NVIDIA
Senior Product Development Engineer - Datacenter Boards
$136K–$259K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 3, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads new product introduction (NPI) for datacenter and HPC boards and modules, from first article through mass production, with responsibility for yield, quality, testing, and delivery.
What you'll do
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering and operations work, identifying risks and keeping programs on track.
- Develop and improve manufacturing test plans, qualify them with global contract manufacturers, and analyze production data.
- Investigate board failures across silicon, PCB, and system layers; drive design improvements and report progress to leadership.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in product engineering, product development, manufacturing, or validation involving PCBs, silicon, or complex systems.
- Hands-on depth in at least two listed areas, including server/datacenter integration, board design and assembly, validation, high-speed interfaces, power integrity, thermal characterization, or test automation.
- Track record leading complex GPU or board-level projects to on-schedule mass production with high quality and yield.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Python or scripting applied to manufacturing analytics, test automation, or data pipelines.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional debug across silicon, boards, and systems; HPC/datacenter, advanced memory, SerDes, or PCBA manufacturing knowledge is also valued.
Pay
136,000 USD - 212,750 USD (base salary, Level 3); 168,000 USD - 258,750 USD (base salary, Level 4)
Tools
PCBs, silicon, PCB, SMT, PCIe, NVLink, Ethernet, PAM4
AI focus
The role develops hardware for AI infrastructure; NVIDIA also states it uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
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