Senior High-Speed IO Validation Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior High-Speed IO Validation Engineer in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $168k-$259k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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We are now looking for a Senior High-Speed IO (HSIO) Validation Engineer!

What you will be doing:

Own HSIO (PCIe/NVLink) validation of products from start to finish including test plan development, automation, design for validation requirements, resource planning, coverage metrics, test execution, bug resolution, and release to production.
Coordinate with internal and external logic design, circuit design, board design, Simulation, diagnostics, firmware, driver, and marketing teams in different time zones, to ensure our products HSIO subsystem is specification compliant and tuned for optimal workload performance, and to drive the system into production.
Assist in the bring-up of new hardware and solving tough system and board level issues with a focus on HSIO at a system level.
Participate in reviewing board schematics, PCB layouts, and making design and component suggestions.
Ensure interoperability with connected devices and system components in sophisticated interconnect topologies.
Solve complex hardware and software HSIO issues at the system level on GPU accelerated computing platforms.
Provide engineering support for manufacturing in both NPI and MP stages of production.

What We Need to See:

Ability to work on site in hardware lab environment 5 days a week in HQ
BSEE or BSCE or equivalent experience
6+ years or more of experience in HSIO validation
In-depth understanding of the HSIO protocol (such as PCI Express, Infiniband, Ethernet), specification, and its operation at a system level.
Experienced in the operation of logic and protocol analyzer, and protocol exercisers.
Good knowledge of lab equipment (DSOs, BERT, Protocol/Logic analyzers) and Hands-on Post-Si bring up, functional validation, debug, and tuning of HSIO interfaces (such as PCI Express, Infiniband, Ethernet).
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
Proficient in collaborating across teams and suppliers to deliver quality products on tight schedules.
Understanding of computing architectures.
Coding experience with scripting languages such as Python.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Demonstrable experience in PCI Express physical layer and debugging LTSSM failures; familiarity with data link layer and transaction layer.
In depth understanding of PCI Express (or similar) protocol and characterization/validation methods in post-silicon environment
Excellent knowledge of Signal integrity concepts, Silicon characteristics and high speed/SERDES functional validation
Experience with datacenter products including system management, security, networking, and storage.
Background with x86/Arm server architectures and accelerated GPU computing.

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. We have some of the most forward-thinking and talented people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our world-class engineering teams are growing fast. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with real passion for technology, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
168,000 USD – 258,750 USD for Level 4; and 200,000 USD – 322,000 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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