Jobs in Santa Clara, CA
580 open roles — posted here, and found on employers' own careers sites.
103 new this week, 76 the week before, counting only boards we were already tracking.
Median posted pay $235,000 from the 146 roles here that state a range. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
Noise Co-Design Engineer
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $136,000 – $264,500
Design and optimize voltage noise and power delivery across chip, package, and board for next-generation silicon, working across multiple teams to translate product targets into shipped specifications and drive show-stopper issues to closure.
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Principal Chip Lead, Silicon Co-Design Group
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $232,000 – $368,000
A technical leadership role guiding one of NVIDIA's most critical silicon programs through multi-functional challenges from architecture to production. This suits someone with 15+ years of semiconductor experience who thrives as a bridge between engineering disciplines, solving hard problems without direct authority.
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HSIO Validation Lead – Silicon Co-Design
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA · $168,000 – $310,500
This role leads silicon validation for NVIDIA's high-speed interfaces like PCIe and NVLink, debugging across the full stack from protocol behavior through firmware and hardware to resolve critical failures before production. The position suits engineers who combine deep protocol expertise with hands-on lab skills and the judgment to navigate complex system-level problems under schedule pressure.
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Senior Deep Learning Scientist, Multimodal Agentic RL
NVIDIA
3 locations · $184,000 – $287,500
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Deep Learning Scientist to develop multimodal agentic AI systems that reason and act across audio, visual, and text modalities. This role suits researchers with deep expertise in reinforcement learning and foundation models who want to shape core algorithms for large-scale AI products used by millions.
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Senior Speed Characterization Engineer - Silicon Co-Design Group
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $136,000 – $264,500
This role owns silicon speed characterization and validation for NVIDIA's AI processors, from first power-on through production. You'll close the gap between pre-silicon predictions and measured silicon performance, trace frequency failures to their root cause, build AI-driven test automation, and provide the data that settles architectural tradeoffs across the company.
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ASIC Verification Engineer
NVIDIA
2 locations · $116,000 – $189,750
This role involves designing and validating clocking and reset logic for NVIDIA's processors across data centers, graphics, autonomous vehicles, and AI platforms. You'll own verification from test planning through productization, working with industry-standard tools and advanced methodologies to ensure bug-free designs at scale.
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Senior Power and Performance Engineer
NVIDIA
Full-time · 2 locations · $168,000 – $310,500
Design and optimize power and thermal management systems that control GPU and CPU performance within safe operating limits, working across firmware, hardware, and software teams to deliver products from prototype through production. This role suits engineers experienced in silicon bring-up and system-level power optimization who can translate complex thermal and performance trade-offs into actionable decisions for leadership.
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System Verification Co-Design Engineer - Speed and Rel
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $136,000 – $264,500
This role bridges design and validation for high-performance chip architectures across gaming, datacenters, and automotive platforms. You'll own the verification strategy for speed features, build automation infrastructure to test and debug them, and work cross-functionally to ship products on schedule while applying modern tools like AI to compress cycle time.
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Post-Silicon Validation and Methodology Engineer
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $136,000 – $218,500
This role owns the validation and bring-up of NVIDIA's next-generation silicon from first power-on through production release, building the test infrastructure, automation, and methodologies that catch hardware-software integration issues before they reach customers. It suits experienced hardware engineers who thrive at the boundary between architecture and reality, combining deep technical fundamentals with the ability to redesign team workflows and deploy AI-assisted tooling to accelerate silicon validation.
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Principal Power and Thermal Architect
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $232,000 – $368,000
NVIDIA is seeking a principal-level architect to identify and drive system-level innovations in power and thermal management across their GPU and datacenter platforms. The role combines research scouting with hands-on leadership to translate emerging co-design ideas into production differentiation across multiple engineering teams.
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Senior Manager, System Co-Design Manager - SCG Team
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA · $232,000 – $368,000
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Manager to lead product co-design and verification efforts for speed, reliability, and power compliance across their Silicon Co-Design Group, overseeing system design methodologies and silicon validation. This role suits experienced semiconductor leaders who excel at translating between product requirements and technical implementation while mentoring cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
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Senior Silicon Product Engineer, DFP – Manufacturing
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $168,000 – $310,500
This role owns the design-for-manufacturing and test validation strategy for complex silicon products like GPUs and SoCs in high-volume production, translating product requirements into manufacturing test plans that balance quality, yield, and cost. It suits experienced silicon validation engineers who can drive multi-functional alignment on testability, lead yield analysis, and use AI to accelerate testing methodologies and debug workflows.
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Low-Power Feature Validation & Bring-Up Engineer
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $168,000 – $310,500
NVIDIA seeks an experienced engineer to design and implement validation strategies, telemetry infrastructure, and AI-assisted tools for low-power silicon features across next-generation AI accelerators. The role bridges silicon architecture, firmware, and platform validation to improve power efficiency and production readiness at scale.
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Senior Manager, Test, Manufacturability, Reliability and Quality
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $232,000 – $368,000
Lead NVIDIA's test, manufacturability, and quality organization for GPUs and SoCs through production ramp and into the field, owning program velocity, root-cause closure on complex multi-functional failures, and the technical judgment that keeps silicon programs moving when others are stuck. This role suits a hands-on engineering leader with deep post-silicon and production test experience who can navigate competing constraints across design, manufacturing, and software while building and retaining senior technical teams.
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Senior Firmware Engineer, Networking
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA · $224,000 – $431,250
NVIDIA seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer to develop networking features for their AI and cloud infrastructure, working across hardware and software teams to implement NIC and Switch firmware capabilities. This role suits experienced firmware developers with deep systems knowledge who thrive in complex, results-driven environments.
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Manager, Data and AI Engineering
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA · $200,000 – $322,000
This role leads a team building data and AI platforms for supply chain operations, combining hands-on engineering with people management to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions. It suits experienced data engineering leaders who code alongside their teams and can translate business problems into cloud-native architectures.
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Senior ASIC Verification Engineer - GPU
NVIDIA
2 locations
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Senior ICV CAD Engineer
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA · $136,000 – $264,500
NVIDIA is seeking a CAD engineer to support their integrated circuit design infrastructure, working with foundry techfiles, EDA tools, and custom design methodologies. This role suits someone with solid VLSI fundamentals and scripting experience who enjoys both technical problem-solving and helping designers succeed.
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Senior Memory Post Silicon Qualification Engineer
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $168,000 – $310,500
NVIDIA is seeking a senior engineer to own memory bring-up and qualification for its GPU and SoC programs, diagnosing and fixing marginal memory issues before they reach customers and building AI-accelerated tools to detect problems earlier. This role suits someone with deep hands-on experience in high-speed memory interfaces who can root-cause complex cross-team failures and codify solutions into reusable methodologies.
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Principal Firmware Engineer – Server Manageability and Observability
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $272,000 – $431,250
NVIDIA seeks a principal-level architect to design the end-to-end system software stack for their data center GPU platforms, working across firmware, drivers, and kernels while engaging directly with hyperscaler customers to shape product strategy. This role suits someone with deep expertise in server system architecture and management protocols who thrives influencing large cross-functional teams and translating customer needs into technical roadmaps.
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Strategic Account Manager, CSP
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $224,000 – $396,750
Lead strategic business development and account management for NVIDIA's networking solutions with major cloud service providers, partnering across technical and sales teams to drive revenue growth in the accelerated computing space. This role suits experienced sales and product leaders with deep data center and networking expertise who can navigate complex enterprise sales environments and influence at the executive level.
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Senior Software Program Manager - Datacenter Compute Server
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $200,000 – $322,000
This role leads software and firmware execution for NVIDIA's datacenter compute platforms, managing release schedules, cross-team collaboration, and customer satisfaction across complex products used in HPC and AI workloads. It suits experienced program managers comfortable with technical depth, strategic planning, and coordinating between hardware, firmware, and software organizations in a fast-paced environment.
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Senior DFT Methodology - Data Analytics and Applied AI Engineer
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA · $152,000 – $230,000
NVIDIA seeks a senior engineer to develop data analytics and machine learning solutions for design-for-test methodology on advanced semiconductor chips, working with pre- and post-silicon data to solve complex validation challenges. This role suits engineers with strong backgrounds in data pipelines, statistical analysis, and applied AI who want to impact chip architecture at a leading semiconductor company.
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Senior RMA Customer Experience Manager
NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA · $136,000 – $212,750
A customer experience manager overseeing replacement part fulfillment and RMA case resolution for a hardware company. This role suits operations-focused professionals with supply chain expertise who excel at coordinating across manufacturing, quality, and customer teams to resolve technical issues under strict service agreements.
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Cloud
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $168,000 – $264,500
A senior cloud infrastructure engineer supporting NVIDIA's Digital Marketing Organization, responsible for maintaining and scaling production services with focus on CDN optimization, Kubernetes deployments, and AI model infrastructure. This role suits experienced SREs who thrive on incident response, automation, and building reliable systems at scale.
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