NVIDIA
Senior Director, Reliability Engineering
$332K–$500K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Experience
- 18+ overall years; at least 5 years in Data Center equipment reliability and 10+ years leading reliability management.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience); graduate degree preferred.
About the job
Leads NVIDIA’s board- and system-level hardware reliability strategy, teams, testing labs, and reliability practices across its product portfolio.
What you'll do
- Own hardware reliability programs and strategies from component qualification through field deployment.
- Lead global reliability engineering and testing teams and labs; develop organizational capability.
- Develop testing methods, modeling, and data-driven risk mitigation, while influencing design, manufacturing, and supply-chain decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 18+ years in board- and system-level reliability testing and activities, including at least 5 years in Data Center equipment reliability and 10+ years leading reliability management.
- Deep understanding of reliability concepts, physics of failure, testing methodologies, and applicable industry standards.
- Proficiency with Building Reliability (DfR), NUDD, and FMEA; experience with reliability modeling, assessments, predictions, and allocations.
Nice to have
- Graduate degree.
- Familiarity with finite element analysis and simulations, silicon/semiconductor/package-level reliability, electronics manufacturing and testing processes, and transportation packaging testing.
Pay
332,000 USD - 500,250 USD (base salary)
Tools
DfR, NUDD, FMEA, finite element analysis
AI focus
Introduces advanced AI tools to address reliability challenges and reduce time to insight.
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