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We are looking for a Hardware Validation Engineer in the Datacenter Systems Engineering team. You'll work closely with board designers, Silicon Solutions and AE teams to validate and characterize system's power management controllers of NVIDIA's datacenter modules. The ideal candidates are self motivated, very comfortable in a lab environment and demonstrate a passion towards product system level validation. They should have strong debug/circuit analysis fundamentals as well as automation and scripting experience. They must be capable of growing in fast paced environment with evolving product definitions.
What you’ll be doing:
Plan, execute, and automate validation of GPU/CPU modules, and other peripheral cards integrated into NVIDIA's datacenter products
Perform electrical and functional validation of key interfaces and components, including power sensors, MCUs, I2C, SPI, SMBus, and PCIe.
Diagnose and resolve hardware and system issues during NPI builds to ensure timely and successful product launches
Utilize Linux-based test suites to comprehensively validate all hardware interfaces, ensuring robust functionality and reliability
Develop comprehensive test plans for new hardware features and continuously refine existing validation workflows for better coverage and efficiency.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to root cause and resolve hardware and software issues.
What we need to see:
BSEE/BSCE or equivalent experience
3+ years of hands-on hardware/software debug experience.
Demonstrates a strong ability to quickly learn new technologies and independently seek out information to solve complex hardware validation challenges.
Strong capability to debug and root cause challenging system issues involving board-level failures, signal integrity, component-level problems, and firmware behavior.
Lab experience with board bring-up, hardware debug, and use of tools like logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and multimeters
Strong understanding of digital design, circuit design analysis and computer architecture.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
Solid grasp of low-level system architecture, digital circuit design, and high-speed bus protocols (PCIe, USB, NVMe), with a clear understanding of how hardware integrates with firmware and software stacks
Lead hands-on debugging and root cause analysis across hardware and firmware layers to drive rapid issue resolution and product quality improvements.
Hands-on experience in system-level power management validation for CPU and GPU products
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
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NVIDIA’s 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 — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”
