Senior Engineering Vendor Manager

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Manage strategic suppliers for new product introductions and ongoing production to ensure component quality and reliability.

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NVIDIA's New Product Introduction (NPI) team is growing, and we're looking for a highly motivated and diligent Engineering Vendor Manager to join us. In this critical role, you'll be responsible for the engineering management of our most strategic and technologically advanced suppliers, ensuring the highest quality and reliability of components for our groundbreaking products.

NVIDIA Networking division is a leading supplier of innovative end-to-end NVLINK, InfiniBand and Ethernet connectivity solutions and services for servers and storage. We offer market-leading solutions that include adapter cards, switches, cables, and software to support networking technologies. Our products optimize data center performance, using NVIDIA’s AI solution and deliver industry-leading bandwidth and scalability. In addition, we serve a wide range of sectors, including high-performance computing, enterprise, data centers, cloud computing, big data, and Web 2.0.

What you'll be doing:

Lead engineering engagement with strategic and critical suppliers for new product introductions (NPI) and ongoing production, identify potential risks, critical parameters, and areas for optimization
Define and implement clear monitoring and documentation requirements for key process steps to ensure consistency and quality
Establish comprehensive quality criteria and outgoing quality control (OQC) procedures at suppliers prior to shipment
Monitor and analyze supplier yield data, production metrics, and quality performance to identify trends and drive corrective actions
Collaborate closely with internal NVIDIA engineering teams (Design, Product, Reliability, Quality) to ensure supplier capabilities align with product requirements
Drive continuous improvement initiatives at suppliers to enhance process control, yield, and overall product quality
Conduct supplier technical audits and provide mentorship on standard processes in manufacturing and quality control
Act as the primary technical interface between NVIDIA and strategic suppliers, resolving complex engineering challenges

What we need to see:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
8+ years of relevant experience.
proven experience in engineering roles, with a significant portion focused on supplier management, manufacturing engineering, or NP.
Proven track record to understand complex manufacturing processes and identify critical control points.
Strong background in quality methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, FMEA, SPC). Experience with yield analysis, data interpretation, and driving root cause analysis for technical issues.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills to effectively collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers.
Ability to travel internationally to supplier sites as needed.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Experience with advanced manufacturing technologies (e.g., advanced packaging, high-speed PCBs, Electro-Mechanical, mechanical, electrical, high Speed IO, etc.)
Familiarity with NPI processes in a fast-paced technology company
Proven track record of driving significant quality or yield improvements at suppliers
Experience with DFM (Design for Manufacturability) and DFT (Design for Testability) principles

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 for us. If you're a creative manager, with a real passion for managing teams to deliver cutting-edge processors, we want to hear from you! Come, join our CPU Architecture team, and help build the real-time, cost-effective computing platform driving our success across multiple quickly growing fields ranging from the data center to autonomous vehicles.

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