Silicon Validation Engineer
NVIDIA· Engineer, ASIC
Santa Clara, CA$136k - $218.5kfull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
NVIDIA silicon validation role within the HW ArchDev Methodology team, focused on design-system validation strategies for next-generation GPUs and AI accelerators, with emphasis on automation, telemetry, and data-driven validation across silicon bring-up to production.
Responsibilities
- Design system-level validation strategies for complex architectures, corner cases, PVT, large-scale behavior, feature interactions
- Build AI-assisted and data-driven validation workflows that improve coverage, debug turnaround, and efficiency
- Profile real workloads: training, inference, HPC, video, and emerging applications
- Deploy automation and telemetry pipelines that scale across products and teams
- Drive silicon bring-up and root-cause debug with reusable, high-leverage methods
Qualifications
- BS/MS in EE/CE (or equivalent experience)
- 4+ years in silicon bring-up, ASIC validation, or system-level debug
- Grounding in PVT, timing (STA), signal integrity, power, and high-speed IO (PCIe, chip-to-chip)
- Understanding of firmware/driver-hardware interaction
- Experience or curiosity around data-driven workflows, telemetry, and AI/LLM-assisted development
- Thrive in a collaborative environment
Skills
Required:System-level validation designAI-assisted validation workflowsWorkload profilingAutomation and telemetrySilicon bring-up and debug
Benefits
- equity
- benefits (see NVIDIA benefits page)
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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