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Post-Silicon Validation and Methodology Engineer

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

10/15/2026

Compensation

$136,000 - $218,500 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
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Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a hardware engineer to join its Silicon Co-Design Group, which plays a critical role in the development of next-generation silicon. The team focuses on the intersection of architecture, design, firmware, and silicon, ensuring that issues are identified and resolved before software is production-ready. This position involves building test infrastructure and methodologies to enhance validation processes and improve workflow efficiency. The engineer will also lead root-cause analysis on hardware/software interaction issues and redesign processes to optimize performance.

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in silicon bring-up, validation, debug, or productization.
  • Deep understanding of digital development, microarchitecture, timing, clocking, power, noise, and control systems.
  • Hands-on lab proficiency with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power analyzers.
  • Strong programming and scripting skills in Python and C/C++.

Responsibilities

  • Own bring-up, validation, qualification, tuning, and productization plans for next-generation silicon.
  • Partner with architecture, build, firmware, and software teams to define requirements for power management and clocking features.
  • Build and deploy AI-assisted lab workflows to automate telemetry and silicon measurement data evaluation.
  • Build the test infrastructure, characterization methodologies, and bring-up playbooks to enhance post-silicon coverage.
  • Lead root-cause analysis on complex hardware/software interaction issues under schedule pressure.

Benefits

  • Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Nvidia Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

355

FY2026

Approval rate

99.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

7,667

FY2026

Entry-level share

11.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-37%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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