NVIDIA · 2 days ago
Senior Silicon Product Definition Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$168K/yr - $310K/yr
6+ years expNVIDIA is an industry leader in high-performance computing, gaming, and AI. They seek Engineers who are passionate about making a difference through their inventions and are looking for a Senior Silicon Product Definition Engineer to analyze pre-production silicon and architect next-generation product features.
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Responsibilities
Analyze pre-production silicon in innovative process technologies for performance, power, yield, and quality to define groundbreaking products as a product definition engineer for NVIDIA's family of chips and products
Architect crucial next-generation product features vital for performance, power optimization, and management techniques from feature definition to production, working with multi-functional teams
Design tools to automate product definitions, binning, data collection, test case execution, and results analysis
Build pre and post-silicon methodologies to characterize silicon features, correlate silicon behavior with simulations, and provide design feedback
Find creative solutions to sophisticated silicon and system-level problems and be on the frontline to lead show-stopper bugs to enable product shipment
Work alongside system architects, chip and board designers, software/firmware engineers, HW/SW applications engineering, process/reliability specialists, ATE engineers, product managers, sales, and operations in a multifaceted, high-energy work environment to bring industry-defining products to market
Qualification
Required
BS (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years or MS with 6+ years experience in EE, CE, CS, Systems Engineering, or similar and experience in a related hardware engineering position
Excellent problem-solving, collaborative, and interpersonal skills
Hands-on experience with silicon bringup, frequency and power characterization, Tester System correlation, and lab tools (oscilloscopes, multimeters, DAQ)
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
Preferred
Experience working with offshore teams
Familiarity with Perl, C/C++, tool and script development, Windows and Linux OS
Background with power supply and substrate noise analysis and mitigation
Exposure to digital design, circuit analysis, computer architecture, BIOS, drivers, and software applications
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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