Senior Product Development Engineer - Datacenter

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Product Development Engineer - Datacenter in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $200k-$322k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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AI in this role

NVIDIA is the leader in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for extraordinary people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. Make the choice to join our growing team today!

What you'll be doing:

Our team owns developing and executing the manufacturing process for new datacenter printed circuit boards and assemblies incorporating the latest NVIDIA GPU, interconnect and CPU technologies.
Early engagement with HW/FW/SW engineering teams, contract manufacturers, and other operations groups such as procurement and quality, to enforce DFM requirements, build end-to-end solutions that will avoid manufacturing problems and optimize profit.
Participation in mfg. process planning, scheduling and cost optimization.
Work closely with factory personnel and engineering teams during prototype/validation builds, driving solutions to day-to-day problems, collecting metrics and reporting status.
Work with operations teams to define and implement process improvements, often based on data collection and analysis.

What we need to see:

BS/MS or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering and 12 + years of relevant work experience.
Proven skills and experience in design and manufacture of PCBA’s.
Excellent electronics troubleshooting and rational problem solving skills.
FPGA implementation expertise, including IP security and high speed signaling.
Familiar with power and thermal system design for datacenter rack server systems.
Knowledge of industry standard PCB/PCBA assembly and test technologies such as SMT, ICT, robotics, quality standards, etc.
Excellent teamwork skills, working in a global, matrixed team and motivated to continually improve/optimize processes.
Familiar with diagnostics/test software as used in a factory setting.
CPU, GPU, HBM, PCIe expertise and comfortable writing Python code.
Operations Research/Industrial Engineering/statistics skills are a plus.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are 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 and, due to unparalleled growth, best-in-class teams are rapidly growing. If you’re creative and autonomous with a real passion for your work, 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:
200,000 USD – 322,000 USD for Level 5; and 240,000 USD – 379,500 USD for Level 6.

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.

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 - Datacenter at NVIDIA rates 11 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.

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

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