Description
Our technology has no boundaries! NVIDIA is building the world’s most groundbreaking and state-of-the-art compute platforms for the world to use. We are looking for a Senior Hardware Validation Engineer to lead validation activities in the Datacenter Systems Engineering team.
The ideal candidate is self-motivated, works well with different teams, very comfortable in a lab environment, and demonstrates passion towards product-level validation. They should have strong debug/circuit analysis fundamentals as well as automation and scripting experience.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop validation plans for GPU and CPU modules, and other peripheral cards that get integrated into NVIDIA's datacenter products.
- Debug, triage issues, perform root cause analysis, verify fixes, define new tests, and improve product test plans.
- Electrical, functional, and stress testing of all interfaces such as power monitoring control loop, I2C, SPI, SMBUS, PCIe, and USB.
- Track and coordinate all validation activities from bringup to production release.
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams including designers, Silicon, SW, thermal leads to test and debug any HW/SW product issues.
- Design diagnostic suites test plans for engineering builds.
- Provide schematic and layout reviews on next-generation board designs.
Requirements:
- 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.
- Validation experience with board bringup, lab debug, and lab tools (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers).
- Programming skills with experience in Python or other scripting languages (such as Perl, Shell).
- Experience with ARM CPU architecture and hardware validation.
- Excellent design, debugging, and problem-solving skills, with a strong bias for action, quality, and engineering excellence.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Validation experience with CPU/GPU/SOC products.
- Knowledge of control systems, PID tunings, and power transistor fundamentals.
- Experience with test automation and developing scripts to improve validation efficiency.
- Highly motivated and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.