System Architect

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $224,000–$356,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 16 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $290k

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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · System Architect

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As a System Architect, you will join the team to define and design products for AI, high performance computing, and other datacenter markets. You will drive architecture for datacenter systems by considering everything from the chip level to full datacenter scale. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams across silicon, software, networking, and operations to translate customer needs into design inputs while analyzing performance, power, and cost tradeoffs. The role requires solving complex problems spanning both software and hardware to implement systems from concept through large production deployments. You should possess deep expertise in hardware architecture, including server mechanical, power, and thermal designs. Required skills include experience with custom processors or accelerators, GPU compute, networking, manufacturing operations, and cloud server deployments. Candidates should hold a degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering.

Skills

GPU High Performance Computing Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning Hardware Architecture Networking Manufacturing Operations Accelerated Computing

What you'll do

Drive architecture for datacenter systems from the chip level to full datacenter scale.
Define and build future products by coordinating with silicon, software, networking, and operations teams.
Translate customer needs into technical design inputs and consistent product strategies.
Analyze performance, power, and cost trade-offs to inform architectural design decisions.
Manage the system lifecycle from initial concept through large-scale production deployments.
Solve complex problems spanning both hardware and software domains.

What we're looking for

12+ years of experience working on datacenter systems.
Deep understanding of hardware architecture and design of servers including mechanical, power, and thermal components.
Hands-on experience with hard problems that span software and hardware.
Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven record to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields (or equivalent experience).
Master's degree (preferred).
Experience with large projects involving co-development of custom processors, accelerators, systems, and software (preferred).
Familiarity with GPU compute, NVIDIA networking, manufacturing operations, and cloud server deployments (preferred).

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