Senior Chip Architect

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Chip Architect. Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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Level rates this role Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Verilog, Vhdl and Pcie.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
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Senior Chip Architect to define and design next-generation NIC and DPU hardware supporting AI supercomputers and large language models.

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asic-designhardware-architecturesocdebuggingperformance-modeling

NVIDIA networking unit is a world-leader fast-growing company which supports the most powerful supercomputers in the world. We make outstanding artificial intelligence happen and accelerate Open-AI’s Chat-GPT, for example. We believe in our people and products and seek excellent people to join us!

We're looking for a hardware architect for our NIC and DPU division. In this position, as part of a small (~15 employees) elite team, you will have the chance to define the architecture of NVIDIA’s next generation NIC and DPU products. Your role will be cross-disciplinary, working with software, ASIC design, verification, physical design and platform teams to improve performance and debug.

What you'll be doing:

Learn and understand the NIC u/architecture thoroughly across all aspects and become a source of information for the design and verification engineers.
Define the next generation NVIDIA systems. Work closely with GPU and CPU teams for building the cut-edge systems.
Define the implementation of the most sophisticated features of our next products, balancing architecture requirements with backend, execution, and design considerations.
Understand our system requirements and help define the POR of our NIC and DPU 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 SoC flows, PCIe, Ethernet, InfiniBand and NvLink protocols.

What we need to see:

B.Sc./M.Sc in Electrical Engineering from a known university
Excellent grades
5+ years of experience in ASIC design/uarch/arch/performance
At least 4 years of hands on experience in writing Verilog/VHDL or
Strong analytic capabilities, and passion for solving logical issues
Strong debug skills
Ability to drive complex activities involving many interfaces and teams
Good communications skill

NVIDIA's architecture teams are among the most technically demanding in the industry. If you're a senior architect who has already started using AI — and wants to institutionalize that change across an entire organization — we want to hear from you.

How we rate this

Senior Chip Architect at NVIDIA rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Senior Chip Architect is an open job at NVIDIA.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The role is based in Israel, Yokneam.
The job was posted on August 11, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by NVIDIA. Apply on NVIDIA

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Asic DesignHardware ArchitectureSocDebuggingPerformance ModelingVerilogVhdlPcie

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Tell me about a project where debugging was part of your work. What did you do?
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