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Senior Power and Performance Engineer

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/24/2026

Compensation

$168,000 - $310,500 per year

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

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Silicon Power and Thermal Controllers Engineer to join its Silicon Co-Design Group. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and productizing power-performance and thermal-control mechanisms for GPUs, CPUs, and SoCs. The engineer will work closely with various teams to optimize performance while maintaining thermal envelopes. The position requires a blend of firmware, silicon, and software expertise to drive innovations in power and thermal management.

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
  • 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.
  • Solid understanding of digital design, circuit analysis, CPU/GPU/SoC architecture, PTPX, advanced process technologies, and transistor/device physics.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and tune silicon power and thermal controllers in partnership with firmware, hardware, software, and design/power-architecture teams.
  • Drive debug and resolution of power-limiting constraints to deliver efficient product-specific customizations.
  • Deliver system-level power optimizations across silicon, platform, software, and manufacturing.
  • Validate silicon power and thermal features across multi-functional teams from bring-up through production.
  • Translate complex power, thermal, and performance signals into decision-ready options for leadership.

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

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

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

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