NVIDIA
Senior Director, ATE Test Development
$320K–$483K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 18+ years of relevant semiconductor experience, including 8 + years of management experience.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads a global engineering organization developing and scaling automated test equipment (ATE) strategy and production test for complex silicon products, from new product introduction through high-volume manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Set the ATE development vision, roadmap, operating model, standards, and quality gates.
- Lead teams responsible for test hardware and programs, characterization, correlation, productization, and data-driven test optimization.
- Drive test readiness, yield and quality improvement, cost reduction, platform selection, vendor engagement, capacity readiness, and capital planning.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 18+ years of relevant semiconductor experience, including 8 + years of management experience.
- Deep ATE development expertise for high-volume silicon, SoC, ASIC, or GPU-class products.
- Experience leading NPI, silicon bring-up, characterization, production ramp, yield improvement, and quality execution.
Nice to have
- Experience with GPU, AI, networking, or other high-performance compute products.
- Experience reducing test cost while improving quality and scalability, or building test automation and data infrastructure.
Pay
320,000 USD - 483,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
ATE, SoC, ASIC, GPU
AI focus
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes; no AI work for this role is stated.
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