Senior Design Engineer, Coherent High Speed Interconnect

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Santa Clara, CA, USA
In-Office
168K-311K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
The Role
The Senior Design Engineer will design high-speed coherent interconnects, collaborating with teams to deliver advanced interconnect technology for GPUs and SoCs, driving innovation in AI computing.
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NVIDIA is looking for a Senior Design Engineer for our Coherent High Speed Interconnect team!

For two decades, NVIDIA has pioneered visual computing, the art and science of computer graphics. With our invention of the GPU - the engine of modern visual computing - the field has grown to encompass video games, movie production, product design, medical diagnosis, and scientific research! Today, we stand at the beginning of the next era, the AI computing era, ignited by a new computing model, GPU deep learning. This new model - where deep neural networks are trained to recognize patterns from substantial amounts of data - has shown to be deeply effective at solving the most sophisticated problems in everyday life.

What You'll be Doing:

  • You will be working on architecture and design of our state-of-the-art high speed coherent interconnects (NVLINK-C2C) for our mobile SoCs and GPUs.

  • Collaborate with architects, external partners, software engineers, and circuit designers to deliver a class leading high speed coherent interconnect.

  • The NVLINK-C2C enables the creation of a new class of integrated products with NVIDIA partners, built via chiplets, allowing NVIDIA GPUs, DPUs, and CPUs to be coherently interconnected with custom silicon.

  • To learn more about NVIDIA's ultra-fast chip interconnect technology visit: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/nvlink-c2c/

  • This position offers the opportunity to have real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company impacting product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars and the growing field of artificial intelligence. We have crafted a team of outstanding people stretching around the globe, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future of computing.

What We Need to See:

  • BS or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineer or related degree required, advanced degrees (MS, PhD) a plus.

  • 8+ years or relevant design experience

  • Knowledge of industry standard interconnect protocols like PCIE, CXL, AXI, CHI will be useful.

  • Understanding or experience with Link layer stacks including Data link layer and Physical layer

  • Experience with physical layer of interconnects such as Memory (DDR, LPDDR etc..) , PCIE , SerDes

  • Experience and knowledge in architecture, RTL design, performance analysis and power optimization.

  • Strong working knowledge of Verilog or System Verilog.

  • Good communication skills and interpersonal skills are required. A history of mentoring junior engineers and interns a huge plus.

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/

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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 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 19, 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.

Skills Required

  • BS or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
  • 8+ years of relevant design experience
  • Knowledge of industry standard interconnect protocols like PCIE, CXL, AXI, CHI
  • Understanding or experience with Link layer stacks including Data link layer and Physical layer
  • Experience with physical layer of interconnects such as Memory (DDR, LPDDR etc..), PCIE, SerDes
  • Experience and knowledge in architecture, RTL design, performance analysis and power optimization
  • Strong working knowledge of Verilog or System Verilog
  • Good communication skills and interpersonal skills
  • A history of mentoring junior engineers and interns is a huge plus

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, CA
21,960 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

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.”

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