Senior GPU Architect

About the role

NVIDIA’s GPU Architecture Group seeks architects to contribute to the design of our proprietary profiler subsystem. This subsystem is embedded in every GPU and enables our profiling and monitoring tools to capture data and provide feedback for performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Architect and plan features in concert with software, hardware, and verification teams working across the globe to implement next generation GPU profiling features.
• Create functional and performance models to refine and verify hardware designs.
• Create test plans to validate the features you design and contribute to their implementation.
• Constantly develop your skills for practical innovation by improving your understanding of the AI workloads, the GPU architecture, and the profiling software stack.

Requirements

• Masters, or PhD in relevant field (Eg: Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering) or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of relevant computer architecture, ASIC design/verification, or software development experience.
• Strong programming skills in C++ (or similar) and Python (or similar).
• Solid foundation in computer architecture and hardware performance analysis.
• Experience with performance modeling and hardware simulation, ideally using SystemC.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to work with a distributed interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Expertise in developing and optimizing parallel algorithms, particularly using GPUs.
• Extensive experience as a user or developer of CPU or GPU profiling tools.
• Background with AI and/or high-performance computing applications.
• Experience contributing to and debugging large codebases with many developers.

Skills

• Experience with AI and high-performance computing applications.
• Ability to work with a distributed interdisciplinary team.

Benefits

• Base salary range: $184,000 - $287,500 for Level 4, and $224,000 - $356,500 for Level 5.
• Eligibility for equity and benefits.

Pay

• Base salary determined based on location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Schedule

• Full-time position.