Senior Hardware Systems Architect - LPU

NVIDIA
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 184,000 - 356,500 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Lead rack-level and platform pathfinding for NVIDIA’s next-gen GPU/LPU systems, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, SI/PI, networking, and data-center teams to define architectures, optimize performance, and de-risk designs. Drive cross-functional decisions, ensure scalable, high-power AI platforms, and shepherd prototypes from concept to specs and execution in a fast-paced environment.

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Senior Hardware Systems Architect - LPU

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Job Summary

Lead rack-level and platform pathfinding for NVIDIA’s next-gen GPU/LPU systems, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, SI/PI, networking, and data-center teams to define architectures, optimize performance, and de-risk designs. Drive cross-functional decisions, ensure scalable, high-power AI platforms, and shepherd prototypes from concept to specs and execution in a fast-paced environment.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead pathfinding for system and rack architecture for new GPU/LPU platforms, building on existing NVIDIA architectures and improving them where it matters most.
  • •Tailor system-level solutions to improve performance, efficiency, and scalability for LPU-based systems and workloads.
  • •Define rack, node, and subsystem requirements across power, cooling, mechanics, SI/PI budgets, connectivity, management, and reliability.
  • •Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, SI/PI, networking, firmware, and data center operations teams to converge on practical architectures and execution plans.
  • •Drive SI/PI, power, and thermal feasibility through focused modeling, simulation, and experiments, then feed results back into designs.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 184,000 - 356,500 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field (MS/PhD preferred).
  • •8+ years in server, storage, networking, or rack-level hardware, including several years in system or platform architecture and pathfinding.
  • •Strong experience with mechanical aspects of data center hardware: rack structures, packaging, air or liquid cooling, cabling, and serviceability.
  • •Experience owning complex cross-functional decisions and enjoys working at rack scale.
  • •Strong background in electrical architecture and PDN: rack and board power trees, redundancy, protections, and high-speed interfaces/SI-PI fundamentals.
Experience:8+ yearsHardwareData centerServerNetworking
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Tech Stack:GPULPURackPDNSI/PIPower deliveryThermalMechanical design

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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