Senior Hardware Validation Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Yokneam, Israel

Senior Hardware Validation Engineer role focused on board bring-up, validation, and debugging for networking infrastructure in NVIDIA's data centers. Requires strong lab skills, experience with test equipment, and understanding of schematics and layouts.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform board bring-up, validation, and debugging activities in the lab
  2. Operate lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, logic/spectrum analyzers, and multimeters
  3. Support hardware investigations by reading schematics, analyzing layouts, and completing test procedures
  4. Document test results and communicate findings clearly to engineering teams
  5. Work closely with electrical, mechanical, thermal, and system engineers throughout the development cycle

Skills

Required

  • B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or relevant education or equivalent experience
  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience in a hardware lab environment
  • Proven experience with lab equipment and board-level debugging
  • Ability to understand schematics and PCB layouts
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Teamwork mindset
  • Good technical English for reading datasheets and writing reports

Nice to have

  • Experience working with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes)
  • Familiarity with thermal/mechanical test setups
  • Experience with test automation
  • Background using bug tracking or PLM tools