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Architect - System Performance Verification and Analysis

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About the role

Architect role focused on full-chip SoC performance verification across engines/subsystems, using real workloads and multi-stage verification (cycle-accurate models, RTL, emulation, silicon) to identify bottlenecks and influence architecture and design decisions for NVIDIA’s high-performance hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with System Architecture, Usecase Modeling, Unit Architecture/PV, and Design/Verification teams to define comprehensive performance test plans that reflect real product usecases.
  • Drive full-chip SoC performance verification across all real engines and subsystems, running realistic concurrent workloads that represent how the product will be used by customers in the field.
  • Execute performance test plans across the full verification stack: cycle-accurate performance models, RTL simulation, emulation platforms, and silicon, identifying bottlenecks and regressions at each stage.
  • Debug performance failures through waveform analysis, signal-level queries, trace analysis, and system-level profiling to root-cause issues in the memory subsystem, fabric, or individual engines.
  • Influence architecture and microarchitecture decisions by surfacing performance data and trade-off analysis to the design and architecture teams early in the product development cycle.
  • Develop and maintain performance workloads, test suites, and infrastructure — including testbench components, performance simulators, analysis scripts, and automated regression flows.
  • Leverage AI-assisted tools and automation to accelerate repetitive analysis tasks, improve coverage, and free up engineering time for higher-level problem solving.
  • Drive methodology improvements to reduce verification turnaround time, improve coverage of representative workloads, and enable earlier performance insight in the product development cycle.

Qualifications

  • B.E./B.Tech or M.S./M.Tech (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of relevant experience in SoC or system-level architecture, performance verification, or hardware validation.
  • Strong understanding of SoC architecture including GPU and CPU pipelines, memory subsystem design (caches, DRAM controllers, coherency), Network-on-Chip (NoC)/fabric architecture, and high-speed IO interfaces.
  • Hands-on experience with RTL simulation and debug, including waveform-based debug and signal-level querying to isolate performance failures.
  • Solid programming skills in Python and C/C++; scripting proficiency in Bash/Python for automation and analysis. Exposure to Verilog/SystemVerilog or SystemC/TLM is a strong plus.
  • Strong debugging, data analysis, and statistical analysis skills — ability to synthesize large volumes of performance data into actionable insights.
  • Experience with or exposure to pre-silicon performance analysis methodologies, including performance models, cycle-approximate simulators, or emulation platforms.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a large, globally distributed engineering organization.

Skills

Required:SoC or system-level architectureRTL simulation and debugPythonC/C++
Nice to have:Verilog/SystemVerilog or SystemC/TLM
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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