Field Application Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Field Application Engineer
Role Summary
Work with manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis teams to ensure reliability, manufacturability, and quality of NVIDIA GPU and networking products from NPI through high-volume production and field returns. The role emphasizes root cause analysis, yield improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
Frequent on-site work at labs or manufacturing sites is expected despite the remote posting.
Experience Level
Mid-level - typically requires 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Serve as technical specialist for GPU and networking hardware; support manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis teams.
- Identify failure modes, manufacturing risks, and product requirements; drive corrective actions and design/process improvements.
- Perform frequent on-site diagnostics, reproduce failures, and resolve hardware/system-level issues in labs and manufacturing sites.
- Support product lifecycle from NPI through high-volume manufacturing and field returns, focusing on quality and reliability.
- Develop failure analysis methodologies, test plans, and diagnostic tools for hardware validation.
- Provide technical training and documentation on failure modes and debugging techniques to manufacturing and test teams.
- Establish and maintain technical relationships with internal engineering, manufacturing partners, and quality teams to expedite root cause determination and corrective actions.
Requirements
Primary qualifications and skills.
Must-have:- 5+ years experience in high‑tech electronics manufacturing, failure analysis, validation, or hardware debug roles.
- Proven ability to manage multiple failure investigations, escalations, and yield improvement initiatives.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for root cause analysis.
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English and ability to present technical findings to engineering and management.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, evolving environment and coordinate cross-functional investigations.
- Experience with ARM and NVIDIA GPU development.
- Knowledge of Embedded Linux, system-level debugging tools, and APIs.
- Experience with manufacturing partners, ODMs/OEMs, or reliability/quality teams in high-volume production.
- In-depth understanding of CPU/GPU architecture and system-level failure mechanisms.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related technical field - 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.
