Principal CPU Power Architect

NVIDIA • Santa Clara, CA, United States • Posted June 03, 2026

Location Santa Clara, CA
Job Type Full-time
Category other-general
Posted June 03, 2026
Do you want to help drive the development of CPU technology for architectures used for artificial intelligence (AI), agentic workloads, deep learning (DL), high-performance computing (HPC), cloud service providers (CSP), gaming, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles? Come join the CPU architecture team and help us the boundaries for all our CPU products!


What you'll be doing:
+ Bridge the gap between architecture, RTL implementation, and physical design.
+ Serve as subject matter expert on power delivery/regulators, power gating, di/dt, and thermal throttling.
+ Analyze power trade-offs for different die stacking and packaging proposals.
+ Propose and drive improvements related to power and power methodology for our custom CPU cores.



What we need to see:
+ BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
+ 15 or more years of relevant experience.
+ Extensive background in CPU a...

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