GPU Field Applications Engineer: Reliability & Yield

NVIDIA; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 132,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Field Applications Engineer for production at scale in Nashville, working with manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis to improve GPU product reliability and yield. You will be embedded with cross-functional teams to drive corrective actions and design/process improvements.

You’ll be on-site in labs and manufacturing environments, supporting NPI through high-volume production and field returns, with a base salary range and equity/benefits. Applications due by Oct 5, 2026.

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 programs.
• Excellent written and oral communication in English.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Root cause analysis

Yield improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical troubleshooting

GPU/Networking product knowledge

Education

BS or MS in Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Physics / CS

Tools

Embedded Linux

System-level debugging tools

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Field Applications Engineer for production at scale in Nashville, working with manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis to improve GPU product reliability and yield. You will be embedded with cross-functional teams to drive corrective actions and design/process improvements.

You’ll be on-site in labs and manufacturing environments, supporting NPI through high-volume production and field returns, with a base salary range and equity/benefits. Applications due by Oct 5, 2026.