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Senior Software Engineer, System Validation - EDA Infrastructure

NVIDIA

Company websitenvidia.com (NVIDIA, opens in new tab)

Base salary $224,000  to $431,250

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Santa Clara, CA +4 more

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About this job

NVIDIA is hiring engineers to scale up the introduction of next generation architecture into its EDA Infrastructure. We expect you to have a deep understanding of new product introductions (NPIs), distributed systems, familiarity with software testing and deployment, and excellent communication and planning abilities. We also welcome out-of-the-box thinkers who can provide new ideas with strong execution bias. Expect to be constantly challenged, improving, and evolving for the better. You and other engineers in this team will help advance NVIDIA's capacity to build and deploy leading infrastructure solutions. What are you waiting for if you're creative, passionate about what you do, and love having fun apply today!

We’re looking for a highly motivated, creative candidate with strong experience in new product introductions at scale to join the EDA Team. Principal Software Engineer available for suitable candidates. You will lead the architecture, design and implementation of our EDA clusters using the latest technologies. Are you ready to change the next generation of computing? Join us at the forefront of technological advancement.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Lead technical activities for new product introductions at scale with focus on hybrid deployments between cloud and on-prem

  • Providing expertise in new product introduction planning spanning infrastructure workflows, hardware, software release, workload orchestration and application tuning

  • Provide fast and creative solutions for complex problems and write effective, clear and reliable architecture specification

  • Translate requirements to vision, architecture and roadmap

  • Work with engineering teams across NVIDIA to ensure new product architectures integrate seamlessly from the hardware all the way up to workloads.

What we need to see:

  • 12+ overall years of experience

  • BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent experience.

  • A proven track record of impactful project deliveries focused on cloud infrastructure or cloud application services.

  • Experience with at scale infrastructure, DevOps and/or SRE practices and/or Platform Engineering.

  • Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communications skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

  • System-level experience with both hardware and software

  • Motivated self-starter with an equal balance of strong problem-solving skills and customer-facing communication skills

  • Passion for continuous learning and knowledge transfer. Ability to work concurrently with multiple groups locally and abroad in the organization

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Developing ML/AI infrastructure. Developing bare metal as a service (BMaaS) associated systems. Developing multi-cloud infrastructure services.

  • Interest in crafting, analyzing and fixing large-scale distributed systems.

  • Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization. Our invention serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is seeking exceptional individuals like you to help us drive the next wave of artificial intelligence.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5; and 272,000 USD – 431,250 USD for Level 6.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 6, 2026.

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.

Source: NVIDIA on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($224,000) is above 81% of the 4,209 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 73 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,500; the middle half runs from $149,200 to $204,000.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live NVIDIA roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live NVIDIA roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Senior Software Engineer, System Validation - EDA Infrastructure (this listing)$224,000 - $431,250
Senior Full-Stack Lead Engineer$224,000 - $356,500
Senior Developer Relations Manager, Data Platforms$224,000 - $431,250
Senior Developer Relations Lead, AI-Enabled Drug Discovery Science$224,000 - $431,250
Manager, Solutions Architecture - AI Infrastructure Build Readiness$224,000 - $356,500
Senior Research Engineer - AI Coding Tools$224,000 - $431,250
Senior Retail Developer Relations Manager, Digital Commerce$224,000 - $431,250

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All NVIDIA roles · How to read the bar

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2026-11-02
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Location as the employer wrote it: Multiple locations (5) (Levels 5-6 combined)

224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5; and 272,000 USD – 431,250 USD for Level 6.

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