Senior Post Silicon Hardware Engineer

$164,000 - $304,750/Yr

Nvidia - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Santa Clara, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

NVIDIA Silicon Solutions Group is seeking engineers to join our post silicon HW team. As a member of this team, you will be developing and validating system level features based on product needs that will be delivered to notebook, desktop, embedded, automotive and professional solution markets. Your role will involve developing and prototyping system-level features on existing silicon, analyzing return on investment, creating and maintaining feature bring-up plans for new silicon, and participating in bring-up execution. You will lead debug efforts from the hardware side to root cause feature sequence bugs, silicon bugs, and complex system-level issues caused by interactions between multiple hardware and software features. This position requires crafting creative solutions and Work Action Reports (WARs) through lab experimentation and effective use of debug tools to achieve high product quality at a speed of light schedules. Additionally, you will support manufacturing and customer-facing teams to expertly address production needs and issues with relevant features. Collaboration is key, as you will work closely and proactively with other engineering teams such as system architects, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, hardware/software QA teams, and Applications engineering teams to drive design, development, debug, and release of next-generation products.

Responsibilities

• Develop and prototype system-level features on existing silicon.
• Analyze return on investment for new features.
• Create and maintain feature bring-up plans for new silicon.
• Participate in bring-up execution.
• Lead debug efforts from the hardware side to root cause feature sequence bugs, silicon bugs, and complex system-level issues.
• Craft creative solutions and Work Action Reports (WARs) through lab experimentation and effective use of debug tools.
• Support manufacturing and customer-facing teams to address production needs and issues with relevant features.
• Collaborate with system architects, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, hardware/software QA teams, and Applications engineering teams.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience with system-level post-silicon bring-up and debug.
• Strong EE fundamentals, knowledgeable in digital design, computer architecture, power analysis, timing analysis, fault analysis, sampling, statistics, and scripting.
• Deep understanding of firmware/driver structures and their interaction with hardware.
• Working knowledge of PVT dependencies and binning methodologies.
• Knowledgeable in performance and power management techniques such as DVFS, clock and power gating, clock sequencing, binning, and power throttling.
• Hands-on validation experience with lab debugging and tools (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers).
• Effective in a collaborative environment.
• Excellent problem-solving, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Bringup experience with GPU/SOC architecture is a plus.
• Experience as a Silicon Bringup Lead.
• Experience in succeeding in a highly matrix organization.
• Driven process/methodology improvements.

Benefits

• Equity options
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off
• Flexible work hours
• Professional development opportunities