System Architect

Company: NVIDIA
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: June 30, 2025

Job Description:

The product development team is seeking an experienced Systems Architect to drive and support our engineering efforts. Our team takes pride in building a wide range of products — GPU PCIe cards, SHIELD consumer devices, Jetson embedded platforms, DRIVE autonomous vehicle technologies, modular data center architectures, and more. In this role, you will have the opportunity to help bring ground-breaking technologies to life. What you will be doing: Interact with NVIDIA customers to ensure that all product features and optionality are clearly understood and implemented as intended Intercept potential escalations and work with engineering team to prioritize and ensure customer satisfaction Work with sales, customer management, applications engineering, and other customer facing teams to ensure alignment and prioritization to meet critical milestones for customer success Foster a mutually beneficial partnership with key customers System architecture Ability to communicate with and direct all team members building any NVIDIA product, including but not limited to, members contributing to PCB design, PCB architecture, system architecture, PCB Layout, Mechanical, Thermal, Chip Arch, product management, product marketing and executive leadership Clearly summarize and inform colleagues of the important aspects of products and systems to gather feedback and share ideas Help teams solve critical design challenges Make informed decisions and own the results NVIDIA roadmap Develop future architectures and provide guidance to software and ASIC teams to influence long term product roadmap Create new initiatives to explore undeveloped features and present their applicability to future products Analyze and summarize tradeoffs of future system architectures, product features, and software functions What we need to see: BS degree or greater in an engineering field & strong EE fundamentals (or equivalent experience) 10 years hands-on experience with hardware architecture & product development Culture of continuous learning, ongoing process improvement, and a first-principles approach to creative problem-solving Experience in influencing decisions and leading teams in a matrix environment Excellent communication and presentation abilities, including to executive audiences With highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology industry's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working with us and our product lines are growing fast in some of the hottest state of the art fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, and Robotics. We have a real passion for perfection and for building products that excite the imagination. If you share these values and have the experience and skills to participate, we would love to have you join our team. The base salary range is 192,000 USD - 368,000 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis. 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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