Senior Field Application Engineer

NVIDIA; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Field Applications Engineer focused on production at scale to join our team. You will be the technical specialist for GPU and networking products, supporting manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis to improve yield and reliability.

Local to Guadalajara is strongly preferred. The role requires hands-on on-site work in labs and manufacturing sites, collaboration across design, validation, manufacturing and quality, and ongoing support from NPI through high‑volume

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years in high-tech electronics manufacturing, failure analysis, validation, or hardware debugging roles.
• Strong ability to adapt in a dynamic environment.
• Proven experience managing multiple failure investigations and yield improvement initiatives.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Be the technical specialist for GPU and networking products, supporting manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis to improve reliability and yield.
• 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 design/process improvements.
• Frequent on-site presence in labs or manufacturing sites to diagnose, reproduce, and resolve hardware and system-level failures.
• Support the product lifecycle from NPI through high-volume manufacturing and field returns, ensuring quality and continuous improvement.
• 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

Failure analysis

Yield improvement

Cross-functional teamwork

English communication

Education

BS or MS in Engineering

Tools

ARM architecture

Embedded Linux

Job description

We are currently seeking aSenior Field Applications Engineerfocused on productionat scaleto join our dedicated and hardworking team. At NVIDIA, we are leading the AI computing revolution, creating innovative deep learning solutions that are transforming industries globally. As a member of our team, you will play a vital role inensuring the reliability, manufacturability, and quality of our GPU products across production and deployment environments. If you have a strong passion forroot cause analysis, yield improvement, and working with cross-functional engineering teams, this is an excellent opportunity for you to make a meaningful contribution!

Local to Guadalajara is strongly preferred.

What you'll be doing:

• Be a technical specialist on GPU and networking products, directly supporting manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis teams to improve product reliability and yield.
• Activelyestablishand nurture technical relationships with internal engineering teams, manufacturing partners, and qualityteams.
• Identifysystem failure modes, manufacturing risks, and product requirements to drive corrective actions and design/process improvements.
• Frequent on-site presence in labs or manufacturing sites to diagnose, reproduce, and resolve hardware and system-level failures.
• Support the product lifecycle from NPI (New Product Introduction) through high-volume manufacturing and field returns, ensuring quality, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• Develop failure analysis methodologies, test plans, and diagnostic tools for hardware validation.
• Provide technical training and documentation to manufacturing,test, and quality teamsonfailure modesand debugging techniques.
• Establishstrong communicationchannels and collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams (design, validation,manufacturingandquality) to drive issue resolution, root cause determination, and corrective actions.

What we need to see:

• BS or MS in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of work-related experience in the high-tech electronics industry, particularly in manufacturing, failure analysis, validation, or hardware debug roles.
• Capable of excelling in a dynamic, constantly evolving environment.
• Strong ability to manage multiple failure investigations, escalations, and yield improvement initiatives.
• Expert analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strongtime managementand organizational skills for coordinating complex failure analysis and cross-functional investigations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with the ability to clearly present failure analysis results and collaborate effectively with cross-functional engineering teams and management.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with ARM and NVIDIA GPU development.
• Knowledge of Embedded Linux Systems, APIs, and system-level debugging tools for root cause analysis.
• Experience working with manufacturing partners, ODMs/OEMs, or reliability/quality teams in high-volume production environments.
• In-depth understanding of CPU/GPU architecture and system-level failure mechanisms.