Supplier Base Engineer – Liquid Cooling Contamination Control
$152,000 - $287,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 20 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Supplier Base Engineer – Liquid Cooling Contamination Control at NVIDIA, you will establish contamination control strategies, develop supplier capabilities, and ensure manufacturing readiness for liquid cooling products. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, supplier quality, and global suppliers from new product introduction through high-volume production.
What you'll do
- Define contamination control and fluid cleanliness standards for liquid cooling components, including cold plates, coolant channels, manifolds, connectors, and PCB contact-pad interfaces.
- Develop and validate inspection methods capable of detecting debris greater than 50 microns using optical inspection, microscopy, image analysis, and particle counting.
- Establish cleanliness criteria, sampling plans, acceptance thresholds, and filtration methods to support new product introduction (NPI) and high-volume manufacturing.
- Define cleaning, flushing, filtration, drying, packaging, and handling requirements across manufacturing and the supply chain.
- Lead root cause investigations for contamination-related failures, including coolant blockage, debris-induced leakage, electrical contact contamination, and long-term reliability concerns.
- Lead supplier qualification, process audits, and ongoing improvement efforts to guarantee alignment with contamination control standards and manufacturing protocols.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in contamination control, manufacturing engineering, fluid systems, precision assembly, or high-reliability product development.
- Experience developing contamination prevention strategies, cleanliness specifications, and inspection methodologies for manufacturing environments.
- Hands-on experience with particle detection and cleanliness assessment techniques, including optical inspection, microscopy, particle counting, image analysis, or fluid cleanliness testing.
- Experience validating inspection systems using GR&R, correlation studies, process capability analysis, and false reject/escape analysis.
Skills: contamination control, liquid cooling, supplier capabilities, manufacturing readiness, precision cleaning, optical inspection
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This role has been open 102 days — well above the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2485
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Median days open
52 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$100k
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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 (2485 roles · 78 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 25 | 2485 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 65 | 10118 · 104 employers |
| Median days open | 45 d | 52 d (−7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $100k |
Skills observed across this category: contamination control, liquid cooling, supplier capabilities, manufacturing readiness, precision cleaning, optical inspection
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 334 open roles · median 69 d
- Applied Materials · 255 open roles · median 44 d
- Entegris · 213 open roles · median 50 d
- Lam Research · 109 open roles · median 71 d
- Infineon Technologies · 101 open roles · median 40 d
- onsemi · 65 open roles · median 71 d
How we counted: 2485 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 78 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 31 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 Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.