$272,000 – $488,750
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What this role is
NVIDIA is hiring a Principal SoC Architect to design next-generation system-on-chip architectures that combine GPUs, vision accelerators, and real-time processors for robotics and autonomous vehicles. This role suits experienced silicon architects with deep expertise in high-performance SoC design, robotics I/O, real-time systems, and the ability to bridge hardware and software across complex edge AI applications.
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What they ask for
Required
- 15+ years of deep architecture design experience in high-performance silicon
- Meaningful expertise in top-level SoC definition
- Practical knowledge of high-speed interfaces (PCIe, GMSL, TSN)
- Understanding of multimedia/vision accelerator pipelines, cache coherency, virtualization, and hardware security
- Deep understanding of real-time operating systems and deterministic latency
- Master's or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
Nice to have
- Experience in functional safety and end-to-end safety requirement solutions
- Background mapping Edge AI workloads (transformers, SLAM, path planning) to custom hardware
- Advanced SystemC, C++, or Python skills for architectural simulation and modeling