Hardware Lab Technician - Silicon Validation
NVIDIA · Posted Oct 8
Graphics processing units, artificial intelligence platforms, accelerated computing, and data center solutions
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About the role
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design group runs the Hardware Validation Farm that sets up and validates boards and chips for silicon programs. The role owns end-to-end hardware setup for assigned chip/silicon programs, spanning board receipt, thermal attachment, peripheral bring-up and sanity validation through post-enablement support. It also involves DUT failure triage, root cause analysis, closure documentation, and collaboration with farm engineers and functional validation teams.
What you will do
- Full Setup Lifecycle Ownership — Own board receipt, pre-enablement checks, thermal attachment, peripheral bring-up, and sanity validation for assigned programs; provide ongoing post-enablement support.
- Hardware Diagnostics & Root Cause Analysis — Troubleshoot device-under-test (DUT) failures beyond surface-level symptoms, trace issues to true root cause, and make informed calls on whether a setup is recoverable.
- Thermal Attachment Expertise — Execute thermal attachment procedures across varying cooler head configurations, applying mechanical adjustments as needed to achieve reliable thermal performance.
- Independent Program Ownership — Carry assigned chip programs end-to-end with minimal supervision, including issue triage, sanity runs, and full closure documentation (failure analysis summaries and issue/bug filing).
- Process Improvement — Proactively identify gaps in lab setup, preparation, or validation procedures, and contribute to process improvements that strengthen farm readiness.
- Lab Safety — Identify and report safety hazards or incidents promptly to prevent hardware damage or injury.
- Cross-Team Collaboration — Work closely with Farm Engineers, Program Leads, and functional validation teams to align on setup requirements and technical escalations.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Diploma/ITI, Associate's degree, or equivalent technical certification in Electronics, Mechanical, Electrical, or a related field, with 2+ years of hands-on experience in a hardware lab, server/board-level bring-up, or validation environment.
- Demonstrated experience with thermal solution attachment (heat sinks, cold plates, liquid cooling, or similar) and strong hardware troubleshooting skills with the ability to independently isolate root cause.
- Experience supporting multiple concurrent hardware or chip validation programs with minimal supervision, including the judgment to triage issues and make sound technical calls independently.
- Experience authoring closure documentation, failure analysis reports, or formal issue/bug tracking, along with familiarity with lab safety protocols and incident reporting procedures.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a multinational technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs) for the gaming and professional markets, as well as system on a chip units (SoCs) for the mobile computing and automotive market. Pioneering accelerated computing, the company has become a driving engine of modern artificial intelligence, deep learning, and data center infrastructure.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 42000+ employees
- Founded
- April 5, 1993
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $5M raised
Leadership
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Founder and NVIDIA Fellow
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
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