
Senior Power Analysis and Optimization Engineer, AI-LLM Systems
NVIDIA
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Santa Clara • California • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $136,000 - $264,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Analyze full‑chip and unit‑level power using internal and industry‑standard RTL and gate‑level power tools, and translate data into concrete design and architectural improvements.
- Develop and productionize power‑aware models and flows, including ML/RL‑based techniques for anomaly detection, dynamic power management, and design‑space exploration.
- Design and train new LLMs that “learn the art” of power analysis from design data, power reports, bug histories, and best practices—so they can:
- Assist engineers in interpreting complex power data
- Propose likely root causes and candidate fixes
- Recommend architectural and micro‑architectural optimizations for power
- Perform comparative power analysis across workloads, products, and design options to identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities that aren’t obvious from first principles alone.
- Partner closely with Architects, Performance, Software, ASIC Design, and Physical Design teams to interpret power data, root‑cause power bugs, and drive fixes and design changes.
- Prototype and evaluate new architectural features in Verilog, with a strong focus on their power and energy implications.
- Automate and scale flows (Python/Perl/C++), and define new pipelines that fast‑track power anomaly detection and close the loop between power data, AI models, and design decisions.
- Apply AI to power optimization: build and deploy data‑driven models—using machine learning, reinforcement learning, data analytics, and custom LLMs—to recommend or automatically tune power‑efficient configurations and policies.
Requirements
- MS (or equivalent experience) and 5yrs experience OR PHD + 3yr experience in EE/CE/CS or related fields.
- Strong understanding of energy consumption, power estimation, data movement, and low‑power design.
- Familiarity with Verilog and ASIC design principles, and hands‑on experience with tools such as PowerArtist, PrimePower/PrimePower RTL, RTL Architect, or similar.
- Solid coding and automation skills, preferably in Python, Perl, and C++.
- Experience or strong interest in machine learning, reinforcement learning, and data analytics, ideally applied to EDA, architecture, or system‑level optimization.
- Interest or experience in building and using LLMs or other foundation models as engineering copilots—especially for EDA/power/architecture workflows.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross‑functional design and architecture teams.
- A genuine desire to bring data‑driven, AI‑assisted decision‑making into power architecture and help shape the energy profile of NVIDIA’s future products.
Benefits
- equity
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Hard Skills & Tools
power analysispower estimationlow-power designmachine learningreinforcement learningdata analyticsVerilogcodingautomationpower-aware models
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvinginterpretation of complex dataroot-cause analysisdesign optimizationcross-functional teamworkdata-driven decision-makingengineering copilotarchitectural improvements
Certifications
MS in EE/CE/CSPhD in EE/CE/CS