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.
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 20 days — well below the 94-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
150
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Median days open
94 d
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Median salary
$152k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (150 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 150 |
| Median days open | 124 d | 94 d (+30 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 · 33 open roles · median 80 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 25 open roles · median 91 d
- Texas Instruments · 17 open roles · median 228 d
- Renesas Electronics · 12 open roles · median 114 d
- Microchip Technology · 10 open roles · median 201 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 24 d
How we counted: 150 open Applications FAE (Automotive IC) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 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.