NVIDIA

NVIDIA

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Senior Product Development Engineer - Boards

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$136K – $258.8K/yr
Location
Santa Clara, California, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
5+ years of experience in design / manufacturing / validation / product development / testing of PCB’s, Silicon or some other systems
Education
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer science – or equivalent experience

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Role Summary

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This role is part of NVIDIA’s Board Product Development Engineering team within the operations group and focuses on bringing complex gaming, workstation, and compute GPU board products from design into mass production. The engineer works across hardware, software, manufacturing, quality, reliability, application engineering, and marketing teams to support product delivery and manufacturing improvement.

What You'll Do

  • Work on NVIDIA gaming, workstation, and compute GPU cards during NPI and production.
  • Provide DFx recommendations to design teams during the product design phase, highlighting electrical, mechanical, and thermal challenges.
  • Root-cause failing boards using lab equipment and software tools.
  • Analyze yield and parametric data using available tools and programming or scripting.
  • Define and improve manufacturing test plans to optimize coverage, test time, test cost, and yield.
  • Direct local and overseas contract manufacturing factories in transitioning new products to mass production.

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Qualifications

Experience in two or more of the following areas: server architectures, board/PCB design, SMT, assembly, board or post-Si validation, product engineering, high-speed interface design or validation, power integrity, thermal characterization, or complex test setups. Ability to debug complicated multi-disciplinary problems; good team spirit and strong communication; strong grasp of testing strategies and their relation to yields and test-time.

Required

  • Experience in two or more specified board, systems, validation, manufacturing, testing, or engineering areas
  • Ability to debug complicated multi-disciplinary problems
  • Good team spirit and strong communication
  • Strong grasp of testing strategies and their relation to yields and test-time
  • 5+ years of experience in design, manufacturing, validation, product development, or testing of PCBs, silicon, or other systems
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience

Preferred

  • Background in data analysis, software tools and scripting
  • Experience enabling / driving cross functional debug
  • Knowledge of PCB manufacturing process, Silicon or PCB debug, system assembly / testing and mechanical tolerances
  • Knowledge of how to build computers and tweak BIOS settings

Original job description

Content provided by the employer

NVIDIA is an industry leader in AI, high performance computing and gaming. We are the Board Product Development Engineering team within NVIDIA’s operations group. Our work lies at the intersection of multi-disciplinary engineering fields – including but not limited to electrical, electronics, mechanical, thermal and software engineering. We are looking for a Senior Product Development Engineer - Boards, to help bring highly complex board products from its design phase into mass production.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Work on NVIDIA gaming / workstation / compute GPU cards during NPI and in production

  • Work with cross-functional teams (including Hardware Design, Software, Manufacturing, Quality / Reliability, Application Engineering and Marketing) to achieve fast-paced delivery schedules on groundbreaking products

  • Provide DFx recommendations to design team when the product is in design phase – highlighting electrical, mechanical and thermal challenges

  • Root Cause failing boards using lab equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes etc…) as well as SW tools.

  • Analyze yield and parametric data using available tools and programming / scripting

  • Perform product design and validation to support design engineering sustaining work.

  • Define and improve manufacturing test plans to optimize coverage, test-time, test-cost and yield

  • Direct local and overseas contract manufacturing factories to transition new products to mass-production.

  • Regularly report product status and recommend improvements to management

What we need to see:

  • Experience in two or more of the following areas – Server architectures, board/PCB-design, SMT, assembly, board or post-Si validation, product engineering, design or validation of high speed interfaces (like PCI-E / DP / HDMI / USB), Power-Integrity, Thermal characterization, complex test setups

  • Ability to debug complicated multi-disciplinary problems

  • Good team spirit and strong communication

  • Strong grasp of testing strategies and their relation to yields and test-time

  • 5+ years of experience in design / manufacturing / validation / product development / testing of PCB’s, Silicon or some other systems

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer science – or equivalent experience

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Background in data analysis, software tools and scripting

  • Experience enabling / driving cross functional debug

  • Knowledge of PCB manufacturing process, Silicon or PCB debug, system assembly / testing and mechanical tolerances

  • Knowledge of how to build computers and tweak BIOS settings

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. This role presents an opportunity to have a wide impact at NVIDIA by improving the factory planning function. Are you creative, hard-working, dedicated, and determined? Do you love a challenge? If so, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 136,000 USD - 212,750 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 258,750 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 23, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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About the company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a leading technology company renowned for its graphics processing units (GPUs) and innovative computing solutions that enhance visual experiences across multiple platforms, including gaming, scientific research, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1993, the company has expanded its offerings to include powerful AI frameworks and deep learning platforms, making significant contributions to industries such as gaming, data centers, automotive, and healthcare. NVIDIA's commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual computing continues to drive advancements in both hardware and software, positioning the company at the forefront of emerging technologies and digital transformation.