Nvidia Field Application Engineer 

United States, Texas 

419136636

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as a technical specialist on NVIDIA switch ASICs and networking products, directly supporting Cisco engineers and account managers.

• Establish deep technical engagement with Cisco’s architects, system engineers, and developers.

• Provide on-site and remote support to debug hardware/software integration, including register-level analysis, counters, and traces.

• Assist Cisco with ASIC SDK integration into their switch OS stack (NX-OS, IOS-XR, SONiC) and provide example code, documentation, and onboarding support.

• Investigate networking protocols and datacenter characteristics (L2/L3, OSPF, BGP, VXLAN/EVPN, RoCE, congestion control, load balancing).

• Support customer war-room scenarios by analyzing logs/traces, reproducing issues, and driving rapid resolution with internal teams.

• Deliver training, workshops, and technical collateral for Cisco engineering teams.

• Provide guidance to NVIDIA product teams based on Cisco’s feature requirements and deployment models.

What we need to see:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 5+ years of experience in networking, ASIC system development, or customer-facing technical roles.

• Strong knowledge of Ethernet switch ASIC architecture (pipelines, buffers, forwarding engines, QoS, telemetry).

• Familiarity with switch SDKs and APIs (e.g., NVIDIA SDK, Broadcom SDK, Cisco Silicon One SDK).

• Proficiency in datacenter networking protocols (VLAN, STP, ARP, OSPF, BGP, VXLAN, EVPN) and functionalities like RDMA, RoCE, ECN, and PFC or equivalent experience.

• Strong Linux networking background (Netlink, iproute2, tc, DPDK) and experience with kernel modules, drivers, PCIe, and DMA.

• Hands-on experience with traffic generators (Ixia, Spirent, TRex) and packet capture/debugging tools.

• Strong customer interface skills: capable of detailing, training, and guiding Cisco engineers while advancing issues internally as necessary.

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, especially under pressure.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Exposure to Cisco development environments, build systems, or test frameworks (PyATS/Genie).

• Security feature knowledge (MACsec, IPsec offload, ACL scaling).

• Performance benchmarking experience (efficiency, latency, jitter).

• Knowledge of interconnect technologies: PCIe, SerDes, PHY basics.

• Previous experience collaborating with major OEMs and comprehending their engineering procedures, release timelines, and critical issues handling.