NVIDIA
Distinguished Engineer - Rack Scale Architecture
$320K–$489K
US, CA, Santa Clara +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Santa Clara
US, Remote - Experience
- 15+ years in system architecture and design.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads end-to-end software architecture and engineering roadmaps for NVIDIA rack-scale systems, coordinating internal teams, customers, business partners, and vendors.
What you'll do
- Define rack-scale software architecture, requirements, technology roadmaps, and protocols; guide teams toward reliable software and key technical decisions.
- Work with major customers, business partners, and vendors to align requirements and products with NVIDIA’s roadmap.
- Mentor architects and engineering teams and support execution across the organization.
What they ask for
- BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years in system architecture and design.
- Deep experience designing scalable, performant server systems, particularly at the SW/HW interface; experience with complex system software for accelerators such as GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs.
- Strong networking technology and protocol understanding; expertise in out-of-band and in-band management architectures; knowledge of Redfish and IPMI.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of large-scale cloud and cluster deployment and management systems; experience designing robust, resilient, performant scale-up fabrics.
- Track record leading data center products across their lifecycle; familiarity with CXL, UCIE, C2C architectures, storage, and networking technologies.
Pay
320,000 USD - 488,750 USD (base salary)
Tools
Ethernet, Infiniband, Redfish, IPMI, CXL, UCIE, GPUs, DPUs
AI focus
The role architects rack-scale systems supporting NVIDIA AI and HPC platforms. NVIDIA states that it uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative