NVIDIA is a leader in accelerated computing and AI, driving breakthroughs in technology and innovation. Our Silicon Co-design Group focuses on developing cutting-edge silicon solutions, pushing the boundaries of performance in our products. We are looking for a Security and Safety Circuit Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role will be pivotal in ensuring the validation and performance of our silicon designs, working closely with various cross-functional teams to refine and improve our methodologies.
What you will be doing:
- Develop end-to-end pre-silicon and post-silicon validation methodologies, processes, and workflows for system-level silicon security and safety circuit characterization, including voltage, clock, power and fault monitors/detection etc.
- Drive the translation of new circuit features into clear productization requirements, dependencies, validation scope, and signoff criteria for silicon characterization test plans and productization methodologies.
- Define validation strategies for analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits, as well as new silicon features, with a strong focus on bring-up readiness and scalable execution.
- Design and develop tools to automate characterization, data collection, test execution, and result analysis to improve efficiency, quality, and coverage.
- Enable left-shift validation for next-generation product features by bringing up new flows, tests, and PVT solutions in pre-silicon on prior-generation platforms, in close collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Work closely with system architects, chip and board designers, software and firmware engineers, HW/SW application engineers, process and reliability specialists, ATE engineers, product managers, sales, and operations teams to resolve blockers, align validation targets, and drive milestone readiness.
- Continuously explore and apply innovative approaches, including AI-driven methodologies, to solve complex design challenges and improve validation quality, efficiency, and scalability.
- Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge-sharing efforts that promote best practices and broader adoption of AI-enabled methodologies.
What we need to see:
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in a related hardware engineering role, with strong exposure to silicon security and safety architecture, as well as analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit integration.
- Deep understanding of GPU/SoC system-level architecture.
- Proven ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Hands-on experience with hardware-software interactions for initialization, fault handling, and debug, including but not limited to safety and security monitor circuits, reset and fault-handling architecture, fuse and register programming flows, post-silicon validation, and production test / ATE correlation.
- Exposure to analog and digital design, circuit analysis, BIOS, drivers, and software applications.
- Strong silicon lab experience, including silicon bring-up, frequency and power characterization, correlation, automation scripting, and use of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, probes, and DAQ tools.
- Excellent problem-solving, post-silicon debug, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with Perl, C/C++, tool and script development, and Windows/Linux environments is a plus.
- Experience applying AI to semiconductor co-design and validation problems, with the ability to ramp quickly in new technical domains.
- Knowledge of AI-assisted workflows for accelerating automation, data analysis, root-cause investigation, and documentation.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Background in pre-silicon/FPGA circuit feature validation, RTL design and verification
- Experience in Post-Silicon validation, SW&HW feature development
- Experience working with GPU/CPU/Memory/Analog system features and crafting test strategies.
Our team is at the forefront of innovation in silicon solutions, contributing to the development of groundbreaking technologies. We offer a dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the company's success. Join us to advance your career in a role where you can truly make a difference. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are 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 for us, and due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you!