Architecture Technical Manager - NVLink Fusion

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 272,000 - 431,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, California is hiring an Architecture Technical Manager to drive cross-disciplinary architecture efforts for the next generation of NVLink Fusion hardware. You will collaborate across hardware, software, and platform teams to shape product architecture and define unified system requirements.

The role demands a strong background in chip design, 15+ years of experience, and a passion for innovative AI chips.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• 15+ years of proven experience.
• Expertise in chip architecture.
• Experience with industry standard bus protocols.
• Experience building high performance chips.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
• LLMs knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-disciplinary architecture efforts for NVLink Fusion hardware and systems.
• Define a unified product architecture and drive feature requirements across teams.
• Gatekeeper of product features, evaluate schedules, and manage scope.
• Review and propose changes to chip architecture and microarchitecture features.
• Guide verification requirements and test plans; coordinate verification across HW/SW teams.
• Drive bring-up plans, productization, debug, and root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with performance and power teams to balance tradeoffs for customers.
• Coordinate with software, firmware, platform, and multi-functional teams on system architecture.

Skills

Chip architecture

Bus protocols

High performance chips

Cross-functional collaboration

Product feature governance

Education

Master's Degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering

Job description

NVIDIA is hiring an Architecture Technical Manager to drive cross disciplinary architecture efforts for the next generation of NVLink Fusion hardware. We seek special individuals with a passion for delivering innovative products. Together, we will build life-changing AI chips and chiplets for the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market. If you have knowledge of computer architecture and chip development, and want to expand and grow, this is the opportunity you are looking for.

What you’ll be doing

Work on groundbreaking NVLink Fusion chips and systems. Understand them across a range of subject areas and help define a unified product. Feedback learning from one project to drive feature requirements and planning for the next generation. Be the gatekeeper of product features. Evaluate their schedule and effort implications. Manage feature creep. Review, and propose changes to, chip architecture and microarchitecture features. Guide verification requirements and testplans. Coordinate verification effort across SW and HW teams. Drive product bringup plans and execution. Coordinate productization requirements including debug, root cause analysis, and workarounds. Collaborate with performance and power teams to ensure the right product tradeoffs are made to meet customer expectations. Work with software, firmware, platform and multi-functional teams on system architecture.

What we need to see

Master's Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience). 15 years of proven experience. Expertise in chip architecture. Experience with industry standard bus protocols. Experience building high performance chips. Strong background in all aspects of chip development cycles. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills. A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth. Excellent thinking and problem solving skills. Good understanding of LLMs is a plus. Join the future of chip building, you will contribute to innovative products with a dedicated team!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 27, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing. Today, our AI infrastructure powers global intelligence, transforming every industry. Learn more about NVIDIA.