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NVIDIA

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Senior GPU Memory System Architect

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$152K – $287.5K/yr
Location
Santa Clara, California, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
3+ years of meaningful work experience in GPU or CPU Architecture and development
Education
Master degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field. A PhD with a...

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Role Summary

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This role is part of NVIDIA’s GPU memory architecture team, developing GPU memory systems and related architecture for data center, autonomous vehicle, AI, gaming, and mobile products. The architect will improve GPU performance and functionality while balancing power efficiency, complexity, area, effort, and schedule, from architectural specification through implementation and system validation.

What You'll Do

  • Develop GPU memory-system architecture and micro-architecture, including memory management, virtualization, and security features.
  • Participate in performance simulation of memory and I/O access features using protocols such as PCIe.
  • Implement and maintain high-level functional and performance models.
  • Analyze benchmarks, application workloads, and simulation results to identify microarchitecture optimizations.
  • Define and perform experiments, present results, and propose mechanisms for improvement.
  • Create architectural specifications and customer-facing documents, and debug performance and functional issues across models, RTL...

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Qualifications

Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field; 3+ years of GPU or CPU architecture and development experience.

Required

  • Master degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
  • 3+ years of meaningful work experience in GPU or CPU Architecture and development
  • Experience in interconnects, QoS, memory hierarchy, memory model and ordering, multifunction hardware accelerators, software,...
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work in a dynamic, product-oriented, distributed team

Preferred

  • PhD with a focus in computer architecture
  • Experience with hardware memory management units, prefetching, accelerator IPs, or memory subsystem hierarchy
  • Practical experience with multi-core systems, coherent interconnects, PCIe or CXL, encryption, compression, confidential compute,...
  • History of successfully mentoring junior engineers and interns

Original job description

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NVIDIA is seeking a motivated architect to work with a team in solving complex problems while optimizing performance, area, complexity, and power on leading-edge silicon processes. This GPU memory architecture team creates new, innovative products tailored to NVIDIA’s world-changing solutions for data center, autonomous vehicles, AI, gaming, mobile systems. 

What you will be doing: 

  • Developing architecture and micro-architecture to improve the state-of-the-art in GPU memory system, Memory management, Virtualization & security optimizing along the axes of performance, power efficiency, complexity, area, effort, and schedule. 

  • Participating in performance simulation of features to improve translation efficiency to access memory and io using protocol like PCIe. 

  • Implementing and maintaining high-level functional and performance models. 

  • Analyzing benchmarks, application workloads and performance simulation results to identify areas for microarchitecture optimizations. 

  • Defining and performing experiments to study the machine in action, presenting experiment results to the larger group and proposing mechanisms for improvement. 

  • Creating architectural specifications and customer-facing documents. Working with partners in the industry to generate specifications which consider software interfaces to the GPU. 

  • Debugging performance and functional issues with high-level models, RTL simulation, silicon & systems. 

What we need to see: 

  • Master degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field. A PhD with a focus in computer architecture is a plus. 

  • 3+ years of meaningful work experience in GPU or CPU Architecture and development specifically in the area interconnects, QoS. Memory hierarchy, Memory model & ordering, multifunction HW accelerator, software, virtualization, and security.  

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required along with the ability to work in a dynamic, product oriented, distributed team. Your history of successfully mentoring junior engineers and interns is a huge plus. 

Ways to stand out from the crowd: 

  • Experience with hardware memory management unit, prefetching, accelerator IPs, memory subsystem hierarchy. 

  • Practical experience with multi-core systems, coherent interconnects & Industry IO protocol like PCIe/CXL, encryption, compression, confidential compute, or virtualization & security. 

Do you desire to be a part of a team of talented engineers developing ground-breaking GPU architectures from specification through implementation to extend the state of the art in GPU performance and functionality? Are you motivated to solve complex problems while optimizing performance, area, complexity, and power? If so, our GPU memory architecture group is looking for you. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented market opportunities, our best-in-class engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for computer architecture and technology, we want to hear from you. 

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until March 21, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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About the company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a leading technology company renowned for its graphics processing units (GPUs) and innovative computing solutions that enhance visual experiences across multiple platforms, including gaming, scientific research, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1993, the company has expanded its offerings to include powerful AI frameworks and deep learning platforms, making significant contributions to industries such as gaming, data centers, automotive, and healthcare. NVIDIA's commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual computing continues to drive advancements in both hardware and software, positioning the company at the forefront of emerging technologies and digital transformation.