Senior System Design Engineer

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara is seeking a System Design Engineer to join the System Product Team to develop NVIDIA GPU/Tegra based products for GPU cards, MGX servers, automotive, robotics, and consumer electronics.

You will review board designs, collaborate across functional teams to balance cost, performance and schedule, and document releases to manufacturers and partners.

Qualifications

• B.S or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of proven board design experience.
• Strong analytical skills including past experience in PCB design and review.
• Experience with using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.
• Comfortable working in various Linux environments as well as with Windows OS's.
• Strong verbal and written skills.

Responsibilities

• Review board designs and collaborate with other design engineers on product solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to pursue the balance of product cost, performance, and schedule under the guidance of system architects and product architects.
• Participate in the documentation required to release the product to manufactures and partners.
• Optimize/invent circuits, functions for better performance, and lower cost.
• Improve the design flow together with the infrastructure team.

Skills

Board design

PCB design

Lab tools

Linux environments

Verbal & written skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

Job description

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI - the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a \"learning machine\" that constantly evolves by adapting to new challenges that are hard to tackle, that only we can pursue, and that matter to the world. This is our life's work, to amplify human creativity and intelligence. We are now looking for a System Design Engineer in the System Product Team. In this role, you will be working with peer system design engineers to develop NVIDIA GPU/Tegra based products for GPU cards, MGX servers, automotive, robotics, industrial PC, consumer electronics, etc.

What You'll be Doing:

• Review board designs and collaborate with other design engineers on product solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to pursue the balance of product cost, performance, and schedule under the guidance of system architects and product architects.

• Participate in the documentation required to release the product to manufactures and partners.

• Optimize/invent circuits, functions for better performance, and lower cost.

• Improve the design flow together with the infrastructure team.

What We Need to See:

• B.S or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.

• 10+ years of proven board design experience.

• Strong analytical skills including past experience in PCB design and review.

• Experience with using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.

• Comfortable working in various Linux environments as well as with Windows OS's

• Strong verbal and written skills.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working with us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want 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 168,000 USD - 258,750 USD for Level 4, and 200,000 USD - 322,000 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 8, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.