NVIDIA

Technology

SeniorCircuitCharacterizationEngineer

$136–265k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Circuit Characterization Engineer at NVIDIA. Skills: Silicon characterization, Post-silicon validation, Circuit optimization. Participate in silicon bringup. Participate in post-silicon characterization”

What You'll Achieve.

Optimize performance; Optimize power; Optimize yield; Optimize quality; Define world's fastest products; Enable product shipment

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Excellent problem solving; Creative solutions; Complex silicon problems; System level problems; Show-stopper bugs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

BS or MS degree in EE/CE, 5+ years relevant experience, Silicon bring-up experience, Post silicon validation experience, Excellent problem solving skills, Interpersonal skills, Hands-on experience with silicon bringup, Frequency and power characterization, Tester to System correlation, Lab equipment experience, Deep understanding of product binning, Optimization techniques knowledge, Methods trade-off analysis, Data analysis tools, Statistics tools, Exposure to critical path analysis, Power analysis exposure, Process technologies exposure, Transistor/device physics exposure, Silicon reliability exposure, Aging mechanisms exposure, Familiarity with Python, Familiarity with C/C++, Tool and script development, Power supply analysis background, Substrate noise analysis background, Digital design exposure, Circuit analysis exposure, Computer architecture exposure, BIOS exposure, Drivers exposure, Software applications exposure

Nice to Have

Experience working with offshore teams, Knowledge of chip level dI/dt analysis, Knowledge of board level dI/dt analysis, Knowledge of mitigation techniques, Board PDN design background

What You'll Do.

Participate in silicon bringup

Participate in post-silicon characterization

Define fastest products

Build methodologies to characterize Analog circuits

Build methodologies to characterize digital circuits

Build methodologies to characterize Mixed Signal circuits

Characterize silicon features

Correlate silicon behavior with simulations

Design tools to improve execution efficiency

Facilitate working on multiple products

Find creative solutions to complex silicon problems

Find creative solutions to system level problems

Lead show-stopper bugs

Enable product shipment

Work closely with engineering teams

Determine coverage needs

Determine constraints

Drive design improvements for future products

Lead Junior Engineers

Mentor Junior Engineers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with offshore teams; Work with other engineering teams; Work with global teams

Full Job Description

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to solve, that only we can tackle, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work, to amplify human imagination and intelligence. Make the choice, join our diverse team today! Working the Silicon Solutions Engineering Team at NVIDIA, you will be responsible for productizing NVIDIA's chips into groundbreaking consumer, professional, server, mobile, and automotive solutions. The qualified candidate should be comfortable in a lab environment and should demonstrate a passion towards creation, execution and improvement of silicon validation plans. **What you will be doing:** * As a Silicon Circuit Characterization engineer for NVIDIA's family of chips and products, you will participate in silicon bringup & post-silicon characterization of new silicon to optimize performance, power, yield, and quality to define the world’s fastest products. * Build methodologies to characterize Analog, digital and Mixed Signal circuits, silicon features, correlate silicon behavior with simulations. * Design tools to improve execution efficiency to facilitate the ability to work simultaneously on multiple products. * Find creative solutions to complex silicon and system level problems and be on the frontline to lead show-stopper bugs, in order to enable product shipment. * Work closely with other engineering teams to determine coverage needs and constraints. * Drive design improvements for future product based on what is found in the lab. * Lead and Mentor Junior Engineers and Interns. **What we need to see:** * BS or MS degree in EE/CE or equivalent experience. * 5+ years of relevant experience

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