Jonathan Smith
Senior Software Architect - Full-System Simulators
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Smith is a Senior Software Architect specializing in full-system simulators with a decade of experience building and validating novel computer architectures and HW/SW co-design at scale. Based in Austin, he currently leads simulator efforts at NVIDIA after roles optimizing GPU drivers for cloud providers and presilicon GPU work at Apple. His background includes developing full-system simulation and device drivers for custom ASICs at Intel and prototyping management software for TOP500-class systems, reflecting deep expertise in performance-critical, pre-silicon validation. Jonathan emphasizes extreme shift-left testing and "ruthless" simulation-driven verification to catch issues early, blending low-level RTL/driver knowledge with system-level orchestration. He pairs academic grounding from Georgia Tech and the University of Michigan with practical experience across industry leaders, and is known for turning complex architectural ideas into auditable, production-ready simulation infrastructure.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science at University of Michigan College of Engineering
Github Skills (9)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
NotThatJonSmith/HartKit
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:38 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
NotThatJonSmith/HartModels
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:36 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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