NVIDIA
Senior Mixed Signal Design Validation Engineer
$168K–$310K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Feb 27, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years or higher.
- Education
- BS degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Leads bring-up, characterization, and system-level validation of high-speed LPDDR, GDDR, and HBM memory interfaces for GPU and AI systems.
What you'll do
- Create validation plans and scripts; characterize and debug memory-interface circuits and correlate results with simulations.
- Validate silicon and system-level performance, quality, and margins; develop tools to improve electrical characterization and chip bring-up.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor engineers on validation practices.
What they ask for
- Solid experience in silicon bring-up and debugging, particularly for high-speed memory interfaces.
- Strong understanding of memory systems and specifications, mixed-signal circuits, and signal and power integrity.
- Experience with lab instrumentation and scripting in Python, C, or similar languages; experience with Git and JMP.
- Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Expertise in measurement theory and use of test instruments for memory-interface validation.
- Knowledge of other high-speed transceiver performance.
Pay
168,000 USD - 264,500 USD (base salary, Level 4); 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD (base salary, Level 5)
Tools
LPDDR, GDDR, HBM, Python, C, Git, JMP
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