NVIDIA Hardware System Engineer reviews

4.4

99% would recommend to a friend

(72 total reviews)
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Jensen Huang

99% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

System/Hardware Engineer employees have rated NVIDIA with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 72 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most System/Hardware Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. NVIDIA is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by System/Hardware Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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72 reviews
3.0
Oct 20, 2010
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Pros

Fast-paced work culture Leading edge technology Strongly support telecommuting. They don't care where you are as long as you get your work done. Can be an excellent place to learn the latest technology

Cons

Ultimately you're just a cog in the machinery. Very poor work-life balance. You're constantly expected to always be on the job - tethered to your blackberry. If you get pigeon-holed into a role, then it can be very difficult to move to a different role. Some managers have the attitude that they are throwing money at you - so just forget about professional growth and do whatever you're told. A lot of talented people tend to turn-off as a result of this attitude.

4.0
Aug 11, 2010
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Pros

- *Used to* have some of the best talents in the world - Arbitrary work assignments leading to few lucky people getting good work regardless of experience - Best place to work for 1-2 years if you want to do MS/Phd later - Company has overall a good reputation outside - One of the best CEO's around the world

Cons

- No or very limited employee benefits and rewards - Too many project cancellations . company is on the downfall from last 3 years - Too many managers and leads than working force leading to more work per employee - Company makes sure that it wouldn't give any compensation / benefits to retain the employees - Lot of politics. Work contributions are not valued. What is more valued is how many managers and HR contacts does one have - Slipping the deadlines has become a habit for the company. Unrealistic project deadlines leading to more stress on already lean work force. - Local managers don't encourage new ideas or methodologies - Outdated and very old technology and methodology flows - Core-values are only meant to be on slides. If followed strictly, it leads to total isolation from the team

2.0
Feb 10, 2010
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Pros

Same or above average salary.

Cons

Everything other than Pros. Totally agree with the other NVIDIA reviewer's comment: they trick you in with 5% higher salary over others because of your talent and make you do pathetic repeating job without mercy. BTW, I personally had no pay-raise the last 2+ years and managers/directors are too busy either kissing or poking others ass to watch out for their own folks. Bottom line: RUN, DON'T STOP!!!

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