Distinguished Engineer – Rack Scale Architecture

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Lead the comprehensive software architecture for NVIDIA's rack-scale offerings.

• Convert visionary product strategies into defined, formal software specifications.

• Act as a reliable architectural consultant for teams in need of guidance or supervision.

• Collaborate directly with key clients to grasp their needs and synchronize their roadmaps with NVIDIA's plans.

• Partner with business stakeholders and vendors to tailor products that fulfill NVIDIA's objectives.

• Create a strategy for new technologies and protocols, and facilitate their design and integration.

• Provide mentorship to architects and engineering teams.

• Make critical technical choices in uncertain circumstances.

• Sustain a thorough understanding of NVIDIA's product lineup and strategic direction.

• Engage with hyperscalers and cloud service providers to launch products effectively.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Over 15 years of experience in system architecture and design.

• Extensive experience in designing architectures for scalable and high-performance server systems, especially concerning the software/hardware interface.

• Strong knowledge of networking technologies and protocols, including Ethernet and InfiniBand.

• Experience with complex system software for accelerators like GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs.

• Expertise in out-of-band and in-band management architectures.

• Familiarity with system management protocols such as Redfish and IPMI.

• Experience collaborating with platform security professionals to assess trade-offs between security and user-friendliness.

• Proven experience in implementing a left shift strategy to mitigate program execution risks.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Understanding of large-scale cloud and cluster-level deployment and management systems.

• Experience designing robust, resilient, and high-performing scale-up fabrics.

• A history of overseeing data center products from inception through pre-silicon development, post-silicon bring-up, manufacturing, and deployment.

• Familiarity with CXL, UCIE, and other C2C technology architectures.

• Knowledge of storage and networking technologies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• An inclusive workplace culture.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.