--- title: Senior Solutions Architect, Networking at NVIDIA description: NVIDIA is hiring for the Senior Solutions Architect, Networking role in Santa Clara, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/senior-solutions-architect-networking-at-nvidia-01a0b0d2-e2d9-7dd8-8797-f93112f8e2e4 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join NVIDIA as Senior Solutions Architect, Networking in Santa Clara, CA. Pays $184K–$287.5K per year. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/m22cm5.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Remote | | **Salary** | $184K/yr - $287.5K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 26, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** NVIDIA sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 3,120 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for NVIDIA. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $197,000 – $236,000 a year (median $219,000). ## Description We are looking for a motivated Solutions Architect or Engineer with experience in designing and building Ethernet Networking fabrics for AI Factories for the purpose of development and testing of Autonomous Vehicles and GenAI (e.g., LLMs) models. You would work with the most exciting networking and computing hardware and software, driving the latest breakthroughs for our sophisticated Automotive customers. This role offers an excellent opportunity to expand your career in the rapidly growing AI accelerated computing field. It also empowers leading automotive and self-driving car companies worldwide. We offer best-in-class Networking Ethernet solutions that include adapter cards, switches, cables and software to support our groundbreaking networking technologies. Our products optimize data center performance and deliver industry-leading bandwidth and scalability. We serve a wide range of sectors including high performance computing, enterprise, data centers, and cloud computing. We constantly reinvent ourselves to stay ahead of the market and bring pioneering products and services to the industry. A Solutions Architect is the first line of technical expertise between NVIDIA and our customers so you will engage directly with developers, researchers, and data scientists with some of NVIDIA’s most strategic technology customers as well as work directly with business and engineering teams on product strategy as it pertains to these customers. **What you'll be doing:** - Provide technical mentorship to partners and customers on gigawatt-scale networking infrastructure deployments. Guide customer journey from design to build to production and post production stabilization. - Build demonstrations and POCs for solutions that address critical business needs of our customers. Help in draft requirements for missing features to unblock progress at customers/partners. - Educate customers on new networking solutions and platforms developed by NVIDIA. Prepare and deliver technical training presentations and workshops. - Build collaterals that would help AI Factory builders with the right networking reference architectures and configurations. - Partner with NVIDIA engineering, product, sales teams to secure design wins at customers. Enable development and growth of NVIDIA product features through customer feedback and POC evaluations. **What we need to see:** - MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or other Engineering fields or equivalent experience. - 10+ years of hands-on validated technical experience in Ethernet Networking technologies for HPC or AI computing clusters. - Systems engineering, coding, and debugging skills including experience with C/C++, Linux kernels and drivers. Comfortable with Linux shell commands. - Knowledge of Slurm job scheduling and the related implications on the networking fabrics. - Practical knowledge of Networking including Data Center topologies, routing and switching protocols, and Ethernet Networking Protocols. Understanding telemetry open source interfaces (e.g., gNMI) and dashboards (e.g., Grafana) - System level understanding of server architecture, PCIe devices, NICs, Linux OS and kernel drivers. - Enjoy working with multiple levels and teams across organizations (engineering, research, product, sales and marketing teams). - Self-starter with a vision for growth, real passion for continuous learning and sharing findings across the team. **Ways to stand out from the crowd:** - Networking certificates such as CCIE (written and lab). - Spectrum-X familiarity and leading Networking fabric build out and troubleshooting of large AI Factories - Systems engineering, coding, and debugging skills including experience with C/C++, Linux kernels and drivers. - Hands-on experience with NVIDIA SDKs (e.g. CUDA, DoCA), NVIDIA Networking technologies (e.g., SPX, InfiniBand, DPU). Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family [www.nvidiabenefits.com/](http://www.nvidiabenefits.com/)  Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are: 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4; and 224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and [benefits](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/). Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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. ## Skills - High-Performance Computing - Debugging - Technical Training - Self-Motivation - Slurm Workload Manager - Security by Design - Open-Source Software - PCI Express PCIe - InfiniBand - Ethernet - Presentations - Routing and Switching - Client-Server Architecture - Grafana - Systems Engineering - Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Post-Production - Solution Architecture - Artificial Intelligence - Data Centers - Unix Shell - Network Infrastructure - Mentoring - Presentation Skills - Mathematics - Generative AI - Continuous Learning - C++ - Large Language Models (Llm) - Software Development Kit (Sdk) - NVIDIA CUDA - Customer Journey Mapping - Computer Engineering - Computer Science - Linux - Telemetry - Proof of Concept Development - Demonstration Skills ## Related - [More jobs at NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Network & Systems Administration jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/network-and-systems-administration?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Network Engineer / Architect jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/network-and-systems-administration/network-engineer-architect?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related pages - [Computer Hardware](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-hardware?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 22574 jobs - [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2765 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)