NVIDIA · 6 months ago
Principal Switch Engineering Architect
Westford, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$272K/yr - $426K/yr
15+ years expNVIDIA is a world-leader in networking technology, known for supporting powerful supercomputers and advancing artificial intelligence. They are seeking a Principal Switch Engineering Architect to define the architecture of their next generation switch product lines, collaborating across multiple teams to address complex design and performance challenges.
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Hiring Manager
Ken Leith
Responsibilities
Learn and understand the switch u/architecture thoroughly across all aspects, and eventually turn into a source of information for design and verification engineers in the team
Define the implementation of the most sophisticated features and algorithms of our next products, balancing architecture requirements with backend, execution, and design considerations
Understand our system requirement and help define the POR of our switch product line
Face the most challenging Full-Chip correctness and performance issues, which cannot be handled by the units’ designers as they require full cross-unit understanding of the chip
Work closely with board and package design to understand the different design limitations: power, di/dt, temperature, signal-integrity etc
Thoroughly understand Ethernet, InfiniBand and NvLink protocols
Qualification
Required
B.S or MS. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
More than 15 years of experience in ASIC development
More than 7 years of experience in uArch/Arch definitions of networking ASICs
at least 6 years of hands on experience in writing Verilog/VHDL
Strong analytic capabilities, and passion for solving logical issues
Ability to drive complex activities involving many interfaces and teams
Good communications skill
Preferred
Knowledge in switching fabrics with strict performance requirements. (Networking, SOC connectivity, etc)
Experience as an HW-architect
Familiar with working on large high-end ASICs
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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