Senior Product Development Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$200,000 - $322,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on the Manufacturing, Test, and Failure Analysis process for new datacenter servers incorporating NVIDIA's GPU, CPU, and high-speed interconnect technologies.
About the role
This Senior Product Development Engineer role focuses on taking datacenter servers from engineering concepts to high-volume platforms deployed on a cloud scale, specifically concentrating on the Manufacturing, Test, and Failure Analysis process.
What you'll do
- Own, develop, and deliver the Manufacturing, Test, and Failure Analysis/recovery process for new datacenter servers and assemblies.
- Collaborate with multi-functional HW/FW/SW engineering teams and manufacturing partners.
- Develop and implement comprehensive product development plans, participating in Design for Manufacturing / Test (DFX) process and reviews.
- Work with factory personnel and engineering teams during prototype/validation builds, driving solutions and reporting status.
- Debug server platforms, perform minor rework, retesting, and recover units.
- Develop documentation and SOPs for product assembly, test, debug/failure analysis.
What you'll need
- BS/MS or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering and 12+ years of relevant work experience.
- Proven skills in design and manufacture of complex compute or networking hardware platforms.
- Knowledge of major components like CPUs, GPUs, HBMs, and system interfaces/interconnects such as Ethernet, PCIe, I2C, SPI.
- Strong ability to diagnose and solve problems on complex hardware platforms.
- Familiarity with diagnostics/test software as used in a factory setting.
- Familiarity with Linux command line for running commands and reviewing outputs.
- Ability to review logfiles and make initial triage decisions based on documentation.
Skills: Manufacturing, Test, and Failure Analysis, datacenter servers, DFX process, factory assembly and test operations, debug server platforms
This role has been open 46 days — well below the 77-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
151
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Median days open
77 d
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Median salary
$170k
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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 (151 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 151 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 94 | 2223 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 68 d | 77 d (−9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $170k |
Skills observed across this category: Manufacturing, Test, and Failure Analysis, datacenter servers, DFX process, factory assembly and test operations, debug server platforms
Who's hiring in this category
- Texas Instruments · 12 open roles · median 48 d
- Micron Technology · 10 open roles · median 168 d
- onsemi · 10 open roles · median 77 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 159 d
- Entegris · 9 open roles · median 85 d
- Marvell Technology · 7 open roles · median 29 d
How we counted: 151 open Product Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.