Senior Silicon Systems Engineer at NVIDIA

You are a seasoned hardware engineer with at least 9 years of experience in system architecture, silicon bring-up, and design validation. You hold a BS or MS de

Work type: hybrid

Location: US, CA, Santa Clara

Salary: $168,000 – $310,500/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

You are a seasoned hardware engineer with at least 9 years of experience in system architecture, silicon bring-up, and design validation. You hold a BS or MS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and possess deep expertise in semiconductor quality and power management systems. **Key highlights** NVIDIA is hiring for this hybrid role based in Santa Clara, offering an annual base salary ranging from $168,000 to $310,500 depending on level and experience. You will receive additional equity and a comprehensive benefits package as part of your total compensation. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Have hands-on experience using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for lab-based silicon debugging. - Demonstrate proficiency in scripting and evaluating PVT dependencies or binning methodologies. - Possess a deep understanding of firmware and driver interactions with hardware components. - Understand power management features like DVFS, power gating, and system sequencing.

Job Description

Join NVIDIA, a trailblazer at the forefront of graphics and artificial intelligence performance, efficiency, and innovation. From our roots as a groundbreaking graphic company, we have evolved into a global leader in artificial intelligence, continuously pushing the boundaries to tackle complex challenges across diverse industries.

We seek an experienced system design Hardware Engineer to join our Silicon Solutions Group. In this role, you will lead system-design efforts to improve semiconductor quality on data center, notebooks, desktops, professional-visualization products and build advanced safety solutions for Automotive products. Your work will directly shape next-generation silicon quality, performance, and reliability.

What You'll You'll Be Doing:

Creative Problem Solving – Design workarounds and solutions through lab experimentation.

Develop, prototype, and validate system-level features on existing and new silicon, analyzing return on investment and driving feature bring-up plans.

Lead system design partnering with architecture, software, chip/board designers, ASIC, and operations team.

Lead hardware-side debug efforts to root cause feature bugs, silicon defects, and complex HW/SW interactions.

Develop advanced debug tools and infrastructure to meet aggressive schedules.

Production Support – Collaborate with manufacturing and customer teams to resolve feature-related production issues.

What We Need to See:

9+ years in system architecture, design, and semiconductor bringup experience.

BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).

Strong EE fundamentals: Digital design, computer architecture, power/timing/fault analysis, statistics, and scripting.

Deep understanding of firmware/driver interaction with hardware.

Knowledge of PVT dependencies, binning methodologies, and VF characterization.

Experience in performance and power management (DVFS, power gating, sequencing, throttling)

Hands-on validation skills with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and lab debugging.

Understanding of fault models, DPPM, quality metrics, RAS is a plus.

Established proficiency in operating within collaborative, multi-functional environments.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Deep understanding of DFT architecture.

Direct bring-up experience with GPU/SoC architecture.

Proven success designing quality and power management system features.

Track record of improving validation processes/methodologies.

Strong results in highly matrixed organizations.

Our team is at the forefront of innovation in silicon solutions, contributing to the development of groundbreaking technologies. We offer a dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the company's success. Join us to advance your career in a role where you can truly make a difference. 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 unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you!

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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and [benefits](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/).

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 9, 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.

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