Principal SoC Architect, Robotics and Automotive

NVIDIA is seeking a Principal SoC Architect to join our architecture team and drive the next generation of Edge AI, Robotics, and Autonomous Driving platforms. NVIDIA is developing processor and system architectures that power the world’s most advanced autonomous machines—from factory-floor AMRs and humanoids running NVIDIA Isaac, to next-generation software-defined vehicles running NVIDIA DRIVE. In this position, you will own the architectural definition of SoCs that bring together NVIDIA GPUs, world-class computer vision accelerators, and real-time processors into a single silicon fabric. Your role will be inherently cross-disciplinary, bridging the gap between pioneering robotic applications, automotive safety standards, and silicon design. What You’ll Be Doing: End-to-End SoC Lifecycle Ownership: Define and drive the hardware architecture from early concept through bring-up and ecosystem enablement. Robotics & Automotive Co-Design: Collaborate with software, deep learning, and safety teams to co-design hardware feature sets tailored for low-latency robotics spatial computing, sensor fusion, and autonomous driving pipelines. PPA Modeling & Analysis: Perform rigorous performance, power, and area modeling, optimizing specifically for thermally constrained robotic enclosures and automotive ECUs. Specification & Modeling: Author high-quality architecture specifications and drive the development of models to validate architectural choices. Architectural Validation: Define validation plans to ensure hardware meets strict real-time execution and safety metrics.