Senior CPU Workloads and Simulation Architect

NVIDIA

Senior CPU Workloads & Simulation Architect at NVIDIA focusing on CPU architectures for AI and HPC. Researching and implementing complex application simulations for performance analysis.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $224,000 - $431,250 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Research, architect, implement, and evaluate mechanisms for capturing and studying complex applications suitable for architectural and microarchitectural CPU analysis in simulation.
Implement tools, processes, and systems for collecting traces and checkpoints for complex multi-threaded heterogeneous applications and support other architects in using those tools to study workloads.
Contribute to developing functional and performance models of ARM-based systems.
Focus on infrastructure for recording and replaying workload sequences for performance and power analysis.
Stay on top of guidelines in industry and academia relating to simulation, checkpointing, tracing, deterministic replay, and architectural/microarchitectural analysis of complex heterogeneous computer systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS/MS in EE, CE, or CS or equivalent experience
12 or more years of relevant experience
Experience with CPU workload methodology: state capture and replay, trace analysis, SimPoint, etc.
Knowledge of CPU and system architecture and microarchitecture
Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills

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Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++PythonCPU workload methodologystate capturereplaytrace analysisSimPointperformance modelingpower analysis

Certifications

BS in Electrical EngineeringMS in Electrical EngineeringBS in Computer EngineeringMS in Computer EngineeringBS in Computer ScienceMS in Computer Science