Senior Product Architect, HPC And Networking

at Nvidia
📍 Santa Clara, United States
USD 224,000-425,500 per year
SENIOR
✅ Hybrid

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Security @ 4 Kubernetes @ 3 Leadership @ 4 Communication @ 4 Networking @ 4

Details

NVIDIA is the engine of modern Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Networking, and High Performance Computing (HPC). We’re on a mission to redefine how data moves, connects, and accelerates workloads at scale. We’re seeking a visionary Product Architect with deep expertise in HPC networking to design and shape the architectures that connect the world’s most powerful AI clusters.

Role summary

As an HPC Networking Product Architect at NVIDIA, you will transform next-generation networking concepts into robust, scalable architectures that balance technical feasibility with customer needs and market demands. You will craft, validate, and drive NVIDIA’s networking-centric products and solutions — including SpectrumX Ethernet, InfiniBand, NVLink Switch fabrics, and DPU-based architectures — from conception through lifecycle. You will lead prototyping, benchmarking, validation, and customer enablement to demonstrate NVIDIA networking leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Architect datacenter-scale networking infrastructure leveraging SpectrumX, InfiniBand, NVLink switches, and other interconnect technologies.
  • Design network and hardware-focused architectures to unlock the full potential of NVIDIA GPUs, DPUs, compute and storage servers through high-bandwidth, low-latency fabrics.
  • Stay at the forefront of networking trends: software defined networking (SDN), programmable fabrics, congestion control, and datacenter interconnects.
  • Define detailed product architectures, including performance, scalability, interoperability, and datacenter deployment requirements.
  • Lead prototyping, benchmarking, and validation of networking-focused designs at scale; diagnose bottlenecks and drive performance innovations.
  • Collaborate with internal hardware, software, security, and systems teams to ensure smooth integration of networking, processing, and storage systems.
  • Partner with customers and ecosystem partners to co-innovate, deliver proof-of-concepts (POCs) and MVPs that showcase NVIDIA networking leadership.
  • Contribute to developer and customer enablement by producing educational materials, whitepapers, reference architectures, and developer documentation.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience architecting datacenter-scale HPC or networking infrastructure as a Principal Architect, Solutions Architect, Principal Engineer, or equivalent.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Deep expertise in networking technologies including high-performance Ethernet (SpectrumX), InfiniBand, NVLink switch/fabrics, and related interconnects.
  • Strong background in datacenter-scale network design: topologies, routing, congestion management, and fabric scalability.
  • Experience with benchmarking tools and performance analysis for large-scale HPC/AI networking deployments.
  • Understanding of DPU (or similar SmartNIC) architectures and their role in SDN, security enforcement, and storage acceleration.
  • Deep understanding of network isolation using VLAN, VxLAN, and EVPN overlays through SDN.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes networking, including CNI, Multus, and workload isolation at scale.
  • Excellent communication skills, able to distill highly technical networking concepts into actionable business and product insights.

Ways to stand out

  • Hands-on experience designing and deploying large-scale multi-tenant enterprise networking fabrics for AI/HPC workloads.
  • Expertise in software-defined networking and programmable fabrics, with contributions to open standards or open-source projects.
  • Experience integrating Kubernetes, Multus, and sophisticated CNI plugins in high-performance environments.
  • Published work, patents, or advanced certifications in networking or HPC systems.

Compensation & Benefits

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5, and 272,000 USD - 425,500 USD for Level 6. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Additional information

  • Location: Santa Clara, CA (US). #LI-Hybrid
  • Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 5, 2025.
  • NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer and committed to fostering a diverse work environment.