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Distinguished Engineer, Power Architecture

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/15/2026

Compensation

$320,000 - $488,750 per year

PhD with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
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Job description

Join NVIDIA's Applied Power Architecture team as a Distinguished Engineer, where you will define the performance and wattage standards for innovative silicon and systems across various domains. This role focuses on developing long-term technical strategies for power architecture, impacting datacenter GPUs, automotive, robotics, and edge-AI products. You will lead efforts in performance-versus-power analysis and drive the architecture of thermal and system-level power management. This position is ideal for an expert ready to influence the next decade of advancements in power architecture.

Requirements

  • MSEE, MSCE, or PhD or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 18+ years of relevant industry and/or academic experience.
  • Demonstrated ownership of power architecture across several successful silicon generations.
  • Deep expertise in low-power and energy-efficient design techniques.
  • Authoritative understanding of modern GPU, CPU, and accelerator architectures.
  • Proven history of developing and implementing power and performance modeling methods.

Responsibilities

  • Set multi-generation, cross-portfolio power strategy.
  • Own performance per watt across server, client, and edge-class platforms.
  • Drive performance-versus-power analysis that influences major silicon trade-offs.
  • Lead silicon and vendor/IP co-architecture.
  • Define new technology frontiers in power architecture.
  • Architect thermal and system-level power management end-to-end.
  • Drive ML- and workload-aware modeling and post-silicon optimization.
  • Influence across the company and the industry.
  • Develop the next generation of technical leaders.
  • Generate sustained IP and intellectual contribution.

Benefits

  • Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Nvidia Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

355

FY2026

Approval rate

99.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

7,667

FY2026

Entry-level share

11.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-37%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

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Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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