Hardware Test Engineer - Silicon Validation

About the role

The Senior Hardware Test Engineer builds and leads global hardware farm infrastructure for silicon validation. This role sits at the intersection of hardware, software, and global coordination to ensure infrastructure reliability across the silicon validation lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the functionality of Hardware Farm, a large collection of GPU, SoC, and CPU systems unified by software, and perform hardware and software debugs involving PCBs, voltage regulators, OS, drivers, and firmware.
• Build and maintain FARM regression capabilities and diagnostic infrastructure.
• Author test plans, sanity checks, and regression scripts that scale across product lines and drive automation to ensure hardware and software integrity.
• Cook up and coordinate across global farm and silicon validation teams to ensure timely system availability. Drive critical debugs by pulling in the right resources and owning issues through to closure.
• Partner with the Farm-Development team and location-based PICs to continuously enhance farm processes, infrastructure, and coverage. Translate findings from active debug into scalable improvements.
• Lead the development of automated monitoring, alert systems, and performance analytics to detect farm issues in real time and find opportunities for optimization and future growth.

Requirements

• B.E./B.Tech in ECE or equivalent experience, with 5+ years of experience in the hardware/silicon domain.
• In-depth knowledge of various motherboard platforms, SoCs, PC hardware and components, and network connections.
• Proficiency in Linux OS internals and scripting (Python, Perl, and TCL).
• Excellent coordination and interpersonal skills to effectively convey technical information and collaborate across global teams.

Qualifications

• Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 132,000 USD - 207,000 USD for Level 3, and 152,000 USD - 253,000 USD for Level 4.
• You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Benefits

• NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• We highly value diversity in our current and future employees, and 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.