Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $168,000–$258,750 / yr
Posted: 9 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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As a Lead Hardware Design Validation Engineer at NVIDIA’s Santa Clara office, you will lead a team responsible for validating GPU, datacenter, and automotive platforms from the design phase through mass production. Your daily tasks include setting validation strategies, defining comprehensive test plans, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure product readiness. You will manage technical risks, drive system-level debugging, and enhance manufacturing yield by developing scalable automation and lab infrastructure. Essential skills include expertise in power and high-speed/low-speed IO validation, proficiency in Linux environments for firmware and driver debug, and experience leading validation through full product cycles. Ideal candidates have a background in EE/CE with extensive hardware validation leadership experience, particularly in GPU or datacenter platforms, and are willing to travel domestically and internationally to support manufacturing sites.

Skills

Linux Python PCIe SerDes Ethernet USB I2C SPI UART JTAG SMBus BMC Terraform Kubernetes AWS CI/CD Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Own end-to-end product validation from design phase through mass production.
Lead and mentor design validation engineers across various teams and partners.
Define comprehensive test plans for full system validation including power and high-speed IO.
Guide manufacturing test approaches and contribute to production troubleshooting.
Drive system-level debugging and root cause analysis on complex issues.
Influence product design through feedback from validation and debug processes.
Build scalable validation automation and lab infrastructure across product lines.

What we're looking for

BS+ in EE/CE or equivalent with 8+ years of hardware product validation experience.
Proven leadership in leading validation through an entire product cycle from bring-up to mass production.
Strong system troubleshooting skills covering silicon, board, signal integrity, firmware, OS, and applications.
Expertise in high-speed IO functionality and electrical validation including PCIe, SerDes, Ethernet.
Proficient in low-speed IO functionality and electrical validation including I2C, SPI, UART, JTAG.
Experience with manufacturing test plans and driving production debug and yield improvement.
Willing to travel internationally up to 8% during NPI peak to support builds.

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