Senior Product Development Engineer - Boards

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 212,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Nvidia Corporation in Santa Clara seeks a creative Product Engineer to bridge GPU gaming design and mass production. The role involves working across various teams to enhance manufacturing efficiency, validate products, and lead new product transitions. Ideal candidates have over 5 years in product development, a degree in electrical engineering or computer science, and strong skills in debugging and communication. Nvidia offers a competitive salary range of $136,000 - $212,750 for Level 3 and $168,000 - $258,750 for Level 4, alongside comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in design, manufacturing, validation, or product development.
• Experience in high-speed interface validation like PCI-E / DP / HDMI / USB.
• Familiarity with testing strategies related to yields and test-time.

Responsibilities

• Work on NVIDIA gaming and compute GPU board products.
• Define and improve manufacturing test plans.
• Analyze volume manufacturing data using software tools.

Skills

Server architectures

Board/PCB design

Power-Integrity

Debugging multi-disciplinary problems

Good communication

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or computer science

Job description

We are seeking a creative and self-driven Product Engineer. Over the past three decades, NVIDIA has continually reinvented computing. Since inventing the GPU in 1999, we've driven PC gaming, reshaped graphics, and enabled intelligent computing systems. Today, we are widely recognized as the AI computing company. As we continue to grow, we're bringing in world-class engineering talent – join us at the forefront of innovation.

Make the choice to join us today. We need a creative individual who will help transfer GPU gaming and compute products from design engineering to mass production. You will be exposed to various aspects of building and testing NVIDIA products, from GPUs to assembled boards and systems. In addition, your responsibilities will include working with overseas manufacturing teams to increase yields, test coverage and capacity, and reduce production costs. If you are passionate about building the highest quality GPU products that will impact the world, then we really want to hear from you.

What you'll be doing:

• Work on NVIDIA gaming and compute GPU board products during NPI and in production
• Work with multi-functional teams (including Manufacturing, Quality, Reliability, Design, Customer Support and Marketing) to achieve fast-paced delivery schedules on groundbreaking products
• Define and improve manufacturing test plans to optimize coverage, test-time, test-cost and yield
• Perform product design and validation to support design engineering sustaining works.
• Root Cause failing boards and make DFX recommendations to design team.
• Direct local and overseas contract manufacturing factories to transit new products to massive production.
• Regularly report product status and recommend improvements to management
• Analyze volume manufacturing data by using a combination of available software tools as well as programming / scripting

What we need to see:

• Experience in two or more of the following areas - Server architectures, board/PCB-design, SMT, assembly, board or post-Si validation, product engineering, design or validation of high speed interfaces (like PCI-E / DP / HDMI / USB), Power-Integrity, Thermal characterization, complex test setups
• Ability to debug complicated multi-disciplinary problems
• Good team spirit and strong communication
• Good grasp of testing strategies and their relation to yields and test-time
• 5+ years of experience in design / manufacturing / validation / product development / testing of PCB's, Silicon or some other systems
• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or computer science – or equivalent experience

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Background in data analysis, software tools and scripting
• Experience enabling / driving cross functional debug
• Knowledge of PCB manufacturing process, Silicon or PCB debug, system assembly / testing and mechanical tolerances
• Knowledge of how to build computers and tweak BIOS settings

NVIDIA offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work alongside some of the industry's brightest engineers. As we continue to grow, our engineering teams are expanding rapidly. If you're a creative, self-driven engineer with a passion for technology, we'd love to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 136,000 USD - 212,750 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 258,750 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.