Field Application Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Field Application Engineer
Role Summary
Provide technical support for GPU and networking products to ensure reliability, manufacturability, and quality across NPI, high-volume manufacturing, and field returns. Work closely with design, validation, manufacturing, failure analysis, and quality teams to diagnose failures and drive corrective actions.
Experience Level
Mid-level - typically requires 4+ years of relevant industry experience.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include on-site failure diagnosis, driving root-cause analysis, and collaborating across teams to improve yield and product reliability.
- Serve as technical specialist for GPU and networking products supporting manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis.
- Identify system failure modes, manufacturing risks, and product requirements; drive corrective actions and design/process improvements.
- Perform frequent on-site diagnostics, reproduce failures, and resolve hardware and system-level issues in labs and manufacturing sites.
- Support product lifecycle from NPI through high-volume manufacturing and field returns to ensure continuous improvement.
- Develop failure analysis methodologies, test plans, and diagnostic tools for hardware validation.
- Provide technical training and documentation to manufacturing, test, and quality teams on failure modes and debugging techniques.
- Establish and maintain technical relationships with internal engineering teams and external manufacturing partners to drive issue resolution.
Requirements
Must-have technical experience and skills.
- 4+ years of experience in the high-tech electronics industry in manufacturing, failure analysis, validation, or hardware debug roles.
- Proven ability to lead multiple failure investigations, escalations, and yield-improvement initiatives.
- Expert analytical and problem-solving skills with strong root-cause analysis capability.
- Strong time management and organizational skills for coordinating cross-functional investigations.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English for presenting findings and collaborating with engineering and management.
- Comfortable working on-site regularly in labs and manufacturing environments.
Education Requirements
BS or MS in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science - or equivalent practical experience.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
