Kevin Chen

Director of Silicon Validation GPU and AI Chips System Level Validation Verification and Automation High Performance Computing

United States

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Experience

  • NVIDIA (11 yrs 6 mos)
    • Director of Silicon Validation
      2026 - Present · 6 mos

      Lead the establishment of GPU and AI chip validation systems and strategy coordinate cross team collaboration and resource allocation drive validation processes and automation capability building improve design quality and validation efficiency ensure successful mass production of key products support high performance computing and AI business development

    • Senior Engineering Manager
      2022 - 2026 · 4 yrs

      Led multiple hardware verification teams to drive the verification and mass production of next-generation GPU and AI accelerator chips

    • Engineering Manager
      2018 - 2022 · 4 yrs

      Led the GPU subsystem verification team, developing and executing chip verification strategies to ensure design quality and project progress

  • Altera (10 yrs 1 mo)
    • Staff Validation Engineer
      2011 - 2015 · 4 yrs

      Led the system-level validation process for FPGA platforms to ensure chip functionality and performance meet design requirements

    • Senior Validation Engineer
      2007 - 2011 · 4 yrs

      Developed verification plans for complex hardware modules and collaborated with the design team to resolve issues identified during the verification process

    • Hardware Validation Engineer
      2005 - 2007 · 2 yrs

      Participated in hardware system functional verification and debugging, supporting chip design testing and problem analysis