Solutions Architect - OEM - United States
$124,000 - $241,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer — open 1 day.
About the role
This role involves reviewing new solution feasibility, coordinating qualification and certification processes, and partnering with OEMs.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with marketing and the custom design solutions team on new solutions and manage qualification and certification submissions.
- Partner with the OEM to align expectations, address issues, and ensure project completion.
- Analyze detailed server or computing platforms at a full system level to provide solutions.
- Handle multiple technical cases and client priorities simultaneously.
- Examine schematics, block diagrams, diagnostic data, manufacturing test results, and thermal or electrical measurements to identify root causes.
- Drive progress in server architecture by improving CPUs, GPUs, memory, storage, power delivery, cooling, and high-speed interconnects.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of relevant experience as a Solutions Architect, Systems Engineer, or in a comparable technical role.
- Practical experience detecting issues within complex server or computing environments across the entire system.
- Ability to manage multiple client engagements and technical cases simultaneously.
- Solid understanding of server architecture, encompassing CPUs, GPUs, memory, storage, power delivery, cooling, and high-speed interconnects.
- Ability to interpret schematics, block diagrams, diagnostic logs, test results, and measurement data.
- Project management and communication skills to translate technical information and collaborate with business and engineering teams.
Skills: server architecture, GPU-accelerated, system level, schematics, block diagrams, high-speed interconnects
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 52-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
98
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (98 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 98 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 943 | 5796 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 43 d | 52 d (−9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: server architecture, GPU-accelerated, system level, schematics, block diagrams, high-speed interconnects
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 28 open roles · median 45 d
- Qualcomm · 21 open roles · median 52 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 18 open roles · median 55 d
- Renesas Electronics · 4 open roles · median 42 d
- Intel Corporation · 3 open roles · median 16 d
- Apple · 2 open roles · median 68 d
How we counted: 98 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 26 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 — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.