NVIDIA
Director, System Level Testing - Product Development Engineering
$272K–$426K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years in semiconductor product development, testing, or manufacturing engineering; 5+ years of Director leadership or management experience.
- Education
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads post-silicon validation, test strategy, product characterization, and manufacturing ramp for NVIDIA AI, data center, SOC, and automotive products.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor product development engineers through validation, qualification, and production ramp.
- Develop validation methodologies and test strategies, and oversee characterization of new integrated circuit designs.
- Drive silicon debugging, yield improvement, test-time reduction, and manufacturing efficiency in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years in semiconductor product development, testing, or manufacturing engineering, including significant leadership of large cross-functional technical teams.
- 5+ years of Director leadership or management experience leading engineering teams.
- Experience in high-speed testing and characterization, yield analysis, product characterization, silicon debug, and statistical data analysis tools (e.g., JMP).
Nice to have
- Experience developing or productizing SOC, GPU, or Automotive products.
- Expertise in System Level testing, Voltage-Frequency understanding, manufacturing ramp readiness, control loops, feedback systems, high-speed SerDes/analog front-end validation, advanced CMOS, MCM, or high-speed interfaces.
Pay
272,000 USD - 425,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
CMOS, JMP, SOC, GPU, SerDes, MCM
AI focus
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes; the role does not state that it involves AI development.
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