
Senior Solution Engineer, Compute Systems
Santa Clara, CAFull-time$140–270K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today
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Job overview
NVIDIA seeks a Senior Solution Engineer to provide direct support for enterprise customers, triage hardware and AI/ML workload issues, and develop AI‑driven tools on multi‑GPU platforms, collaborating with engineering teams and documenting solutions.
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NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.
The NVIDIA Experience (NVEX) Solutions Engineering team seeks a solution engineer with experience in customer support of NVIDIA’s GPU accelerated platforms including DGX, HGX and MGX! You will apply the latest AI technologies to triage customer issues, identify solutions, and keep customers delighted. You must demonstrate outstanding analytical thinking and possess strong interpersonal abilities to contribute to multiple projects and tasks. You will be working directly with customers to get them solutions on the latest NVIDIA platforms including the GB200 and GB300. We are looking for an experienced engineer to triage customers' hardware platform issues and AI/ML workloads in huge datacenters of rack-scale platforms, solve customer problems, and contribute to products and software tooling. You must have excellent problem-solving abilities, communication skills and be able to handle various assignments and responsibilities. You must be technically strong in Linux, have solid programming skills, and experience with multi-GPU platforms. Expertise analyzing performance of distributed GPU-accelerated workloads is a plus. AI is not optional here. It is foundational, applied thoughtfully for all solution engineering workflows including solving customer cases and developing software, both products and internal tools.
What you'll be doing:
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Provide direct support to our NVIDIA Enterprise customers to resolve or advance customer issues.
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Work with engineering teams on customer issues, providing logs, reproduction, and other triage information.
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Apply AI to create/update products and/or support tools.
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Take ownership and drive customer issues from inception to resolution.
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Document customer interactions to better enhance our knowledge base.
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Apply agentic AI skills to solving customer issues and software development
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Occasional work on weekends and holidays to support customers
What we need to see:
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Minimum of a BS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
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5+ years of engineering experience with multi-GPU platforms
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Strong system software (firmware, BIOS, kernel, driver, operating system) expertise
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Solid understanding of Linux and the ability to troubleshoot, optimize, and customize Linux environments for AI/ML workloads.
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Containerized solutions experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and/or Slurm
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Professional-level communication skills, including adjusting communication to the technical level of the audience, and staying calm and focused in negative situations.
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Excellent follow-up and organizational skills, with a passion or love for solving problems.
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Proficient in C/C++ programming of platform OS, firmware, BIOS, kernel, drivers
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Proficient in Python programming with the ability to build custom tools
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
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Background with parallel programming or GPU acceleration (e.g., CUDA)
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Experience developing in GPU accelerated / cloud / virtualized environments
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Experience analyzing software efficiency of distributed workloads
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Clustering or HPC data center technologies including Upper Layer Protocols (i.e., NCCL, MPI)
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/
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 140,000 USD - 224,250 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD for Level 4. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 24, 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 635 open Solution Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$140–270K/yr
- California median$124–196K/yr38 salary ranges
- US median$113–194K/yr509 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $205K, is 28% above the California median midpoint ($160K) — in the top quarter of Solution Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 52 open Solution Engineer jobs in California and 635 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Salesforce13 open
- Oracle6 open
- Deloitte5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Solution Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (457 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 95 of the 635 open Solution Engineer jobs (15%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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