GPU Field Applications Engineer — Production Reliability & Yield

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Field Applications Engineer focused on production at scale in Santa Clara, CA. You will ensure reliability, manufacturability, and quality of GPU products across production and deployment environments.

Responsibilities include diagnosing hardware failures, driving corrective actions, and collaborating with design, validation, manufacturing, and quality teams. On-site presence is required, with potential equity and full benefits offered.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science (or equivalent).
• 5+ years in high-tech electronics manufacturing, failure analysis, validation, or hardware debug roles.
• Capable of thriving in a dynamic environment.
• Strong ability to manage multiple failure investigations, escalations, and yield improvement initiatives.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and oral English communication for cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Be a technical specialist on GPU and networking products, supporting manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis teams to improve product reliability and yield.
• Establish and nurture technical relationships with internal engineering, manufacturing partners, and quality teams.
• Identify failure modes, manufacturing risks, and product requirements to drive corrective actions and improvements.
• Frequent on-site presence in labs or manufacturing sites to diagnose, reproduce, and resolve hardware and system-level failures.
• Support product lifecycle from NPI through high-volume manufacturing and field returns, ensuring quality and reliability.
• Develop failure analysis methodologies, test plans, and diagnostic tools for hardware validation.
• Provide technical training and documentation to manufacturing, test, and quality teams on failure modes and debugging techniques.
• Establish strong communication with cross-functional teams to drive issue resolution and corrective actions.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Yield improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

System-level debugging

Technical training

Education

BS/MS in Engineering or related field

Tools

Embedded Linux tools

Diagnostics tools

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Field Applications Engineer focused on production at scale in Santa Clara, CA. You will ensure reliability, manufacturability, and quality of GPU products across production and deployment environments.

Responsibilities include diagnosing hardware failures, driving corrective actions, and collaborating with design, validation, manufacturing, and quality teams. On-site presence is required, with potential equity and full benefits offered.