Automotive Hardware Application Engineer

$128,000 - $258,750/Yr

Nvidia - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Santa Clara, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Automotive Hardware Application Engineer at NVIDIA will be responsible for supporting customers with NVIDIA DRIVE and Jetson technologies throughout the entire product lifecycle, from pre-sales to manufacturing and production. This role requires a self-motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills to manage multiple customer issues and collaborate effectively with teams worldwide. The engineer will lead technical activities, provide training, and develop technical support materials while ensuring customer satisfaction and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Integrate NVIDIA technologies like DRIVE Platforms and Jetson into vehicles and embedded systems.
• Develop groundbreaking technologies through proof of concepts to productization.
• Build close technical relationships with customers and partners.
• Lead technical activities and customer support with worldwide teams.
• Train customers on new NVIDIA technologies through hands-on workshops.
• Lead customer designs with advanced Automotive and AI technologies.
• Assess technical details of customer projects and provide solutions.
• Review schematic and PCB layout for customer designs.
• Support customer design board bring-up and diagnose technical issues.
• Develop technical support materials including customer-specific documentation.

Requirements

• BS+ or equivalent experience in EE/CE/CS engineering field.
• 3+ years of experience in a related field.
• Knowledge of processor/SoC interfaces (e.g. USB, SPI, UART, I2C, I2S, PCIe, CSI, HDMI/DisplayPort) and memory subsystem design.
• Experience with power supplies (e.g. PMIC, DC/DC, LDO).
• Proficient in modern hardware debugging techniques and using oscilloscopes.
• Ability to read and navigate hardware design collateral such as schematics and layout.
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent oral and written communication.
• Strong organizational skills with a logical approach to problem solving and time management.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Automotive and/or Embedded systems.
• Comprehensive system-level debugging skills including ASIC, digital/analog circuits, power, low-level software/firmware, thermal, EMC, reliability.
• Expertise in PCB design including schematic/layout creation and board bring-up.
• Expertise in low and high power system optimization.
• Prior experience as a system-level Hardware Application Engineer.

Benefits

• Equity options
• Comprehensive health insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Paid time off and holidays
• Professional development opportunities