Senior AI Networking Solutions Architect

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 213,900 - 356,500; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a motivated Solutions Architect/Engineer to design and build Ethernet networking fabrics for AI Factories supporting Autonomous Vehicles and GenAI models. You’ll work with cutting-edge networking and computing hardware, driving breakthroughs for automotive customers globally.

Role emphasizes hands-on system engineering, C/C++ development on Linux, and collaboration across engineering, product, and sales teams to realize design wins and scalable deployments.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or other Engineering fields or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on validated technical experience in Ethernet Networking technologies for HPC or AI computing clusters.
• Systems engineering, coding, and debugging skills including experience with C/C++, Linux kernels and drivers. Comfortable with Linux shell commands.
• Knowledge of Slurm job scheduling and the related implications on the networking fabrics.
• Practical knowledge of Networking including Data Center topologies, routing and switching protocols, and Ethernet Networking Protocols. Understanding telemetry open source interfaces (e.g., gNMI) and dashboards (e.g., Grafana)
• System level understanding of server architecture, PCIe devices, NICs, Linux OS and kernel drivers.
• Enjoy working with multiple levels and teams across organizations (engineering, research, product, sales and marketing teams).
• Self-starter with a vision for growth, real passion for continuous learning and sharing findings across the team.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical mentorship to partners and customers on gigawatt-scale networking infrastructure deployments. Guide customer journey from design to build to production and post production stabilization.
• Build demonstrations and POCs for solutions that address critical business needs of our customers. Help in draft requirements for missing features to unblock progress at customers/partners.
• Educate customers on new networking solutions and platforms developed by NVIDIA. Prepare and deliver technical training presentations and workshops.
• Build collaterals that would help AI Factory builders with the right networking reference architectures and configurations.
• Partner with NVIDIA engineering, product, sales teams to secure design wins at customers. Enable development and growth of NVIDIA product features through customer feedback and POC evaluations.

Skills

C/C++

Linux

Slurm

Networking

Telemetry

Education

MS/PhD in CS/EE/Physics/Math or equivalent

Tools

CUDA

DoCA

SPX

InfiniBand

DPU

Job description

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a motivated Solutions Architect/Engineer to design and build Ethernet networking fabrics for AI Factories supporting Autonomous Vehicles and GenAI models. You’ll work with cutting-edge networking and computing hardware, driving breakthroughs for automotive customers globally.

Role emphasizes hands-on system engineering, C/C++ development on Linux, and collaboration across engineering, product, and sales teams to realize design wins and scalable deployments.