CareerPlan

Senior Power and Thermal Architect

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time2026-10-30 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Architect next-generation system, platform, and datacenter-level power and thermal co-design solutions to drive product differentiation across NVIDIA's roadmap.

Role type

Senior IC system architect (power and thermal)

Builds

System, platform, and datacenter feature/behavior for AI, accelerated computing, and graphics products

Domain

Semiconductor / Silicon Co-Design

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

System-level power architecture, thermal architecture, platform energy architecture, workload-aware power and thermal controls, memory co-design, system reliability and variability management, lifecycle management, RAS, design-space exploration, emerging memory technologies (HBM, stacked memory), standards contributions

Preferred skills

PhD or equivalent research experience, machine learning applied to power/thermal modeling, system reliability and aging management

Technologies

VLSI, silicon, memory, packaging, platform partners, closed-loop platform telemetry, datacenter-class power compliance, platform-scale energy buffering, advanced cooling intercepts

Responsibilities

Scan internal research, academia, standards bodies, and partners for emerging ideas; build product differentiation cases; lead end-to-end co-design from concept to production; maintain a living intercept pipeline; brief leadership on technology trajectory; collaborate with system architects, software engineers, and manufacturing partners

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with multi-functional influence