Performance Analyst

Santa Clara, CA

$54.26–$64.34 Per Hour
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5 days ago

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Performance Analyst
LOCATION: Santa Clara, CA
DURATION: 12 Months
PAY RANGE: $54 - $64/hr.

COMPANY:
Our client is a global leader in AI and high-performance computing, powering innovations in gaming, robotics, and data science.

POSITION SUMMARY:
As a Performance Analyst (Contract) supporting the Performance Lab, you will help build the future of products by gathering, studying, and sharing performance data for GPUs and competing platforms. Your analysis will impact engineering choices, product strategy, and market launch efforts for both GeForce and Enterprise divisions. In this role, you'll evaluate pre-production hardware and software, investigate performance issues, develop meaningful insights, and provide data-driven recommendations to collaborators across engineering, architecture, and marketing.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work alongside Marketing, Architecture, and Engineering departments across GeForce and Enterprise to review performance data, determine competitive positioning, aid product launches, and guide business decisions.
Bring up, validate, maintain, and debug pre-production, reference, and consumer hardware platforms.
Evaluate early software releases, including VBIOS, drivers, benchmarking applications, and technologies such as RTX, DLSS, and Reflex.
Benchmark gaming, AI, workstation, and data science workloads while collecting and analyzing key performance metrics.
Investigate, triage, and assist in resolving hardware and software performance issues by pinpointing bottlenecks and working closely with engineering teams.
Build clear, data-driven reports and presentations tailored to technical and business audiences.
Improve and expand data visualization and reporting using internal tools and platforms such as Tableau and Grafana.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
Passion for new technologies and awareness of industry trends, reviewers, technology publications, and influencer communities.
Ability to adapt quickly, manage changing priorities, and successfully balance multiple projects simultaneously.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Experience with performance benchmarking, workload analysis, and competitive performance evaluation for gaming and/or enterprise workstation applications.
Strong understanding of graphics performance metrics, including FPS, frame times, latency, GPU clocks, power, voltage, and thermals.
Experience working in Linux environments, including system configuration and debugging.
Strong knowledge of PC hardware architecture and the ability to identify and root-cause performance bottlenecks.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience with ray tracing, DLSS, AI acceleration, RAPIDS, CUDA, or other GPU computing technologies.
Experience evaluating or developing Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI workloads.
Familiarity with professional and scientific applications such as MATLAB, Ansys, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or other AI and HPC frameworks.
Experience with Apple Silicon platforms (M-series processors) and macOS performance analysis.
Experience building dashboards or data visualizations using Tableau, Grafana, Power BI, or similar tools.
Programming or scripting experience in Python, C++, Bash, or PowerShell for automation and performance analysis.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Marketing, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience in a practical setting.

BENEFITS SUMMARY: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.

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BENEFITS SUMMARY:
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.

FAIR CHANCE POLICY:
Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Santa Clara, CA
Salary	$54.26–$64.34 Per Hour

Skills

Analysis Skillsunmatched
Appleunmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Gamesunmatched
Automationunmatched
Bash Scriptingunmatched
Benchmarkingunmatched
Business Operationsunmatched
C++ Programming Languageunmatched
CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture)unmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Compensation Managementunmatched
Competitive Analysis/Strategyunmatched
Computer Engineeringunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Computer Workstationsunmatched
Contract Analysisunmatched
Data Scienceunmatched
Data Visualizationunmatched
Debugging Skillsunmatched
Electrical Engineeringunmatched
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)unmatched
Gamingunmatched
Graphicsunmatched
Hardware Architectureunmatched
Industry/Trade Analysisunmatched
Juniper Networks M-Seriesunmatched
Linux Operating Systemunmatched
MATLABunmatched
Mac Operating Systemunmatched
Marketingunmatched
Modeling Languagesunmatched
Multitaskingunmatched
PC Hardwareunmatched
Performance Analysisunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Performance Reviewsunmatched
Power BIunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Product Documentationunmatched
Product Positioningunmatched
Product Strategyunmatched
Product/Service Launchunmatched
Publicationsunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
RTXunmatched
Ray Tracingunmatched
Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
Roboticsunmatched
Root Cause Analysisunmatched
Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
Software Evaluationunmatched
Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
Tableauunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Technical Presentationunmatched
Windows PowerShellunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched

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