# Principal Performance and Manufacturing Architect

Hiring organization: [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9cab9e6f-2eae-4536-b454-1a41225ad187

Listed on NVIDIA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Principal
- Salary: 232000 – 368000 USD per year

## Summary

NVIDIA seeks a Principal architect to own the physics-to-manufacturing connection for silicon products, building first-principles models that link device physics to test specifications and field outcomes, then validating them through production. This role is for someone who has independently set methodology, run silicon experiments, and improved how the organization ships products across multiple programs.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

Statistical Analysis

## Required

- BSEE, MSEE, or PhD or equivalent experience
- 15+ years in semiconductor design or manufacturing engineering
- Deep understanding of transient VF behavior and its stress on defects and timing
- Built first-principles models connecting physical parameters to manufacturing outcomes, validated on real silicon
- Defined manufacturing test specifications on shipped products with explicitly sourced margin terms
- Developed and owned silicon validation experiments from NPI through production

## Nice to have

- Applied AI to production engineering workflows like model fitting or anomaly detection
- Worked across VF specification and manufacturing boundary on multiple technology nodes
- Led multi-functional alignment on methodology disagreements
- Delivered innovative solutions under schedule constraints

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Principal-Performance-and-Manufacturing-Architect_JR2018099