Senior Customer Solution Architect, Application Engineering - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$168,000 - $264,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer — open 1 day.
Join NVIDIA to work with NVIDIA SoC solutions.
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
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 88-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
138
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Median days open
88 d
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Median salary
$152k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (138 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 138 |
| Median days open | 187 d | 88 d (+99 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 · 29 open roles · median 70 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 21 open roles · median 73 d
- Texas Instruments · 18 open roles · median 206 d
- Renesas Electronics · 15 open roles · median 178 d
- Microchip Technology · 10 open roles · median 181 d
- Qualcomm · 6 open roles · median 24 d
How we counted: 138 open Applications FAE (Automotive IC) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Sept 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.