Senior Field Applications Engineer

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We are looking for a Senior Field Applications Engineer!

NVIDIA’s AI platforms have already made a major impact on the field and are broadly used across leading academic institutions, start-ups, and industry, including the world’s largest enterprise companies. We need passionate, hardworking, and creative people to help us continue to bring groundbreaking enterprise solutions to the world. This Field Applications Engineering role is for a specialist in system design, networking and leader to our customers who believe that artificial intelligence is a new computing revolution and has the potential to transform the industry.

NVIDIA is seeking an outstanding FAE with a focus on datacenter system and network design for AI computing. Your primary responsibilities will be onsite technical engagement for large datacenter deployments of NVIDIA AI computing systems. Your role will involve working across functions within our organizations while also ensuring a positive experience for external customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite support for large datacenter deployments of NVIDIA AI solutions with our latest technology such as GB300 NVL72 and VR144.
• Solve complex hardware and deployment issues.
• Be a technical specialist on GPU and networking products directly supporting sales account managers, working closely with the team to deliver outstanding AI datacenter solutions.
• Actively establish the technical relationship with our customer’s engineers, management, and architects at focus accounts.
• Identify customer architectures and key product requirements in the enterprise AI market.
• Provide technical and sales training to the direct sales team and channel partners.
• Establish strong relationships and communication channels with internal teams.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of work-related experience in the high-tech electronics industry in a system design role or technical customer support role.
• In-depth knowledge of servers, storage systems, network devices, and other data center hardware.
• Capable of working in a constantly evolving environment without losing focus.
• Ability to multitask effectively in a multifaceted environment.
• Expert analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong time-management and organization skills for coordinating multiple initiatives, priorities, and implementations of new technology and products into very sophisticated projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English with the ability to effectively collaborate with management and engineering.

Preferred / Ways to stand out

• Experience with large-scale rollouts of datacenter equipment.
• Networking knowledge — TCP/IP, RDMA, RoCE, NICs, switches, etc.
• C/C++ and Python programming skills.
• Embedded Linux system, APIs, and similar embedded OS knowledge.
• Experience working with OEMs in the industrial, military, and ruggedized computing space.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range (by level):
  • Level 4: 160,000 USD - 253,000 USD
  • Level 5: 192,000 USD - 304,750 USD
• Eligible for equity and company benefits (link to benefits provided in original posting).

Other details

• Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States (onsite engagement emphasized).
• Employment type: Full time.
• Applications accepted at least until January 12, 2026.
• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer and emphasizes diversity and non-discrimination in hiring.