High Speed SerDes Validation Engineer - New College Grad 2026 - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$100,000 - $189,750 USD yearly
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
The DGX Server Product Engineering Team is seeking a Validation Engineer.
About the role
This role focuses on the validation of high-speed SerDes and IO within these systems.
What you'll do
- Own validation from test plan development, automation, and design for validation to resource planning, coverage metrics, and bug resolution.
- Collaborate with ODMs, component suppliers, and QA teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Coordinate internal and external teams across different time zones.
- Develop system level stress and performance testing strategies using Deep Learning/AI applications.
What you'll need
- Recently completed a BS, MS, or PhD in EE, CE, or a related field.
- Ability to work on site in a hardware lab environment 5 days a week.
- Experience in validating and debugging complex systems.
- Experience developing/running real world workload and factory diagnosis tools.
- Familiarity with lab instrumentation like Oscilloscopes.
- High-speed IO validation and SERDES validation experience (50GBaud/s and above).
- Strong understanding of DSP-based high-speed SERDES architectures.
- Coding experience with programming and scripting languages such as C/C++, JS, and Python.
Skills: SERDES validation, high-speed IO, lab instrumentation, system level stress, DSP-based SERDES
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 41-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
401
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Median days open
41 d
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Median salary
$174k
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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 (401 roles · 63 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 24 | 401 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 95 | 2199 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 20 d | 41 d (−21 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $174k |
Skills observed across this category: SERDES validation, high-speed IO, lab instrumentation, system level stress, DSP-based SERDES
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 56 open roles · median 51 d
- Micron Technology · 41 open roles · median 35 d
- Qualcomm · 33 open roles · median 28 d
- Graphcore · 22 open roles · median 113 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 21 open roles · median 28 d
- Microchip Technology · 20 open roles · median 66 d
How we counted: 401 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 63 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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.