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Base Salary
$224k - $431k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement SoC power and thermal control software modules.
- Establish software architecture for power and thermal management on next-generation platforms.
- Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex, multi-team power and thermal issues.
- Define and drive software corrective-action plans across future product generations.
- Own end-to-end software work addressing power usage and thermal control for a Client SoC product line.
- Drive platform power and thermal goals across firmware, kernel, driver, and OEM-facing software teams.
- Track program-level software status, risks, and mitigations and communicate them to engineering leadership.
- Serve as the primary software technical interface to SoC partners on power and thermal topics.
- Collaborate with ecosystem partners and OEM engineering teams on platform power and thermal features and issues.
- Represent the power and thermal software team in leadership reviews, program syncs, and executive communications.
Requirements
- 12+ years of industry experience in system software, including at least 5+ years focused on SoC or platform power management software.
- Deep expertise in SoC, GPU, and CPU power management, including C-states, SoC low-power states, DVFS, power gating, clock gating, and platform power limits.
- Demonstrated ownership and delivery of power and thermal software goals on real products from pre-silicon architecture through post-launch optimization.
- Proven ability to align engineering teams, SoC and silicon partners, OS and platform vendors, and OEM partners.
- Proficiency in C and a strong background in operating-system internals, device drivers, real-time embedded operating systems, and low-level hardware/software interfaces.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex technical tradeoffs to engineering leadership and business partners.
- Bachelor of Science or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Extensive SoC power and thermal management software experience is preferred.
- Experience with Linux and Windows platform power management is preferred.
- Prior cross-company partnership defining firmware/software power interfaces is preferred.
- Familiarity with platform telemetry pipelines for power and thermal monitoring and self-host/battery-life data analysis is preferred.
- Strong understanding of Rest-of-Platform power optimization is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Equity and benefits eligibility.
- Applications are accepted at least until September 14, 2026.
About Nvidia
Nvidia designs and sells GPUs and accelerated computing platforms for data centers, AI/ML, graphics, gaming, and automotive, monetizing through hardware, software platforms (CUDA, AI frameworks), and systems like DGX and networking. Customers include cloud providers, enterprises, researchers, and OEMs. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it is a public company traded on NASDAQ under NVDA.