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Senior Performance Verification Engineer

NvidiaUS, CA, Santa ClaraDesign Verification
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First seen on this site 2026-10-31, open 10 days.
Posted 2026-10-30 · read from workday

We are now looking for a Senior Performance Verification Engineer! As a member of our CPU Performance verification Team, you will be responsible for performance correlation, analyzing workloads and benchmarks for performance bottlenecks, developing microbenchmarks and creating the necessary verification infrastructure for performance analysis. This position offers you the opportunity to have real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company impacting product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars and the growing field of artificial intelligence. We have crafted a team of outstanding people stretching around the globe, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future of computing. What you’ll be doing: Technical leadership role to define/plan/implement/execute performance verification strategy of sophisticated CPU designs Ability to delve into lowest level details of CPU unit design specification, implementation and it's performance impact Interactions with architect and design engineers to define detailed scope of micro architectural features Draft detailed performance testplans and define/Create scalable micros to validate features Analysis and correlation of CPU benchmarks/workloads Build infra/tooling needed for efficient performance correlation debug Ability to lead and provide detailed technical guidance to junior engineers Agility to work on multiple tasks/projects What we need to see: BS or MS in EE/ECE or equivalent experience.