Senior Validation Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior Validation Engineer
Role Summary
Senior Validation Engineer responsible for leading lab-based validation projects for ASICs and system components. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, manages validation execution and debug activities, and reports technical progress and resourcing needs to leadership.
Experience Level
Senior — requires 10+ years of validation engineering experience as specified in the posting.
Responsibilities
Lead and execute validation projects in a hardware lab environment and coordinate debug to closure.
- Lead project validation efforts and ensure delivery against schedule and quality targets.
- Plan and execute test setups, measurement campaigns, and repeatable validation procedures.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (design, firmware, test, systems) to track progress and resolve issues.
- Report status, risks, and resourcing needs to engineering leadership.
- Organize and run debug meetings; drive root-cause analysis and action items to closure.
- Develop mitigation strategies and anticipate technical risks to keep projects on schedule.
- Perform hands-on measurements: probing, oscilloscope captures, protocol signal analysis, power and thermal testing, and EMI/EMC debug.
Requirements
Key technical skills and experience required for successful performance in this role.
- 10+ years of validation engineering experience with a track record of leading complex projects.
- Proven leadership: guide teams through deep technical issues and competing priorities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional reporting and collaboration.
- Analytical debug skills and disciplined problem-solving; experience reducing complex debug tasks to root cause.
- Practical experience using oscilloscopes and probing to capture low-speed, high-speed, and spurious signals.
- Hands-on experience with serial and bus protocols: I2C, SPI, I3C, UART, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, and Infiniband.
- Experience testing and tuning switching power supplies, including load testing and transient response analysis (Bode/Nyquist).
- Experience with EMI/EMC product debug techniques.
- Linux command-line experience for system administration and automated test execution.
- Extensive thermal testing experience and methodologies for heat-flow and dissipation issues in high-wattage ASIC systems.
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.
