Senior Scale-Up Network Architect for AI Systems

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Scale-Up Network System Architect to design next-generation NVLink scale-up networks for AI supercomputing platforms. You will define end-to-end interconnect architecture linking GPUs within and across racks, translating workloads into performance specs and ensuring silicon landings across teams.

This system-level role requires collaboration across hardware, firmware, software, and topology teams, plus the use of simulation tools to validate choices before silicon

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience in computer networking, system architecture, or high-performance interconnects.
• Strong grasp of network structure and dynamics at scale, including topology, congestion, and failure modes on distributed workload performance.
• Experience developing or using simulation/modeling environments to evaluate architecture trade-offs.
• Strong multi-functional collaboration skills with hardware, firmware, and software teams.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end system architecture for next-generation NVLink scale-up networks, from link and switch behavior through rack- and pod-level topology.
• Translate AI training and inference workload needs into networking, bandwidth, latency, and resiliency specs.
• Drive architecture trade-off studies across performance, cost, power, and reliability with data-backed models.
• Collaborate with ASIC, firmware, software, and systems teams to ensure architecture decisions land in silicon and product.
• Develop and use simulation and analytical models to validate architecture choices before silicon.
• Represent system architecture in multi-functional and customer-facing discussions; act as a technical expert on scale-up network behavior at scale.

Skills

System architecture

High-performance interconnects

Networking at scale

Simulation/modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Simulation tools

NVLink/NVSwitch experience

Job description

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Scale-Up Network System Architect to design next-generation NVLink scale-up networks for AI supercomputing platforms. You will define end-to-end interconnect architecture linking GPUs within and across racks, translating workloads into performance specs and ensuring silicon landings across teams.

This system-level role requires collaboration across hardware, firmware, software, and topology teams, plus the use of simulation tools to validate choices before silicon