Director, Server CPU Product Architecture

Socket.dev; Santa Clara (TX); On-site; USD 288,000 - 529,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA is searching for a Director/Senior Director of Server CPU Product Architecture to drive the architecture of the next-generation server CPUs. You will work with system, platform and product teams to define requirements and trade-offs that optimize data center performance.

You will lead a team of senior architects, engaging with customers and partners to align market needs with engineering outcomes. Equity and a comprehensive benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in server or data center CPU/SoC architecture with multiple generations shipped.
• 7+ years of leading a team to deliver CPU product strategy.
• Experience partnering across architecture, engineering, and product groups and scaling high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Define NVIDIA's next-generation server CPU architecture from concept to launch, coordinating with system/platform/PM to set CPU requirements.
• Lead a team of senior architects and communicate the roadmap to customers and NVIDIA's senior technical and executive leadership.

Skills

Server CPU/SoC architecture

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Lifecycle ownership

Market/ROI alignment

Education

Electrical Engineering / Computer Science / Computer Engineering degree

Job description

Agentic AI is revolutionizing CPUs — and we're redesigning the data center to keep up. At NVIDIA, we build the CPU, GPU, and infrastructure as a single unit of design. Ready to help us define what comes next? Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package.

What you'll be doing:

• We're expanding our team and looking for a Director/Senior Director, Server CPU Product Architecture, to lead the definition of NVIDIA's next-generation server CPUs. This is a meaningful role! You will drive the product architecture of NVIDIA's server CPUs from first concept through launch, working directly with system architecture, platform architecture, and product management to define what the CPU needs to be, and driving the architectural trade-offs that determine how it performs across the entire data center.

• This role works directly with customers and partners, bringing market needs and cases — including return on investment — back into engineering, and across architecture, platform, networking, software, and silicon engineering teams so every CPU decision serves the AI factory as a whole. This role leads a team of senior architects and represents the roadmap to customers and to NVIDIA's most senior technical and executive leadership.

What we need to see:

• 15+ years of experience in server or data center CPU/SoC architecture, having shipped multiple product generations.
• 7+ years of managing a team to deliver NVIDIA CPU Product strategy
• A history of partnering across architecture, engineering, and product organizations, and building and scaling high-performing teams.
• Experience owning products through their full lifecycle — including customer engagement, return on investment ownership, and value proposition.
• A proven ability to supervise industry and technology trends and competitive dynamics, and anticipate where the market is heading.
• Experience co-designing silicon requirements directly with hyperscalers or large AI labs.
• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience spanning both x86 and Arm-based server CPU architectures.
• A background in accelerated computing or AI infrastructure, not just traditional server CPUs.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 288,000 USD - 437,000 USD for Level 5, and 352,000 USD - 529,000 USD for Level 6.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 15, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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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.