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NVIDIA

Senior Customer Solution Architect, Application Engineering

NVIDIA Santa Clara, CA, United States Full-time 2 months ago
Applications & FAE Automotive Semiconductors & Safety

$168,000 - $264,500 USD yearly

Join NVIDIA to work with NVIDIA SoC solutions.

Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

What you'll do

  • Collaborate with customers and internal teams on future Embedded and Automotive architectures and roadmaps.
  • Integrate NVIDIA's Embedded solutions into customer products, working with hardware design, firmware, software, sensors validation, and AI algorithm teams.
  • Define system-level requirements and specifications for Embedded architectures using NVIDIA SoC solutions.
  • Evaluate and enhance system performance, power efficiency, and thermomechanical integration.
  • Ensure customer solutions are optimized by collaborating with multi-functional teams at NVIDIA.

What you'll need

  • Expertise in thermal, mechanical, and electrical (TME) engineering.
  • Experience from board design to the integration of large-scale Automotive and Robotic systems.
  • 7+ overall years of proven experience.
  • BS or equivalent degree in EE/CE/CS engineering field or equivalent experience.
  • Proven track record of leading a team and working with multidisciplinary groups (hardware, firmware, software, validation, project management, sensors, and AI algorithm developers).
  • In-depth knowledge of AI hardware products and applications.

Skills: customer enablement, Embedded and Automotive architectures, NVIDIA SoC solutions, system performance, AI hardware products

More semiconductor jobs: NVIDIA jobs · Field applications engineer jobs · California jobs

Market context

This role has been open 47 days — well below the 95-day median for Applications FAE roles.

Applications FAE · Automotive IC

Open roles in category
143
Median days open
95 d
Category median salary (all employers)
$152k
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
How NVIDIA compares in Applications FAE hiring
Metric NVIDIA All employers we track in this specialty (143 roles · 23 employers)
Open roles in this specialty 6 143
Median days open 151 d 95 d (+56 d vs this employer)
Median salary (USD postings) — $152k

Skills observed across this category: customer enablement, Embedded and Automotive architectures, NVIDIA SoC solutions, system performance, AI hardware products

Who's hiring in this category

  • Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 78 d
  • Texas Instruments · 23 open roles · median 141 d
  • NXP Semiconductors · 22 open roles · median 91 d
  • Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 35 d
  • Renesas Electronics · 10 open roles · median 103 d
  • Microchip Technology · 8 open roles · median 229 d

How we counted: 143 open Applications FAE (Automotive IC) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States
On-site
Full-time
$168,000 - $264,500 USD yearly
2 months ago

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