Distinguished Engineer - Memory Architecture
NVIDIAJob Title
Distinguished Engineer - Memory Architecture
Role Summary
Join NVIDIA's GPU memory architecture team to define DRAM and memory architecture across datacenter, client, automotive, robotics, and edge-AI products. The role leads long-term technical strategy for memory interfaces, SRAM requirements, hardware/software interfaces, and micro-architectural trade-offs that drive performance-per-watt improvements across multiple silicon generations.
Short-term and long-term work spans architecture, vendor co-design, silicon trade-offs, and mentoring technical leaders.
Experience Level
Senior — requires 18+ years of relevant industry and/or academic experience.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include multi-generation memory architecture strategy, performance/power analysis, and cross-functional co-architecture.
- Set multi-generation, cross-portfolio memory interface strategy (DRAM interfaces, SRAM requirements).
- Drive performance-versus-power analysis to influence silicon trade-offs and product roadmaps.
- Lead silicon and vendor/IP co-architecture and coordinate cross-functional engineering execution.
- Define hardware/software interface and micro-architectural solutions that deliver application-level benefits.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to develop the next generation of memory architects.
Requirements
Must-have skills and experience; followed by notable differentiators.
- Must-have: 18+ years of relevant industry and/or academic experience with demonstrated impact on memory architecture across multiple silicon generations.
- Must-have: Strong expertise in performance vs power trade-offs, workload- and ML-aware modeling, and post-silicon optimization.
- Must-have: Proven ability to influence technical decisions across product teams and with external industry partners and vendors.
- Must-have: Track record of generating sustained IP and technical contributions that shape product direction.
- Must-have: Experience leading cross-functional co-design with silicon, IP vendors, and software teams.
- Nice-to-have: Deep RTL, microarchitecture, or backend implementation experience enabling end-to-end execution from architectural intent to build realization.
- Nice-to-have: History of mentoring engineers into principal/distinguished roles and building durable technical communities in memory architecture.
Education Requirements
MSEE, MSCE, PhD, or equivalent experience demonstrating significant impact in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; equivalent practical experience will be considered.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
