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Would you like to work with world-class systems architects and deep learning professionals to define the next generation CPUs and System on Chips? NVIDIA is developing processor and system architectures that are at the forefront of accelerating agentic AI, building data centers, and enabling other high-performance computing applications. We are architecting the most advanced CPUs and SoC's in the world for these applications and are looking for software architects to join our effort. In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with teams to maximize the potential of our SoC products, bringing together NVIDIA CPUs, GPUs, custom processors and accelerators. Your role will be cross disciplinary, collaborating with industry partners, customers, internal architects, software, ASIC design, verification, and platform teams. 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