Senior Board & System Manufacturing Release Engineer

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 322,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Board Product Development Engineer to join our Operations Engineering team in Santa Clara, CA. You will drive the release of NVIDIA board and system products to high-volume manufacturing, coordinating cross-functional teams across design, test, and quality to ensure production readiness.

You will define testing architectures, develop fixtures, and support factory builds and ramping. Expect international collaboration and travel as needed to optimize releases and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering – or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Extensive experience in hardware design analysis, prototype bring-up, failure verification, and manufacturing test support.
• Extensive experience in high-volume board and system manufacturing process verification.
• Strong understanding of board and system manufacturing test processes, quality systems, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate complex technical information clearly.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with a track record of mentoring and developing engineering talent.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve manufacturing issues.
• Able to travel to other countries for on-site factory product builds supports (6 to 8 weeks per year).

Responsibilities

• Release NVIDIA-designed board and system products to high-volume manufacturing.
• Represent Product Operations Engineering during early manufacturing test solution planning and align stakeholders on production release requirements.
• Define scalable manufacturing test architectures, methodologies, processes, and system requirements for board- and server-level products across ARM and x86 platforms.
• Develop and qualify test strategies, fixtures, and equipment for new product features, validating hardware test solutions for production deployment.
• Partner with Mechanical, Thermal, Test, Hardware Design, Software, and Quality Engineering teams to drive DFX initiatives and factory release requirements.
• Support factory builds and production ramps by debugging board- and system-level issues, collaborating with internal teams and external manufacturing partners.
• Monitor end-to-end manufacturing test verification from board to system level, analyze production data, identify risks, and drive corrective actions to ensure release readiness.
• Drive continuous improvement through new manufacturing test technologies, process optimization, international factory supports, and mentoring/developing engineering talents.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Manufacturing test processes

Hardware design analysis

Education

Bachelor's or Master in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Job description

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Board Product Development Engineer to join our Operations Engineering team in Santa Clara, CA. You will drive the release of NVIDIA board and system products to high-volume manufacturing, coordinating cross-functional teams across design, test, and quality to ensure production readiness.

You will define testing architectures, develop fixtures, and support factory builds and ramping. Expect international collaboration and travel as needed to optimize releases and quality.