HSIO Validation Lead

What You'll Be Doing

• Drive the planning and execution of PCIe/NVLINK/C2C or similar HSIO interfaces across functional bring-up, system-level validation, productization, and troubleshooting for NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, and SOCs.
• Drive schedule, programming guides, customer critical issues, manufacturing yield improvements, and design feedback.
• Investigate technically complicated HSIO bugs and help drive debug efforts across various teams.
• Cook up new methodologies to improve the silicon validation process, helping meet upcoming industry standards for performance, adaptability, and safety.
• Ensure interoperability with connected devices and system components in sophisticated interconnect topologies.
• Engage proactively with multi-functional engineering teams, including system architects, mixed-signal design, DGX, software/firmware, hardware/software quality assurance, operations, and application engineering, to facilitate the design, development, troubleshooting, and release of upcoming products.

What We Need To See

• BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience) and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• In-depth understanding of PCIe (or similar) protocol and characterization/validation methods in a post-silicon environment.
• Excellent knowledge of Signal integrity concepts, Silicon characteristics, and high-speed/SERDES functional validation.
• Good knowledge of lab equipment (DSOs, BERT, Protocol/Logic analyzers) and hands-on post-Si bring-up, functional validation of HSIO interfaces.
• Understanding of firmware/driver structures and their interaction with HW.
• Strong in scripting languages (Perl, Python) to write direct test/debug programs for stress and failure analysis.
• Strong project management, collaboration, and communication skills.

Pay

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Schedule

NVIDIA is looking for extraordinary people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 29, 2026.