Supplier Base Engineer – Liquid Cooling Contamination Control

NVIDIA
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 152,000 - 287,500 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical","Problem-solving","Communication"]

Establish contamination control and fluid cleanliness standards for NVIDIA’s liquid-cooled AI server components, then develop inspection and validation methods to detect microscopic debris. Define cleanliness criteria, sampling plans, acceptance thresholds, and filtration/cleaning handling requirements for NPI through high-volume production. Partner with manufacturing, supplier quality, reliability, and global suppliers to find contamination sources, lead root-cause investigations, and drive supplier qualification and process audits to ensure manufacturing readiness.

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Supplier Base Engineer – Liquid Cooling Contamination Control

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Job Summary

Establish contamination control and fluid cleanliness standards for NVIDIA’s liquid-cooled AI server components, then develop inspection and validation methods to detect microscopic debris. Define cleanliness criteria, sampling plans, acceptance thresholds, and filtration/cleaning handling requirements for NPI through high-volume production. Partner with manufacturing, supplier quality, reliability, and global suppliers to find contamination sources, lead root-cause investigations, and drive supplier qualification and process audits to ensure manufacturing readiness.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •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 to detect debris greater than 50 microns using optical inspection, microscopy, image analysis, particle counting, and other advanced techniques.
  • •Establish cleanliness criteria, sampling plans, acceptance thresholds, and filtration methods to support NPI and high-volume manufacturing.
  • •Lead root cause investigations for contamination-related failures such as coolant blockage, debris-induced leakage, electrical contact contamination, and long-term reliability issues.
  • •Lead supplier qualification, process audits, and ongoing improvement to ensure alignment with NVIDIA contamination control standards and manufacturing protocols.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 152,000 - 287,500 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •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 particle detection and cleanliness assessment experience using 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.
Experience:8+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:AnalyticalProblem-solvingCommunication
Tech Stack:Optical inspectionMicroscopyImage analysisParticle countingFluid cleanliness testingGR&RProcess capability analysisISO 16232VDA 19VDA 19.1Particle detectionFiltrationCleaningFlushingDrying

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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