Senior Circuit Characterization Engineer

Nvidia • Santa Clara, CA

90d • $136,000 - $212,750

About The Position

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to solve, that only we can tackle, and that matter to the world. This is our life's work, to amplify human imagination and intelligence. Make the choice, join our diverse team today! Working the Silicon Solutions Engineering Team at NVIDIA, you will be responsible for productizing NVIDIA's chips into groundbreaking consumer, professional, server, mobile, and automotive solutions. The qualified candidate should be comfortable in a lab environment and should demonstrate a passion towards creation, execution and improvement of silicon validation plans.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in EE/CE or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in silicon bring-up and post silicon validation activities.
• Excellent problem solving, collaborative, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with offshore teams preferred.
• Knowledge of chip and board level dI/dt analysis/mitigation techniques and board PDN design background is highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience with silicon bringup, frequency and power characterization, Tester to System correlation, lab equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, DAQ, Spectrum Analyzers).
• Deep understanding of product binning methods, optimization techniques, methods, trade-off analysis and tools for data analysis and statistics.
• Exposure to critical path analysis, power analysis, process technologies, transistor/device physics, silicon reliability and aging mechanisms.
• Familiarity with Python, C/C++, tool and script development.
• Background with power supply and substrate noise analysis and mitigation.
• Exposure to digital design, circuit analysis, computer architecture, BIOS, drivers, and software applications.

Nice To Haves

• Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do.
• Strong collaborative and communication skills, specifically a shown ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic environment.
• Strive to be a standout colleague and be ready to work with global teams from diverse cultural backgrounds in a high energy environment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in silicon bringup & post-silicon characterization of new silicon to optimize performance, power, yield, and quality.
• Build methodologies to characterize Analog, digital and Mixed Signal circuits, silicon features, correlate silicon behavior with simulations.
• Design tools to improve execution efficiency to facilitate the ability to work simultaneously on multiple products.
• Find creative solutions to complex silicon and system level problems and lead show-stopper bugs to enable product shipment.
• Work closely with other engineering teams to determine coverage needs and constraints.
• Drive design improvements for future products based on findings in the lab.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers and interns.

Benefits

• Equity and benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Master's degree