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Senior Software and System Architect

Santa Clara, CA · Remote

$152K - $206K/yr

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... NVIDIA is looking for an experienced Senior Software and System Architect to join our Networking ...

Nvidia

Senior Software and System Architect

Santa Clara, CA · Remote

$152K - $206K/yr

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... NVIDIA is looking for an experienced Senior Software and System Architect to join our Networking ...

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Senior Data Center System Architect

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$79 - $105.75/hr

Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern ... Drive architecture for datacenter systems considering everything from the chip out to the full ...

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Senior Software and System Architect

New York, NY · On-site +1

$141K - $192K/yr

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... NVIDIA is looking for an experienced Senior Software and System Architect to join our Networking ...

Nvidia

Senior Data Center System Architect

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$79 - $105.75/hr

Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern ... Drive architecture for datacenter systems considering everything from the chip out to the full ...

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Senior GPU Memory System Architect

Santa Clara, CA • On-site

NVIDIA Gruppe
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing • 10K+ employees
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Posted 23 days ago

Nvidia rating

9.6

Company rating: 9.6 out of 10

Based on 18 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a motivated architect to work with a team in solving complex problems while optimizing performance, area, complexity, and power on leading-edge silicon processes. This GPU memory architecture team creates new, innovative products tailored to NVIDIA’s world‑changing solutions for data center, autonomous vehicles, AI, gaming, mobile systems.

What you will be doing:
  • Developing architecture and micro‑architecture to improve the state‑of‑the‑art in GPU memory system, memory management, virtualization & security optimizing along the axes of performance, power efficiency, complexity, area, effort, and schedule.
  • Participating in performance simulation of features to improve translation efficiency to access memory and IO using protocols like PCIe.
  • Implementing and maintaining high‑level functional and performance models.
  • Analyzing benchmarks, application workloads and performance simulation results to identify areas for micro‑architecture optimizations.
  • Defining and performing experiments to study the machine in action, presenting experiment results to the larger group and proposing mechanisms for improvement.
  • Creating architectural specifications and customer‑facing documents; working with partners in the industry to generate specifications which consider software interfaces to the GPU.
  • Debugging performance and functional issues with high‑level models, RTL simulation, silicon & systems.
What we need to see:
  • Master degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field. A PhD with a focus in computer architecture is a plus.
  • 3+ years of meaningful work experience in GPU or CPU Architecture and development specifically in the area interconnects, QoS, memory hierarchy, memory model & ordering, multifunction HW accelerator, software, virtualization, and security.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required along with the ability to work in a dynamic, product‑oriented, distributed team. Your history of successfully mentoring junior engineers and interns is a huge plus.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
  • Experience with hardware memory management unit, prefetching, accelerator IPs, memory subsystem hierarchy.
  • Practical experience with multi‑core systems, coherent interconnects & industry IO protocol like PCIe/CXL, encryption, compression, confidential compute, or virtualization & security.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate 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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NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It's a unique legacy of innovation that's fueled by great technology--and amazing 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.

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Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Santa Clara, CA, US

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