, system boot flows, and low-power entry/exit architecture across IP, firmware, and platform layers.
  • •Strong fundamentals in low-power design, power management techniques, and rack-level performance architecture.
Experience:DatacenterHigh-performance platformsSilicon programs
Education:Bachelor's in EE/CE
Skills:Technical leadershipProblem-solvingSystems thinkingArchitectural judgmentCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:HSIOPower managementDVFSP-statesFirmwareBoot flowsISTLow-power entry/exitRack-level power telemetryPlatform state coordinationControl-system policiesAI/agentic workflows

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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