Senior Validation and Qualification Engineer

Job Title

Senior Validation and Qualification Engineer

Role Summary

Join the Validation and Qualification group in Roskilde to lead qualification activities for NVIDIA's LinkX interconnect portfolio, including passive and active copper cables, optical transceivers, and emerging silicon photonics. The role focuses on defining qualification strategies, executing tests, analyzing optical data, and coordinating across hardware, package, process, reliability, and contract manufacturing teams.

Experience Level

Senior — the role specifies 8+ years of relevant experience in electro-optics validation and optical systems engineering.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include planning and executing qualification programs, managing lab capability, and communicating technical status and risks across teams.

• Define qualification plans and test scopes for ECRs, NPIs, and build changes by integrating inputs from optics, electronics, ASIC/package, mechanical, and process domains.
• Lead qualification kick-offs and communicate objectives, scope, risks, and status to engineering, program management, and external partners.
• Collaborate with HW, ASIC, package, mechanical, process, reliability, product engineering, and contract manufacturers to align requirements and drive execution.
• Review test data and qualification reports; analyze optical parameters (RX/TX power, OMA, ER, eye diagrams, BER, OSNR, wavelength, insertion loss, return loss) and identify risks early.
• Manage build-out and expansion of optical lab stations: define station framework, select equipment, and set up production-ready stations.
• Serve as the optics point-of-contact for validation and qualification; lead root-cause investigations and coordinate cross-functional responses.
• Operate effectively under multiple parallel qualifications and tight schedules while maintaining technical rigor.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience for the role; nice-to-have items listed separately.

• 8+ years of experience in electro-optics module validation, optical system engineering, and optical parameter analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of high-speed optical transceivers, silicon photonics, and optical link performance (modulation formats, link budget, BER/eye analysis).
• Multidisciplinary technical ability to integrate ASIC/package, electronics, mechanical, process, and optics considerations into qualification plans.
• Proven experience defining qualification/test plans for product changes (ECR, NPI, second source, build change) and reviewing resulting data/reports.
• Hands-on experience with optical lab instruments and setups (VOA, optical spectrum analyzer, VNA, optical power meters) and troubleshooting lab equipment.
• Data analysis and scripting skills (Python, JMP, or similar) to handle large-scale optical parametric data.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to drive data-driven decisions and present technical conclusions.

• Nice-to-have: Hands-on experience with silicon-photonics transceivers or co-packaged optics (CPO).
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with industry specifications such as OSFP MSA, GR-468, GR-326, GR-1435.
• Nice-to-have: Background in qualification, reliability, or system validation of optical/interconnect products at network equipment or optical-transceiver companies.

Education Requirements

M.Sc. in Electro-Optics or Physics preferred; B.Sc. acceptable. Equivalent practical experience accepted.

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.