Senior Validation and Qualification Engineer

Job Title

Senior Validation and Qualification Engineer

Role Summary

Join NVIDIA's Validation and Qualification group in Roskilde to define and execute qualification strategies for LinkX interconnect products, including passive/active copper cables, optical transceivers, and emerging silicon photonics technologies.

The role leads qualification planning, coordinates cross-functional execution across HW/ASIC/package/mechanical/process/reliability teams and contract manufacturers, and operates optical lab stations to validate product readiness.

Experience Level

Senior-level role. The posting specifies 8+ years of relevant experience in electro-optics validation or optical system engineering.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include defining and running qualification programs, analyzing optical data, and managing lab capabilities.

• Define qualification plans and test scopes for ECRs, new product introductions (NPI), and build changes by consolidating inputs from chip, electronics, optics, mechanical, and process domains.
• Lead qualification kick-offs and communicate objectives, scope, risks, and status to engineering, program management, and partners.
• Collaborate with HW, ASIC, package, mechanical, process, reliability, product engineering, and CM partners to align requirements and execute qualifications.
• Review test data and qualification reports; analyze optical parameters such as RX/TX power, OMA, ER, eye diagrams, BER, OSNR, wavelength, insertion loss, and return loss to identify risks.
• Specify, build, and expand optical lab stations; select equipment (VOA, OSA, optical power meters, fibers, cleaning tools, chillers) and set up production-ready test stations.
• Serve as Optics point-of-contact for the Validation and Qualification group: lead root-cause investigations and coordinate communications between R&D, product engineering, CMs, and reliability teams.
• Manage multiple parallel qualifications under tight schedules while maintaining technical rigor.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for the role.

• 8+ years of experience in electro-optics module validation, optical system engineering, or equivalent practical experience in 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 perspective across ASIC/package, electronics, mechanical, process, and optics domains to develop comprehensive qualification plans.
• Proven experience defining qualification or test plans for product changes (ECR, NPI, second source, build change) and reviewing resulting data and reports.
• Hands-on experience with optical lab instruments and the ability to assemble, troubleshoot, and validate lab setups (VOA, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, optical power meters, OSAs).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to draw data-driven conclusions and present clear technical recommendations.
• Data analysis and scripting skills (Python, JMP, or similar) for large-scale optical parametric data review.

Nice-to-have:

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

Education Requirements

M.Sc. in Electro-Optics or Physics preferred; B.Sc. acceptable if supported by equivalent practical experience. The posting explicitly allows equivalent experience in lieu of the listed degrees.

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.