Distinguished Engineer – Data Center System Software Architect

at Nvidia
📍 Santa Clara, United States
USD 308,000-471,500 per year
SENIOR
✅ On-site

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Security @ 4 Communication @ 4 Networking @ 4 System Architecture @ 4 GPU @ 4

Details

NVIDIA data center systems, such as DGX and HGX, have become core to NVIDIA's rapidly growing enterprise and cloud provider businesses. These platforms integrate NVIDIA GPUs, NVIDIA NVLink, NVIDIA InfiniBand networking, NVIDIA Grace CPUs, and a fully optimized NVIDIA AI and HPC software stack.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the system architecture for a complex server platform in a cross functional environment.
  • Work directly with major customers to understand their requirements and align their roadmap with NVIDIA's roadmap.
  • Collaborate with business partners and vendors to shape their products to meet NVIDIA’s needs.
  • Develop a roadmap for new technologies and protocols and lead their design and adoption.
  • Mentor architects and engineering teams to cultivate future leaders.
  • Make key technical decisions in ambiguous situations and mitigate execution risks using a left shift strategy.

Requirements

  • Deep experience designing architecture for scalable and performant server systems, especially at the software/hardware interface.
  • Prior experience working with complex system software for accelerators like GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs.
  • Expertise in Out of Band and Inband management architectures.
  • Knowledge of device management protocols such as MCTP, PLDM, and RDE.
  • Knowledge of system management protocols such as Redfish and IPMI.
  • Experience collaborating with platform security experts to balance security and ease of use.
  • Demonstrated use of left shift strategy to reduce program execution risk.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
  • 20+ years of experience in system architecture and design.

Ways to Stand Out

  • Knowledge of cloud and cluster-level deployment and management systems.
  • Participation and contributions in standards bodies like OCP and DMTF.
  • Familiarity with CXL architectures.
  • Knowledge of storage and networking technologies.

NVIDIA leads groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization. The GPU, their invention, is central to their offerings. They seek creative, passionate, and self-motivated professionals.

Base salary range: $308,000 - $471,500 USD, determined by location, experience, and comparable employee pay. Eligible for equity and benefits.