Distinguished Resiliency and Safety Architect, GPU Diagnostics

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 320,000 - 488,750; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA Gruppe is seeking a Distinguished Resiliency and Safety Architect specialized in GPU Diagnostics. The role involves designing diagnostics software to identify hardware defects in NVIDIA GPUs.

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with architecture and verification teams to ensure compliance with ISO safety standards and enhance test coverage. Applicants should have 15+ years of experience and a Master's or PhD in relevant fields.

This role also offers a competitive salary of $320,000 – $488,750, along with equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• At least 15 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to reason across hardware/software boundaries to debug complex issues.
• In-depth understanding of high-performance computing systems architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain diagnostics software suite for NVIDIA GPUs.
• Enhance diagnostics to improve failure detection.
• Collaborate with architecture and verification teams.
• Establish root causes for intermittent faults and silent data corruption.

Skills

C/C++ programming

CUDA programming

Python scripting

High-performance computing systems

Debugging and analytical skills

Education

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

We are now looking for a Distinguished Resiliency and Safety Architect, GPU Diagnostics! Today, NVIDIA is tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self‑driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIA employee, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, encouraging environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how we can make a lasting impact on the world.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain diagnostics software suite to efficiently stress test NVIDIA GPUs and SOCs to identify hardware defects, including defects that cause silent data corruption. These tests will run in large‑scale deployments of Datacenter GPUs and Safety SOCs in package/board/rack configurations spanning GPUs, CPUs, and networking SOCs.
• Address coverage gaps in NVIDIA diagnostic suite flagged by silicon failures on customer workloads or test suites. Enhance diagnostics to improve repeatability of failures detected and optimize test time.
• Tests for GPUs in automotive functional safety contexts should include low‑level routines to exercise instruction sets, memory subsystems and interrupt mechanisms, in compliance with ISO 26262 and related safety standards. Collaborate with architecture, RTL, and verification teams to ensure safety coverage, correctness, and robustness across GPU generations.
• Study silent data corruption, intermittent faults, and hard‑to‑reproduce failures in the field, including customer returns (RMAs), to establish root causes, and improve detection by diagnostics.
• Support deployment of diagnostics in pre‑production qualification environments as well as large‑scale production usages.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or closely related degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Ability to reason across hardware/software boundaries to debug complex system‑level issues.
• In‑depth understanding of the architecture and micro‑architecture of high‑performance computing systems. Strong knowledge of hardware failure mechanisms that can result in incorrect computation.
• Proficiency in C/C++, CUDA programming.
• Scripting and automation with Python or similar.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, from requirements to testing closure and maintenance, including creating customer releases and documentation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with on‑site and remote teams.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills.
• Be self‑driven and results oriented.

Skills that Will Set You Apart

• Familiarity with GPU and SOC Architectures, Machine Learning/Deep Learning concepts.
• Understanding factors causing silent data corruption in hardware.
• Ability to use high performance libraries and write hand‑crafted kernels where necessary to create stress conditions to induce hardware failures.
• Experience in embedded software development.

Benefits

Salary: 320,000 USD – 488,750 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Application Information

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until February 27, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

EEO Statement

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate 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.