Senior System Design Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$168,000–$258,750 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
53 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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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 1623 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior System Design Engineer

The Senior System Design Engineer joins the System Product Team to develop NVIDIA GPU and Tegra based products for diverse applications including MGX servers, automotive, robotics, industrial PCs, and consumer electronics. Working alongside peer system design engineers, you will review board designs, collaborate on product solutions, and balance cost, performance, and schedule requirements under the guidance of system and product architects. Daily tasks involve optimizing circuits and functions for better performance, improving design flows with the infrastructure team, and creating documentation for manufacturing and partners. Required skills include a degree in Electrical Engineering, over ten years of board design experience, and proficiency in PCB design and review. You must be skilled with lab tools like oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers while navigating Linux and Windows environments.

What you'll do

  • Review board designs and collaborate with design engineers on product solutions.
  • Balance product cost, performance, and schedule under the guidance of architects.
  • Create documentation required to release products to manufacturers and partners.
  • Optimize and invent circuits and functions for better performance and lower cost.
  • Improve the design flow in coordination with the infrastructure team.
  • Develop GPU/Tegra based products for servers, automotive, robotics, and consumer electronics.

What we're looking for

  • B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of proven board design experience.
  • Strong analytical skills including past experience in PCB design and review.
  • Experience using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.
  • Proficiency working in various Linux environments and Windows OS.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

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