Principal Product Development Engineer

Job Title

Principal Product Development Engineer

Role Summary

Serve as the technical lead for NVIDIA's Mixed-Signal Product Development team, building technical roadmaps and processes to move deep-submicron CMOS mixed-signal designs from validation into high-volume manufacturing.

Work across system-level test, validation, reliability, and manufacturing to drive yield architecture, test optimization, and product performance verification for high-speed mixed-signal solutions used in AI, networking, and HPC.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 12+ years of relevant semiconductor product development, validation, or manufacturing engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Lead technical strategy and execution from early silicon validation through qualification and volume production; coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve production issues and improve yield.

• Define and drive end-to-end product development strategy from silicon bring-up to high-volume manufacturing.
• Develop and implement validation methodologies and test strategies for deep-submicron analog and mixed-signal silicon.
• Partner with analog/digital development, system-level testing, reliability, and production teams to align architecture through manufacturing.
• Influence DFT, DFM, and BIST strategies and ensure alignment from architectural co-design to mass production.
• Architect parametric, electrical, and mixed-signal characterization for high-speed interfaces, power management, and clocking circuits.
• Lead root-cause analysis for complex silicon anomalies (Vmin/Fmax, yield excursions, reliability) and drive corrective actions.
• Design yield improvement initiatives and test-time reduction strategies across wafer-sort and final test flows.
• Establish scalable data-analysis frameworks, automated pipelines, and statistical methods for validation and production monitoring.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, tools, and experience required to perform the role.

• 12+ years in semiconductor product development, validation, or manufacturing engineering with experience as a technical lead or principal engineer.
• Deep technical knowledge of advanced CMOS process technologies and analog/mixed-signal circuit behavior interacting with digital logic.
• Proven experience in yield analysis, product characterization, and statistical data analysis (experience with tools such as JMP or Spotfire is expected).
• High proficiency in automation and scripting for validation and data analysis (e.g., Python, MATLAB).
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional problem solving under tight timelines and overcome significant technical obstacles.
• Experience defining test optimization plans and driving manufacturing efficiency improvements across wafer-sort and package test flows.

Nice-to-have:

• Foundry device-physics experience and history working with foundries to address process anomalies.
• Expertise in ATE flows, test-pattern conversion, and handling high-power FinFET or GAA silicon.
• Background in multi-chip modules, 2.5D/3D packaging, or CoWoS integration and leading silicon ramps from prototype to high-volume production.

Education Requirements

Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related 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.