# Senior Manager, Performance Engineering – Kernel and Software Platforms

Hiring organization: [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/3ddf5864-fbef-4e2e-91f3-8e9276d342ce

Listed on NVIDIA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Salary: 272000 – 488750 USD per year

## Summary

NVIDIA is hiring a senior manager to lead performance analysis across their GPU product pipeline, from early design simulation through production deployment. The role suits engineering leaders with deep systems expertise who can architect performance models, manage testing frameworks, and drive automation using modern AI tools.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

CUDA, OpenAI Codex, Python, PyTorch

## Required

- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years in systems or software performance engineering
- 5+ years leading or managing technical engineering teams
- Demonstrated track record tracking performance across entire hardware lifecycle from simulation to production
- Ability to build expectation models and correlate simulation predictions with hardware telemetry
- Understanding of kernel compilation pipelines and DSL to IR to target code flows
- Experience developing workload testlists and aligning performance delivery with software release cycles
- Proficiency in Python automation and practical experience with generative AI APIs

## Nice to have

- Experience building automated pre-silicon to post-silicon performance validation frameworks
- Hands-on experience analyzing intermediate representations to identify performance loss between abstraction layers
- Proven success designing LLM-driven agents for automated performance regression analysis

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Manager--Performance-Engineering---Kernel-and-Software-Platforms_JR2022757