Senior Board Design Engineer

Nvidia

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$196,000–$310,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
69 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $187k
This role $253k
$124k most similar roles pay here $330k

This role pays more than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $156,559–$216,587 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $253k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

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About Nvidia

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

Nvidia currently has 1391 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Board Design Engineer

As a Senior Board Design Engineer within the Circuit Solutions Group, you will collaborate with key design teams to develop evaluation boards for various products including GPUs, CPUs, and test chips. Your daily responsibilities involve driving all aspects of design execution, including electrical schematics, component selection, and providing layout guidance. You will manage documentation for manufacturing release while serving as the primary interface for silicon, thermal, mechanical, SI, and EMC engineers. The role requires hands-on development, testing in a lab environment, validation plans, and bring-up during production and qualification processes. To succeed, you must possess deep knowledge of analog and digital electrical circuits, SoC platform design, high current power delivery, and high speed signals. You will work to solve complex problems related to AI computing infrastructure and hardware integration.

What you'll do

  • Design evaluation boards for NVIDIA products including GPUs, CPUs, and test chips.
  • Drive all aspects of design execution, including electrical schematics and component selection.
  • Provide technical guidance for PCB layout and hardware design.
  • Manage documentation required to release products to manufacturing and partners.
  • Serve as the primary interface between Silicon, Thermal, Mechanical, SI, and EMC engineers.
  • Collaborate with Platform Architects and Chip Leads to define platform specifications and performance requirements.
  • Perform hands-on development, testing, and validation in a lab environment.
  • Manage the product bring-up and qualification processes through production.

What we're looking for

  • BS/MSEE degree or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of board/System design experience.
  • Proven experience with system bring-up and validation.
  • Proven ability to deliver complex projects from specification through production.
  • Strong communication, interpersonal skills, critical thinking, problem solving, and project management skills.
  • Deep knowledge in analog and digital electrical circuits (preferred).
  • Experience with SoC platform design, including high current power delivery and high speed signals (preferred).
  • Proven industry experience with board design and fabrication, including schematics, layout, and familiarity with thermal and mechanical processes (preferred).

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