Senior Deployment Lead - AI & GPU Systems

NVIDIA; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 216,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a team leader to operationalize the latest NVIDIA technologies by bridging prototype models to production‑ready deployment plans. You will lead initial deployment setup, prepare sites, assemble validation data, and drive large‑scale GPU and AI networking projects across data centers.

You will recruit and mentor a distributed team of solutions architects, systems engineers, and software experts; set priorities, supervise technical reviews, and coordinate with product management

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or other Engineering fields or equivalent experience.
• 8+ overall years in Systems/Solutions/Field Engineering, Network or Data Center Engineering, or similar roles, with 2+ years leading or mentoring engineers or architects (formal manager or strong tech lead).
• System-level expertise across CPU/GPU server architecture, NICs, Linux, system software, and kernel drivers.
• Experience with data center networking (Ethernet and/or InfiniBand switches, fabrics, and associated tooling) and familiarity with data center infrastructure (power, cooling, deployment constraints).
• Proven ability to lead technical teams, set priorities, and drive complex projects from design through production.
• Demonstrated success working with Product Management, Sales, and Engineering.
• Strong time management skills and ability to balance planning with hands-on support where needed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to lead customer meetings, communicate status and risks, and produce clear design docs, debug summaries, and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Recruit & manage a team of solutions architects, system/network and software engineers focused on large-scale GPU and AI networking deployments.
• Set priorities, allocate resources, mentor, and ensure high-quality customer delivery across multiple concurrent projects.
• Provide deep subject-matter expertise in advanced GPU and network systems and serve as the senior technical point of contact for strategic customers.
• Lead complex compute/network configuration and performance debugging with your team to deliver reliable clusters.
• Guide your team in network/compute/software architecture discussions and support server, network, and cluster bring-up, including on-site data center work.
• Collect and synthesize customer-specific requirements across your portfolio.
• Partner with GPU/Network Systems Engineering, Product Management, and Sales to influence roadmap priorities and packaging of reference designs.
• Demonstrate SME in advanced GPU & network systems and relay customer requirements to product teams.

Skills

C/C++

Linux kernel & drivers

CPU/GPU server architecture

Networking (Data Center)

Mentoring/leadership

System integration

Debugging

Written & verbal communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering, CS, Physics

Tools

CUDA

Linux

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a team leader to operationalize the latest NVIDIA technologies by bridging prototype models to production‑ready deployment plans. You will lead initial deployment setup, prepare sites, assemble validation data, and drive large‑scale GPU and AI networking projects across data centers.

You will recruit and mentor a distributed team of solutions architects, systems engineers, and software experts; set priorities, supervise technical reviews, and coordinate with product management