Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Connectivity

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 334,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking an experienced Networking Architect to redesign the connectivity strategy across its manufacturing sites. The role focuses on building and deploying IT rooms akin to mini data centers, with emphasis on security, reliability, and scalable architectures that connect to cloud environments.

The ideal candidate brings 12+ years in large-scale networks, proficiency in SDN/NFV/NFVI automation, and hands-on experience with Mellanox gear.

Qualifications

• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent field.
• 12+ years building and supporting large-scale hybrid networks.
• Expertise in TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP/MP-BGP, VPN, L2 switching, EVPN, VxLAN, Segment Routing, MPLS, IS-IS, DWDM.
• Experience automating SDN/NFV/NFVI infrastructure.
• Experience with Mellanox networking gear.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot factory network issues including DNS and DHCP.
• Lead architecture, design, and deployment of global-scale factories and connections to cloud and factory IT rooms.
• Collaborate with systems, operations, supply chain, and product teams to deliver scalable, reliable network architectures.
• Define security, compliance, and reliability standards for backbone and fabric components.

Skills

Networking

Automation

Mellanox

TCP/IP

SDN/NFV

Education

MS in Electrical

Tools

Mellanox

Job description

NVIDIA has been redefining computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for 30 years. It’s an outstanding legacy of innovation that’s motivated by extraordinary technology—and outstanding people. Today, we’re 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 NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, encouraging environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join our team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world!

The Contract Manufacturing infrastructure team is seeking experienced candidates in the extensive domain of network architecture & connectivity engineering to redesign the NVIDIA manufacturing sites connectivity strategy. This is a hands‑on architecture position focused on the development and deployment of the IT room which is similar in design to a mini datacenter and office designs at these manufacturing sites. Outstanding problem‑solving abilities and a comprehensive understanding of the network security protocols & standards, routing, switching, automation and deep understanding of fundamental network theory is also critical to your success at NVIDIA. Knowledge of Manufacturing and OT networks and infrastructure is an advantage.

What you will be doing:

• Troubleshoot, network issues at the factory including DNS and DHCP
• Lead the architecture, design, and deployment of global‑scale factories and how they connect back to the cloud and the factory IT rooms. (Skills with RoCE and traditional IP) to support both general compute workloads and large language models.
• Partner with systems, Operations teams, supply chain partners, OS, GPU, storage, and HPC product teams to deliver scalable, highly available network architectures and connectivity solutions that can evolve with rapid growth in both compute and GPU capacity.
• Design clear demarcations between the IT room, Production floor and the NPI areas in the factory and how they talk to each other and back to NVIDIA DCs and clouds.
• Manage life cycle management, come up with design topologies for faster networks in revenue generating manufacturing sites.
• Define and enforce security, compliance, and reliability standards for all backbone and fabric components supporting sensitive enterprise and R&D workloads.
• Collaborate with internal product and engineering teams to develop "NVIDIA on NVIDIA" reference architectures and best-practice solutions for large‑scale compute and AI data designs, using NVIDIA products like Mellanox and GPUs.
• Be able to troubleshoot quickly DNS, DHCP, and other full connectivity stack infrastructures.
• Experience with Test Engineering topologies

What we need to see:

• MS or in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in building, managing and supporting large scale hybrid networks, developing automation pipelines with Python, Ruby, Go or other languages used in infrastructure automation.
• Expert in networking technologies: TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP/MP-BGP, VPN, L2 switching, EVPN, VxLAN, Segment Routing, MPLS, IS-IS, DWDM.
• Experience automating SDN/NFV/NFVI Infrastructure
• Experience with Mellanox networking gear

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 208,000 USD - 333,500 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 5, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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