Director, Optics Strategy and Partnerships
NVIDIA· Mgmt, Marketing (Marketing)
Santa Clara, CA$216k - $345kFull-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Director-level role leading optics strategy, partnerships, and roadmap for data center networking at NVIDIA, with customer engagement, technology assessment, and collaboration across product, engineering, architecture, operations, and sourcing.
Responsibilities
- Leading the optics product and technology roadmap process, across all data center and networking platforms
- Customer Engagement: Work directly with customers and developers to understand use cases, difficulties, and requirements, ensuring our solutions meet and exceed their expectations
- Providing input and mentorship to architecture and development teams for optics and interconnects across switches, NICs and compute platforms
- Identifying and evaluating new technologies, innovations, and partner relationships to align with our strategic technology roadmap
- Thought Leadership: Produce informative technical content, including blogs, white papers, webinars, and tutorials, that emphasize the value and innovation of our optics and interconnect platforms
Qualifications
- BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Sciences, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- 15+ overall years of relevant industry experience, with 10 or more years in a leadership role
- Proven experience and solid understanding of optical interconnects, silicon photonics, lasers, or closely related technologies, within high-performance data center settings
- Practical knowledge of Networking (switching & routing for Ethernet/Infiniband and/or compute fabrics), and Data Center infrastructure
- Demonstrated experience and skills in building partnerships, managing business contracts, statements of work, and investment justifications
Skills
Required:Optics roadmap developmentCustomer engagementPartnerships and contracts
Benefits
- equity
- comprehensive benefits package available at NVIDIA benefits page
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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