Senior Silicon Validation Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA +2 · Remote

NVIDIA is seeking Senior Silicon Validation Engineers to validate GPUs and SOCs for deep learning, gaming, and high-performance computing. The role involves understanding design, managing feature validation, leading debug on silicon, and working cross-functionally with various teams. Requires BS/MS in EE/ECE/CS with 10+ years of experience, strong debugging and problem-solving skills, and familiarity with post-silicon bring-up and production flows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Validate the industry’s leading processors for deep learning, gaming, and high performance computing.
  2. Understand the design and implementation and bridge your knowledge to bring-up and productization
  3. Manage the validation of chip features and lead debug of observations on Silicon.
  4. Work multi-functionally with ASIC, SW, System, Characterization and ATE teams to accomplish your tasks.

Skills

Required

  • BS or MS in EE, ECE, CS or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of proven experience
  • Good fundamentals in debugging methodologies
  • strong problem solving skills
  • Exposure to post silicon bringup and validation
  • familiarity with production flows
  • Proven track record to work cross functionally
  • drive issues to closure
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • ability & desire to work as a standout colleague

Nice to have

  • Prior experience diagnosing complex issues at the intersection of hardware and software
  • Wholistic thinker who considers trade-offs between functional, power and performance criteria's
  • Background with lab equipment like logic analyzers, oscilloscopes etc.

What the JD emphasized

  • proven experience
  • strong problem solving skills
  • Proven track record
  • ability & desire to work as a standout colleague are a must