Senior GPU System Architect

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 287,500; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced System Architect specializing in GPU technology in Santa Clara, California. The role involves designing multi-GPU systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and enhancing high-speed interconnect architectures. Ideal candidates have a BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and at least 8 years of relevant experience. Salary ranges from 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5, plus equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• 8 years or more of relevant experience in system design and/or ASIC/SoC architecture.
• Deep understanding of communication interconnect protocols.
• Experience with RDMA/RoCE or InfiniBand transport offload architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect multi-GPU system topologies for scale-up and scale-out configurations.
• Define, modify and evaluate future architectures for high-speed interconnects.
• Collaborate with teams for RDMA-capable hardware and transport layer optimizations.

Skills

Communication interconnect protocols (NVLink, Ethernet, InfiniBand, CXL, PCIe)

Architect multi-GPU/multi-CPU topologies

System modeling skills (Python, SystemC)

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

Job description

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself. Our invention of the GPU sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. Today, research in artificial intelligence is booming worldwide, which calls for highly scalable and massively parallel computation horsepower that NVIDIA GPUs excel.

What You Will Be Doing

• Architect multi‑GPU system topologies for scale‑up and scale‑out configurations, balancing AI throughput, scalability, and resilience.
• Define, modify and evaluate future architectures for high‑speed interconnects such as NVLink and Ethernet co‑designed with the GPU memory system.
• Collaborate with other teams to architect RDMA‑capable hardware and define transport layer optimizations for GPU‑based large scale AI workload deployments.
• Use and modify system models, perform simulations and bottleneck analyses to guide design trade‑offs.
• Work with GPU ASIC, compiler, library and software stack teams to enable efficient hardware‑software co‑design across compute, memory, and communication layers.
• Contribute to interposer, package, PCB and switch co‑design for novel high‑density multi‑die, multi‑package, multi‑node rack‑scale systems consisting of hundreds of GPUs.

What We Need To See

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8 years or more of relevant experience in system design and/or ASIC/SoC architecture for GPU, CPU or networking products.
• Deep understanding of communication interconnect protocols such as NVLink, Ethernet, InfiniBand, CXL and PCIe.
• Experience with RDMA/RoCE or InfiniBand transport offload architectures.
• Proven ability to architect multi‑GPU/multi‑CPU topologies, with awareness of bandwidth scaling, NUMA, memory models, coherency and resilience.
• Experience with hardware‑software interaction, drivers and runtimes, and performance tuning for modern distributed computing systems.
• Strong analytical and system modeling skills (Python, SystemC, or similar).
• Excellent cross‑functional collaboration skills with silicon, packaging, board, and software teams.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Background in system design for AI and HPC.
• Experience with NICs or DPU architecture and other transport offload engines.
• Expertise in chiplet interconnect architectures or multi‑node fabrics and protocols for distributed computing.
• Hands‑on experience with interposer or 2.5D/3D package co‑design.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 11, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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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