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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Hardware Applications Engineer - **Company:** NVIDIA Corporation - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $136,000.0 - $218,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Server Applications, Application Notes, Systems Engineering, ARM Architecture, Software Debugging, Hardware Description Language, Hardware Design, PCI Express, Signal Integrity, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Pcb Layout - **Published:** August 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Hardware-Applications-Engineer--Data-Center_JR2018499 ## About the Role * BS or higher in EE, CE or Systems Engineering or equivalent experience. * 5+ years of relevant experience in supporting enterprise datacenter products for x86 or ARM architecture. * Experience using Cadence Allegro Schematic Design Entry (Concept HDL) design tools and Allegro PCB Layout. * Experience with using lab tools such as oscilloscope, multi-meters and logic analyzers. * Background in power integrity concepts, signal integrity principles, and high-speed board design methodologies. * Experience working with internal cross-functional teams for successful delivery of design collateral. * Previous experience of working as an application engineer or any equivalent customer interacting role (i.e. ability to handle customers) is a plus. * Have strong analytical skills and past experience in reviewing enterprise system design. * Understanding of x86 and ARM system architecture for server design including BMC, security and out of band management. * Professional-level interpersonal skills, including your ability to adjust your communication to the technical level of the audience. Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. ## Description We are now looking for a Hardware Applications Engineer with the ability to focus on customer enablement of enterprise products in a datacenter environment. We seek an expert who is familiar with datacenter server designs. In this role, you will work with internal teams to generate hardware design collateral to enable successful customer designs using NVIDIA datacenter products. This is a highly technical engineering role that is responsible for providing best-in-class support to NVIDIA's enterprise customers. We are looking for someone who has superb interpersonal skills, and can understand, explain, and solve customer problems. This position will focus on NVIDIA enterprise datacenter products in server applications. What you'll be doing: * Create product specifications, hardware design guides, application notes, and other supporting technical collateral. * Be involved in customer interaction, customer communication via conference calls, or face to face meetings. * Understand system design requirements for HPC and AI workloads to drive platform configuration guides for x86 and ARM servers. * Review customer designs with respect to architecture proposals, thermal, mechanical, schematic, layout, signal integrity, etc. and provide feedback. * Work directly with our NVIDIA customers, and analyze data to answer questions, reproduce errors, resolve same, or escalate customer issues. * Familiarize yourself with performing hardware debug using oscilloscope and analyzers to qualify, validate and solve NVIDIA products for customer systems. * Track, file new bugs and reproduce issues as needed. * Work on resolving system integration issues related to thermal, mechanical, electrical, PCIe and GPU interconnect interfaces including out of band management services. ## Related Videos - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Unleashing the Full Potential of the Arm Architecture – Write Once, Deploy Anywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/940-unleashing-the-full-potential-of-the-arm-architecture-write-once-deploy-anywhere) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) - [Coffee with Developers - Stephen Jones - NVIDIA](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1303-coffee-with-developers-stephen-jones-nvidia) - [Your Next AI Needs 10,000 GPUs. 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