NVIDIA · 22 hours ago
Senior Mixed Design Validation Systems - Electrical/Optical Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$168K/yr - $264K/yr
5+ years expNVIDIA is widely considered to be the leader of AI computing, and one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. As a member of the Mixed Signal Design Validation team, you will lead bring-up activities and characterization of high-speed mixed signal circuits, while also driving tests and debugging issues related to electro-optical transceivers.
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Responsibilities
Develop validation test suites for high-speed IOs including Ethernet and InfiniBand
Perform deep characterization of analog, digital and mixed signal circuit blocks across process, voltage, and temperature and correlate data with simulations
Lead and execute debug of technically challenging bugs by finding creative solutions to complex problems
Provide feedback to designers on silicon performance, design quality, and margins
Develop and execute test scripts to optimize end-to-end system performance of electro-optical transceivers with NVIDIA data center platforms
Maintain focused discussions with multi-operational groups within and outside the company to optimize transceiver performance with NVIDIA platforms
Develop tools and/or scripts to support optical and electrical characterization and bring up activities
Take full ownership to train new engineers in validation practices
Qualification
Required
Master or PhD of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
Excellent collaborative and interpersonal skills are a hard requirement
Extremely responsive to time sensitive show-stopping issues
5+ years of experience measuring, analyzing, and debugging complex mixed-signal designs
Experienced in silicon bring-up, debugging and use of lab instrumentation is required
Ability to work in a high paced environment involved with multiple bring-ups of chips, systems and transceivers
Deep technical understanding of fundamental analog, digital and mixed signal circuits
Experience with Python, Git, Matlab, and JMP
Ability to code scripts for validation, debug, data analysis, and automation
Preferred
Optical transceiver performance testing at high data rates
Expert in data automation and analysis
Strong hands-on lab experience in Serdes PHY characterization
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