Senior SoC Architect – RAS Analysis and Diagnostics

We are looking for a Senior Hardware Architect for our Tegra System-on-Chips (SoC). This role focuses on leading the architecture and strategy for in-field diagnostic testing to detect hardware failures in CPUs and SoCs deployed in datacenters and autonomous vehicles. The position offers the opportunity to have real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company developing state-of-the-art processor and system architectures.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing architecture and methods to detect faults in SOCs deployed in datacenters and autonomous vehicles
• Working with software, design verification, and silicon validation teams to develop high-coverage diagnostic tests
• Assisting in Failure Analysis to debug failing parts and develop screens for failure detection and localization
• Creating Hardware specifications, testplans, and architectural models
• Planning and executing Architectural validation plans
• Providing post-Silicon production support with silicon debug and customer documentation
• Following industry standards and best practices related to RAS, debuggability, and silicon testing
• Patenting novel parts of system architecture

Requirements:

• MS or PhD in computer or electrical engineering or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of SoC architecture, design and/or verification experience
• Strong understanding of Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS) in the SoC context
• Expertise in SoC architecture areas such as RAS, Clocks, Resets, Debug, Automotive safety, Interconnects, Memory Controller, IO technologies, Platform integration
• Hands-on design verification experience and knowledge of coverage analysis
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal interpersonal skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience debugging hardware failures in the lab
• Familiarity with Design for Debug and Design for Test flows
• Research or publications in the area of RAS
• System C, C++, or Python programming skills

NVIDIA offers competitive compensation, including equity and comprehensive benefits. Join us in pushing the frontiers of technology and defining the future of computing!