Hardware Architect - NVLink Fusion

Experience: Not Available to Not Available years

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Skills: computer architecture, hardware-software codesign, high performance connectivity architectures, standard networking protocols, bus protocols, networking protocols, memory access, security solutions, system architecture, coding, algorithmic thinking, LLMs

Company Overview
NVIDIA is hiring a Hardware Architect to analyze and architect the next generation of NVLink Fusion AI scale up hardware. We are looking for special individuals with a passion for delivering innovative products. Together, we will build life-changing datacenter scale AI systems for the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market. If you have knowledge of computer architecture, hardware-software codesign, and interchip communication, and are looking to learn and grow, this is the opportunity you are looking for.

What you'll be doing:
• Work on groundbreaking AI scale up systems.
• Understand them across a range of disciplines and build holistic solutions.
• Study the applications and models running on Nvidia hardware and their architectural implications.
• Come up with system level solutions for connectivity, coherency, power management, security, and memory management.
• Understand and help drive implementation of bus protocols, networking protocols, memory access and security solutions across a range of products.
• Work with software, firmware, platform and multi-functional teams on system architecture.
• Model, analyze, and explain the performance and power advantages of NVIDIA solutions.
• Guide customers and firmware engineers to extract the most performance from NVIDIA hardware.





What we need to see:
• Master's Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Industry experience building high performance connectivity architectures.
• Experience with standard networking and bus protocols.
• Clear understanding of hardware-software codesign.
• Solid 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 is a plus.
• Publications or other evidence of original chip/system architecture work is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits
Join the future of chip building, you will contribute to innovative products with a dedicated team! 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 - 431,250 USD for Level 6. You will also be eligible for equity and advantages.

Application Process
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 6, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.

📌 Hardware Architect NVLink Fusion (Mumbai)
🏢 NVIDIA
📍 Mumbai