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Senior GPU Memory Architect

NVIDIA AI
Durham, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/21/2026
Job Requisition ID

JR2018641

Job Category

Engineering

Time Type

Full time

We are now looking for a Senior GPU Memory Architect.

NVIDIA is seeking a motivated architect to work with a team in solving complex problems while optimizing performance, area, complexity, and power on leading-edge silicon processes. This GPU memory architecture team creates new, innovative products tailored to NVIDIA’s world-changing solutions for autonomous vehicles, AI, gaming, mobile systems.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Developing architecture and micro-architecture to improve the state-of-the-art in GPU memory system and memory management optimizing along the axes of performance, power efficiency, complexity, area, effort, and schedule.
  • Participating in performance simulation of features to improve memory access efficiency.
  • Implementing and maintaining high-level functional and performance models.
  • Analyzing benchmarks, application workloads and performance simulation results to identify areas for microarchitecture optimizations.
  • Defining and performing experiments to study the machine in action, presenting experiment results to the larger group and proposing mechanisms for improvement.
  • Creating architectural specifications and customer-facing documents. Working with partners in the industry to generate specifications which take into account software interfaces to the GPU.
  • Debugging performance and functional issues with high-level models, RTL simulation, and silicon.

What We Need To See

  • Master degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field. A PhD with a focus in computer architecture is a plus.
  • 6 years of meaningful work experience in GPU or CPU Architecture and development specifically in the area of memory caching and interconnects.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required along with the ability to work in a dynamic, product oriented, distributed team. Your history of successfully mentoring junior engineers and interns is a huge plus.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

  • Experience with hardware memory management unit, prefetching, or memory subsystems.
  • Practical experience with multi-core systems and memory coherency.

Do you desire to be a part of a team of talented engineers developing ground-breaking GPU architectures from specification through implementation to extend the state of the art in GPU performance and functionality? Are you motivated to solve complex problems while optimizing performance, area, complexity, and power? If so, our GPU memory architecture group is looking for you. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented market opportunities, our best-in-class engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for computer architecture and technology, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 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.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 26, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.

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