Drimva

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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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)