Senior Software Engineer, System Validation - EDA Infrastructure

NVIDIA•Durham, NC

6d•$224,000 - $431,250

About The Position

NVIDIA is hiring an engineer to scale the introduction of next-generation architecture into its EDA Infrastructure. The role focuses on new product introductions (NPIs) at scale, distributed systems, software testing and deployment, and planning and communication. The engineer will help advance NVIDIA’s capacity to build and deploy infrastructure solutions. The successful candidate will lead the architecture, design, and implementation of EDA clusters using current technologies. The posting notes that a Principal Software Engineer level may be available for suitable candidates. The role includes leading NPI technical activities, particularly for hybrid cloud and on-premises deployments, and coordinating infrastructure workflows, hardware, software releases, workload orchestration, and application tuning. The position involves translating requirements into a vision, architecture, and roadmap; developing architecture specifications; solving complex problems; and collaborating with engineering teams across NVIDIA to integrate product architectures from hardware through workloads. NVIDIA describes its work as spanning Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization. The role offers equity and benefits. The expected base salary is $224,000–$356,500 for Level 5 and $272,000–$431,250 for Level 6. Applications will be accepted at least until November 6, 2026. This is an existing vacancy.

Requirements

12+ years of overall experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding, such as physics or mathematics, or equivalent experience.
Proven track record of impactful project deliveries focused on cloud infrastructure or cloud application services.
Experience with at-scale infrastructure, DevOps and/or SRE practices, and/or Platform Engineering.
System-level experience with both hardware and software.
Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, and a sense of ownership and drive.
Motivated self-starter with strong problem-solving and customer-facing communication skills.
Ability to work concurrently with multiple groups locally and abroad.
Passion for continuous learning and knowledge transfer.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing ML/AI infrastructure.
Experience developing bare metal as a service (BMaaS) systems.
Experience developing multi-cloud infrastructure services.
Interest in crafting, analyzing, and fixing large-scale distributed systems.
Principal Software Engineer-level experience or qualifications may be suitable.

Responsibilities

Lead technical activities for new product introductions at scale, with a focus on hybrid deployments between cloud and on-premises environments.
Provide expertise in new product introduction planning across infrastructure workflows, hardware, software releases, workload orchestration, and application tuning.
Develop fast, creative solutions to complex problems and write clear, effective, and reliable architecture specifications.
Translate requirements into a vision, architecture, and roadmap.
Work with engineering teams across NVIDIA to ensure product architectures integrate from hardware through workloads.
Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of EDA clusters.