Customer Solutions and Applications Engineer

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Customer Solution Architect to join our Applications Engineering team. You will partner with hardware design, firmware, software, sensors validation and AI teams to integrate NVIDIA's Embedded solutions into customer products, from NPI through validation to mass production.

The role requires leading a Partner Enablement team, defining system-level requirements, and driving performance, power and thermal integration.

Qualifications

• TME engineering expertise across board design to large-scale systems.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in hardware/embedded.
• BS or equivalent in EE/CE/CS or related field.
• Proven leadership across multidisciplinary teams (hardware, firmware, software, validation, PM).
• Deep knowledge of AI hardware products and applications.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Passion for solving complex technical problems and understanding trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Tier-1 and OEM customers and internal teams to develop Embedded architectures and roadmaps.
• Work with hardware, firmware, software, sensors validation and AI teams to integrate NVIDIA Embedded solutions.
• Define system-level requirements and specs for Embedded architectures and maintain design docs and test plans.
• Evaluate and enhance system performance, power, and thermomechanical integration; provide feedback to internal teams.
• Ensure customer solutions are highly optimized and deliver top-tier performance.

Skills

TME engineering

Board design

Automotive systems

Robotics integration

AI hardware

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS

Job description

NVIDIA's groundbreaking invention of the GPU in 1999 not only sparked the growth of the PC gaming market but also redefined modern computer graphics and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning has ignited the modern AI era, positioning the GPU as the brain behind computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world around them.

NVIDIA is seeking a Customer Solution Architect to join our Applications Engineering team. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with our key hardware design teams to enable NVIDIA's next-generation Embedded products and system solutions. Your responsibilities will include leading a Partner Enablement team to ensure product quality and reliability, optimize system performance, and enhance the integration process. You will engage with customers from New Product Introduction (NPI), design integration, and validation stages, all the way through to mass production deployment.

If you are passionate about technology that drives growth in AI markets and want to be part of a diverse team that is making a difference, we encourage you to join NVIDIA!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Collaborate with major Tier-1 and key OEM customers, as well as internal teams, to develop future Embedded architectures and roadmaps.
• Working alongside hardware design, firmware, software, sensors validation and AI algorithm teams to integrate NVIDIA's Embedded solutions into our customers’ products.
• Define system-level requirements and specifications for Embedded architectures using NVIDIA SoC solutions, while maintaining design documentation, test plans, and other customer enablement materials.
• Evaluate and enhance system performance, power efficiency, and thermomechanical integration, while simultaneously providing internal teams with laser-focused feedback for future improvements.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams at NVIDIA to ensure customer solutions are extraordinarily optimized to be the highest-performing solutions in the world.

What We Need To See

• Expertise in thermal, mechanical, and electrical (TME) engineering, with experience ranging from board design to the integration of large-scale Automotive and Robotic systems.
• 3+ overall years of proven experience
• BS or equivalent degree in EE/CE/CS engineering field or equivalent experience
• Consistent track record of leading a team and working with multidisciplinary groups (hardware, firmware, software, validation, project management, sensors, and AI algorithm developers).
• In-depth knowledge of AI hardware products and applications.
• Exceptional communication skills, both external and internal, coupled with strong collaboration abilities.
• A deep passion for complex problem-solving on a technical and process level, while comprehending the broader implications and trade-offs involved.

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Our team comprises some of the most experienced and dedicated individuals in the world, and due to outstanding growth, our extraordinary engineering teams are growing rapidly. If you are a creative and autonomous engineer with a genuine passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 116,000 USD - 189,750 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 5, 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.

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