Senior Manager, Performance Engineering – Kernel and Software Platforms
NVIDIASanta Clara, CA · full time · Senior
$272,000 – $488,750
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What this role is
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.
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What they ask for
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