NVIDIA
Senior High-Speed IO Validation Engineer
$136K–$259K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 8, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of post-silicon HSIO validation or system bring-up experience.
- Education
- BS+ in EE/CE or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads end-to-end high-speed interface validation and system-level debugging for NVIDIA hardware, from platform bring-up through production release.
What you'll do
- Own HSIO validation, including test planning, automation, coverage, execution, bug resolution, and production release.
- Validate high-speed interfaces and debug board- and system-level issues; drive signal integrity characterization, link tuning, and margin analysis.
- Support manufacturing during NPI and MP, collaborating with design, firmware, software, and other teams.
What they ask for
- BS+ in EE/CE or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of post-silicon HSIO validation or system bring-up experience.
- Ability to work on site in a hardware lab 5 days a week at NVIDIA HQ.
- Understanding of at least one high-speed interface protocol and hands-on experience with lab equipment such as DSOs, BERTs, analyzers, exercisers, and TDR.
Nice to have
- Experience debugging PCIe physical/link-layer behavior or with NVLink, C2C, or other proprietary chip-to-chip interconnects.
- Signal integrity background or experience validating Ethernet, Display Port/HDMI, or CXL.
Pay
136,000 USD - 212,750 USD base salary (Level 3); 168,000 USD - 258,750 USD base salary (Level 4)
Tools
PCIe, NVLink, C2C, Ethernet, USB, DP, HDMI, CXL
AI focus
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes; the role's AI work is not specified.
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