NVIDIA
Senior Hardware System Design Engineer
$168K–$259K
US, OR, Hillsboro · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years working in complex product systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields, or equivalent experience. An MS degree or comparable experience is preferred.
About the job
Architect datacenter systems from chip-level design through large-scale deployment, evaluating performance, power, and cost while coordinating across engineering, operations, customers, and suppliers.
What you'll do
- Drive datacenter system architecture and analyze performance, power, and cost to guide project decisions.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams, customers, suppliers, and procurement to develop and deploy systems from concept through production.
- Guide product teams and monitor competitive solutions and industry developments.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience working in complex product systems.
- Understanding of designing high-speed multilayer product boards.
- Deep understanding of hardware architectures and server builds, including mechanical, power, and thermal aspects and their interaction with at-scale datacenter deployment.
- Hands-on experience solving problems spanning software and hardware.
Nice to have
- Experience co-developing custom processors or accelerators, systems, and software; familiarity with GPU compute and NVIDIA networking.
- Understanding of manufacturing operations processes or experience with datacenter and cloud server deployment operations.
Pay
168,000 USD - 258,750 USD (base salary)
Tools
GPU compute, NVIDIA networking
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