Director, System-Level Validation & Production Ramp

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 272,000 - 426,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced Director of System-Level Testing to lead end-to-end post-silicon validation, test architecture, and manufacturing ramp for AI, data center, SOC and Tegra product lines.

You will guide a team responsible for bringing next-generation GPU/SOC/LPU/Auto/Tegra technologies from design validation through manufacturing ramp and high-volume production, while optimizing yield and test efficiency.

Qualifications

• Master’s/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years in semiconductor product development, testing or manufacturing.
• 5+ years in Director leadership leading engineering teams.
• Strong CMOS, component characterization, and analog/mixed-signal knowledge.
• Experience with high-speed testing, characterization, yield analysis, and silicon debug.
• Proficient in using statistical tools (e.g., JMP) for insights and yield improvement.
• Demonstrated cross-functional problem solving under aggressive schedules.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team responsible for validation, characterization, and ramp.
• Drive development strategy from early silicon validation to high-volume manufacturing.
• Develop and implement validation methodologies for mixed-signal silicon.
• Collaborate with design, test, reliability, and manufacturing to transition to production.
• Oversee product characterization of new IC designs.
• Lead root-cause analysis for silicon performance and yield excursions.
• Drive yield improvement, test-time reduction, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Provide feedback on silicon performance and manufacturability to design teams.
• Establish data analytics frameworks and automation for validation and monitoring.
• Support qualification, ramp readiness and manufacturing scaling with operations.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

CMOS

Analog/Mixed-signal

High-speed testing

Product development

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering/Physics/Computer Engineering

Tools

JMP

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced Director of System-Level Testing to lead end-to-end post-silicon validation, test architecture, and manufacturing ramp for AI, data center, SOC and Tegra product lines.

You will guide a team responsible for bringing next-generation GPU/SOC/LPU/Auto/Tegra technologies from design validation through manufacturing ramp and high-volume production, while optimizing yield and test efficiency.