Senior Product Development Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Product Development Engineer in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $136k-$213k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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AI in this role

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of PC gaming, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI—the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a learning machine that constantly evolves by pursuing hard problems that matter to the world. Join our growing team and help create the reliable test infrastructure that enables the next generation of Data Center products.

Looking for a skilled and motivated Product Development engineer to drive bring up of state-of-the-art SOCs through collaboration with architecture, software, test and hardware teams.

What you will be doing:

Analyze product yield limiters, drive failures on Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) at wafer and package level
Characterize different aspects of performance and power to take competitive products to market
Lead multi-functional efforts with design, foundry, quality, test, customers and suppliers to root-cause problems and implement improvements
Influence next-gen products by collaboration with architecture, software and test teams.

What we need to see:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience) and 5+ years of relevant experience
Problem-solving skills, especially test failure analysis and test coverage enhancement.
Working knowledge of JMP/Python.
Understanding of process-product interaction related to yield, performance and reliability
Able to work independently with minimal direction and drive projects in an efficient and effective manner.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Experience with multi-chiplet products utilizing advanced packaging
Passion for creating automation tools for data analysis and reporting

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you. Come build the future with us!

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:
136,000 USD – 212,750 USD for Level 3; and 168,000 USD – 258,750 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 6, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

How we rate this

Senior Product Development Engineer at NVIDIA rates 15 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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