Chipmaker Nvidia is recruiting engineers and managers for its operations in Hanoi, where it seems set to design and produce graphic processing units.
It is seeking to fill nine positions, including those of IT, senior production support and system test design engineers and two senior managers, according to job posts on recruitment platform LinkedIn.
One position is in a factory in Bac Ninh, an industrial province next to Hanoi. The senior manager for manufacturing operations requires the candidate to “spearhead the development of an impactful team in Vietnam from the ground up.”
Applicants for this position need a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, business or equivalent experience along with 15 years of overall experience and five years of specific management experience.
Hanoi HR professional Dam Trang said Nvidia’s moves indicate that it is in the process of starting operations in Hanoi.
As Nvidia is a chip designer and does not own factories, the fact that it is looking for manufacturing personnel shows it wants its own people to supervise suppliers’ production, she said.
Though most of the requirements for the candidates are typical for a large company, finding individuals with more than 10 years’ experience in semiconductors would be challenging as the industry has only seen significant growth in Vietnam in the last few years, she said.
During his visit to Vietnam on Dec. 5, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang signed an agreement with the government to establish an AI research and development center and an AI data center.
He praised Vietnam’s strengths in STEM and its potential to produce AI talent.
He also vowed to promote the local AI industry through infrastructure development, training and fostering an AI startup ecosystem.