Senior Hardware Validation Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $168,000–$258,750 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 67 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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 Senior Hardware Validation Engineer in the Datacenter Systems Engineering team, you will lead validation activities to ensure optimal product coverage and test results. You will own validation coverage, technical risk, and issue prioritization from initial board bring-up through system integration and production release. Your daily work involves independently debugging complex electrical, functional, performance, and reliability issues while defining experiments and isolating root causes. You will validate power delivery, tune control loops, and verify high- and low-speed interfaces including PCIe, I2C, SPI, SMBus, and USB. The role requires expertise in circuit analysis, Linux command-line debugging, and automation using Python, Shell, or Perl. You will also review schematics and PCB layouts to provide design feedback for next-generation products while developing diagnostic tools to improve root-cause efficiency across the hardware stack.

Skills

Hardware Validation Circuit Analysis Python Shell Perl Linux PCIe I2C SPI SMBus USB PCB Layout Oscilloscopes Logic Analyzers Multimeters Firmware power-management System Integration

What you'll do

Own validation coverage, technical risk, issue prioritization, and release-readiness recommendations from board bring-up to production.
Independently debug complex electrical, functional, performance, and reliability issues in a lab environment.
Define experiments, collect evidence, isolate root causes, and verify corrective actions for hardware failures.
Validate power delivery systems and tune system power-management control loops.
Verify high- and low-speed interfaces including PCIe, I2C, SPI, SMBus, and USB.
Lead multi-functional investigations involving silicon, firmware, thermal, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to resolve issues.
Review schematics and PCB layouts to provide actionable design feedback for next-generation products.
Develop diagnostics, automation, and data-analysis tools using Python or other scripting languages to improve validation efficiency.

What we're looking for

BSEE/BSCE or equivalent experience.
5+ years of validation experience.
Strong understanding of digital design, circuit design and analysis, computer architecture, and CPU/GPU architecture.
Experience with board bringup, lab debug, and lab tools like oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.
Strong Linux experience including command-line debugging, system log analysis, and developing automation tools using Python, Shell, or Perl.
Experience with ARM CPU architecture and hardware validation.
Validation and root-cause experience with GPU, CPU, SoC, or accelerated-computing platforms (preferred).
Deep knowledge of power electronics, control systems, PID tuning, or rail-sequencing analysis (preferred).

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