NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to innovate, develop, and integrate innovative AI solutions into the design and automation infrastructure that powers our chips. Every CPU, GPU, and Tegra SoC NVIDIA has shipped in the past four years passed through our toolchain on its way to production — over 200 product SKUs were optimized during the Blackwell generation alone. Now we're rebuilding that toolchain around AI, and we're looking for the engineer to lead that charge. In this role, you will architect and implement solutions that enhance the efficiency, scalability, and intelligence of our workflows, driving initiatives from concept to deployment. If you combine deep technical expertise with a hands-on approach and an aim to push the boundaries of what's possible, this is your opportunity. At NVIDIA, we strive for perfection, encourage innovation, and provide opportunities to explore new ways to succeed!
What you'll be doing:
- LLM-Powered Validation Pipelines: Design and deploy AI systems that make post-silicon validation faster, smarter, and more scalable across semiconductor environments. You're not maintaining what exists, you're building what comes next.
- Cross-Team AI Integration: Work directly with multi-functional engineering teams across the organization to identify where AI can eliminate friction, and then build the solution. Your output will be felt across teams, products, and generations of silicon.
- Technology Scouting & Evaluation: Evaluate emerging AI frameworks and architectures before the rest of the industry catches on. Be the person who spots what's worth adopting, and makes the case for it.
- Impact Measurement & Continuous Improvement: Build the data systems that prove what's working. Establish clear, quantitative indicators of AI impact, close performance gaps, and drive iteration across the org to turn insight into lasting improvement!
What we need to see:
- BS, MS, or PhD or equivalent experience in CS, EE, CE, or a related field, with 5+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying ML/AI systems or data-intensive backend services.
- 2+ years of direct Applied AI experience independently owning an AI agent, LLM-powered workflow, or intelligent automation system end-to-end — from prototype through production deployment.
- Strong Python skills and proficiency in at least one static language such as C, C++, C#, Java, or Scala.
- Experience working within a silicon development environment, with exposure to chip and system characterization methodologies, process variation, statistical error rates, or advanced timing/power analysis.
- Hands-on experience with silicon bring-up, characterization, or lab debug using standard tools (e.g., oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers).
- Strong EE fundamentals, including computer architecture, high-speed interfaces, timing, power basics, and a solid understanding of firmware/driver structures and hardware interaction.
- Proven track record to balance multiple concurrent projects and apply excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Experience debugging complex system-level issues involving HW/SW interactions, including leadership or ownership in driving root cause analysis of silicon or feature-level issues.
- Ability to translate innovative AI research into practical, high-impact production tools.
- Familiarity with modern AI technologies and methodologies for crafting and launching LLMs.
- Experience with building and deploying orchestration agents managing hundreds to thousands of tools.
- Demonstrated experience with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow, and hands-on experience with agentic and orchestration tools including NeMo Agent Toolkit, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, or n8n.
Our team is at the forefront of silicon innovation, advancing groundbreaking technologies. We offer a dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the company's success. Join us to advance your career in a role where you can truly make a difference. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered one of the technology industry’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 growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you!
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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
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 Required
- BS, MS, or PhD (or equivalent) in CS, EE, CE, or related field with 5+ years building and deploying ML/AI systems or data-intensive backend services
- 2+ years owning an AI agent, LLM-powered workflow, or intelligent automation system end-to-end from prototype to production
- Strong Python skills
- Proficiency in at least one static language: C, C++, C#, Java, or Scala
- Experience in a silicon development environment: chip/system characterization, process variation, statistical error rates, timing/power analysis
- Hands-on silicon bring-up, characterization, or lab debug using oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers
- Strong EE fundamentals: computer architecture, high-speed interfaces, timing, power basics, firmware/driver structures and hardware interaction
- Ability to balance multiple concurrent projects with strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills
- Experience translating AI research into production tools and familiarity with modern LLM methodologies
- Experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow) and agent/orchestration tools (NeMo Agent Toolkit, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, n8n)
- Experience debugging complex system-level HW/SW interaction issues and leading root cause analysis
NVIDIA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NVIDIA and has not been reviewed or approved by NVIDIA.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity awards and a discounted ESPP are highlighted as core parts of total compensation, enabling employees to share in the company’s success. Stock-based compensation and the two-year lookback ESPP are consistently described as especially valuable.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as robust, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options alongside mental health support and on-site care resources. Employer HSA contributions and wellness perks reinforce the depth of the offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are depicted as strong, featuring a meaningful 401(k) match with Roth options and support for Mega Backdoor Roth contributions. These elements position long-term savings as a notable advantage of the total rewards package.
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NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”
