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NVIDIA

AI Hardware Architect

NVIDIA
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onsite senior full-time Santa Clara

First indexed 18 May 2026

Description

We are hiring an AI Hardware Architect to analyze and architect the next generation of Artificial Intelligence hardware. You will work on groundbreaking GPU and CPU systems, studying the applications and models running on Nvidia hardware and their architectural implications. Your task will be to come up with microarchitectural solutions for connectivity, coherency, power management, security, memory management, and other SOC level issues. You will also work with software, firmware, platform, and multi-functional teams on system architecture. Additionally, you will model, analyze, and explain the performance and power advantages of Nvidia solutions. You will guide customers and firmware engineers to extract the most performance from microarchitectural structures.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Working on groundbreaking GPU and CPU systems
  • Studying the applications and models running on Nvidia hardware and their architectural implications
  • Coming up with microarchitectural solutions for connectivity, coherency, power management, security, memory management, and other SOC level issues
  • Working with software, firmware, platform, and multi-functional teams on system architecture
  • Modeling, analyzing, and explaining the performance and power advantages of Nvidia solutions
  • Guiding customers and firmware engineers to extract the most performance from microarchitectural structures

Requirements include:

  • Master's Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Experience building high-performance microarchitectural structures
  • Clear understanding of the performance, power, and security implications of microarchitectural features
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills
  • A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth
  • Excellent coding and algorithmic thinking skills
  • Good understanding of LLMs
  • Publications or other evidence of original chip/system architecture work is a plus
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