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Senior Hardware Application Engineer

NVIDIA· Engineer, Apps
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Santa Clara, CA$136k - $218.5kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Applications Engineer focusing on enterprise GPU datacenter products, providing on-site and off-site hardware, firmware, and software collaboration with OEMs, customer enablement, and development of hardware design collateral.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with OEM customers through their design, validation and production flows. Provide onsite support for bring-up and debug of OEM server hardware.
  • Be involved in customer interaction, customer communication via conference calls, or face to face meetings.
  • Understand system design requirements for HPC and AI workloads to drive platform configuration guides for x86 and ARM servers.
  • Review customer designs with respect to architecture proposals, thermal, mechanical, schematic, layout, signal integrity, etc. and provide feedback.
  • Work directly with our NVIDIA customers, and analyze data to answer questions, reproduce errors, resolve same, or escalate customer issues.
  • Familiarize yourself with performing hardware debug using oscilloscope and analyzers to qualify, validate and solve NVIDIA products for customer systems.
  • Track, file new bugs and reproduce issues as needed.
  • Work on resolving system integration issues related to thermal, mechanical, electrical, PCIe and GPU interconnect interfaces including out of band management services.
  • This position involves local and international travel for on-site support.
  • Create product specifications, hardware design guides, application notes, and other supporting technical collateral.

Qualifications

  • BS or higher in EE, CE or Systems Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years relevant experience in supporting enterprise datacenter products for x86 or ARM architecture.
  • Experience using Cadence Allegro Schematic Design Entry (Concept HDL) design tools and Allegro PCB Layout.
  • Experience with using lab tools such as oscilloscope, multi-meters and logic analyzers.
  • Background in power integrity concepts, signal integrity principles, and high-speed board design methodologies.
  • Experience working with internal cross-functional teams for successful delivery of design collateral.
  • Previous experience of working as an application engineer or any equivalent customer interacting role (i.e. ability to handle customers) is a plus.
  • Strong analytical skills and past experience in reviewing enterprise system design.
  • Understanding of x86 and ARM system architecture for server design including BMC, security and out of band management.
  • Professional-level interpersonal skills, including the ability to adjust communication to the technical level of the audience; excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

Required:Hardware debuggingSystem design reviewCadence AllegroPower integrity

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Benefits (see company benefits page)
Last updated Sep 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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