Hardware Validation Procedures and Documentation Lead - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$168,000 - $258,750 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Lead the development and maintenance of validation plans, detailed test procedures, and supporting documentation for L6, L10, and L11 products.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with hardware, software, firmware, system, and validation engineers to define test coverage, prerequisites, configurations, execution steps, and acceptance criteria.
- Translate engineering requirements and test methodologies into clear instructions covering equipment setup, tools, commands, expected results, data collection, and troubleshooting.
- Verify procedures through hands-on execution and pilot runs alongside engineering owners to ensure accuracy, repeatability, and readiness for internal and partner teams.
- Provide technical guidance and training to internal engineers, JDM partners, and vendors to enable consistent execution of validation plans.
- Establish documentation templates, review and approval processes, revision control, and traceability between validation requirements, procedures, and results.
- Incorporate execution feedback, lessons learned, and product revisions across hardware, software, and firmware updates to improve validation efficiency.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of relevant experience in hardware or system validation, applications engineering, product engineering, or a related engineering role.
- Demonstrated experience developing validation plans, test procedures, troubleshooting guides, or other engineering documentation.
- Hands-on experience executing validation procedures and troubleshooting hardware, software, and firmware interactions.
- Experience working across engineering disciplines and supporting JDMs, ODMs, OEMs, vendors, or other external technical partners.
- Experience using AI tools and agentic workflows to support validation planning, technical documentation, and issue investigation.
- Willingness and ability to travel at least 20% to support partner sites and international time zones.
Skills: hardware validation, system validation, test procedures, troubleshooting, documentation
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 44-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
411
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Median days open
44 d
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Median salary
$172k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (411 roles · 61 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 27 | 411 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 97 | 2227 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 25 d | 44 d (−19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $172k |
Skills observed across this category: hardware validation, system validation, test procedures, troubleshooting, documentation
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 45 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 41 d
- Qualcomm · 36 open roles · median 30 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 26 open roles · median 25 d
- Microchip Technology · 22 open roles · median 70 d
- Graphcore · 20 open roles · median 123 d
How we counted: 411 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 61 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.