Senior Performance Verification Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior Performance Verification Engineer
Role Summary
Member of the CPU Performance Verification team responsible for performance correlation, workload and benchmark analysis, microbenchmark development, and verification infrastructure to analyze CPU performance and identify bottlenecks.
The role involves technical leadership across performance verification activities and close collaboration with architects and design engineers to validate microarchitectural features.
Experience Level
Senior-level. The posting requests 5+ years of relevant experience in CPU performance modeling, correlation, or analysis.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include technical leadership of performance verification efforts and creating tools and tests to validate CPU performance.
- Define, plan, implement, and execute performance verification strategy for CPU designs.
- Analyze low-level CPU design details and assess their performance impact.
- Collaborate with architects and design engineers to scope microarchitectural features.
- Draft performance test plans and create scalable microbenchmarks to validate features.
- Analyze and correlate CPU benchmarks and workloads to identify bottlenecks.
- Build infrastructure and tooling for efficient performance correlation and debug.
- Lead and provide technical guidance to junior engineers; handle multiple tasks/projects concurrently.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; nice-to-have items listed separately.
- 5+ years of experience in CPU performance modeling, performance correlation, or performance analysis.
- Strong understanding of CPU microarchitecture and design.
- Experience with workload analysis and characterization.
- Strong coding and scripting skills (examples: Python, Perl, C++).
- Good communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team.
Nice-to-have
- Experience leading performance validation of major CPU pipeline blocks.
- Background with ARM A64 or x86 architectures.
Education Requirements
BS or MS in Electrical Engineering / ECE or equivalent practical experience; PhD is a plus. Equivalent practical experience accepted.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
