Senior Validation Engineer

Job Title

Senior Validation Engineer

Role Summary

Lead validation engineering efforts in a lab environment for complex ASICs and systems. The role directs validation projects, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, and drives debug and test strategies to identify root causes and verify product readiness.

Works closely with hardware, firmware, and systems teams to plan validation activities, manage resources, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality results.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Requires extensive validation engineering experience; the posting specifies 10+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on planning and executing validation and debug activities and coordinating across teams.

• Lead validation projects and coordinate lab execution to meet project timelines and objectives.
• Monitor validation progress, report status, and recommend resourcing and equipment decisions to leadership.
• Organize and run debug meetings; drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Mentor and guide cross-functional team members through technical issues and testing methodologies.
• Develop test plans, validation procedures, and documentation for complex hardware and system-level tests.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, tools, and behavioral attributes needed to perform the role. Listed as must-have vs nice-to-have where applicable.

• Must-have: Strong leadership and communication skills; ability to lead teams through deep technical debug.
• Must-have: Thorough debug methodology and experience applying design-of-experiments to reduce complex debug tasks.
• Must-have: Proficient with oscilloscopes and probing for low-speed, high-speed, and spurious signal capture.
• Must-have: Practical experience with serial and parallel interfaces such as I2C, SPI, I3C, UART, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, and InfiniBand.
• Must-have: Experience with switching power supply testing including load testing, tuning for transient response, and stability analysis (Bode/Nyquist).
• Must-have: Experience in EMI/EMC product debug and mitigation techniques.
• Must-have: Linux command-line experience for system administration and test automation.
• Must-have: Extensive thermal testing experience, including thermal debug methodology for high-wattage ASICs and complex dissipation materials.
• Nice-to-have: Experience coordinating validation across hardware, firmware, and system teams in high-volume projects.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BSCE), 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.