NVIDIA
Director, Optics Strategy and Partnerships
$216K–$345K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ overall years of relevant industry experience, with 10 or more years in a leadership role.
- Education
- BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Sciences, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Leads optics strategy, roadmap development, customer engagement, and industry partnerships for NVIDIA data center and networking platforms.
What you'll do
- Lead the optics product and technology roadmap across data center and networking platforms; advise architecture and development teams.
- Engage customers and developers to understand requirements, and identify technologies and partners aligned with the roadmap.
- Develop technical content and support ecosystem collaborations, including commercial agreements, statements of work, and partner investments.
What they ask for
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Sciences, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
- 15+ years of relevant industry experience, including 10 or more years in a leadership role.
- Experience and solid understanding of optical interconnects, silicon photonics, lasers, or closely related technologies in high-performance data centers.
- Practical knowledge of networking and data center infrastructure; experience building partnerships and managing business contracts, statements of work, and investment justifications.
Nice to have
- Product management or product marketing experience for optical transceivers, silicon photonics, or co-packaged optics.
- Experience with high-performance data center networking or computing platforms, or formulating networking and data center product strategies.
Pay
216,000 USD - 345,000 USD base salary
Tools
optical interconnects, silicon photonics, lasers, Ethernet, Infiniband, NICs, switches
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