NVIDIA
Platform Software Validation Engineer - SDET
$140K–$270K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years proven experience; or master’s degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or Physics) field.
About the job
Develops and runs validation and reliability tests for NVIDIA server platforms, operating systems, firmware, and CUDA software, while building test automation and resolving failures.
What you'll do
- Create and execute platform test plans; install and test operating systems, firmware, and software stacks.
- Build and debug server- and OS-level test automation; analyze reliability failures and drive root-cause mitigation.
- Review partner test results, manage bugs, and collaborate across teams to resolve issues.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in a STEM field.
- 5+ years proven experience; or master’s degree.
- Experience with OS/server automation, CI/CD, and DevOps using named programming and automation tools.
- Linux and server troubleshooting, plus hands-on model testing, AI tools/frameworks, NLP, and LLM benchmarking experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with NVIDIA GPU hardware; AI-related tools, LLM, and NLP.
- Virtualization, CUDA/OpenCL, and experience with firmware, BMC/OpenBMC, networking, storage, PCIe, and related platform technologies.
Pay
140,000 USD - 224,250 USD (base salary, Level 3); 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD (base salary, Level 4)
Tools
Python, SHELL, Ansible, Jenkins, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, TensorFlow
AI focus
Uses AI development tools to create test plans, develop and automate test cases, and performs model testing, NLP, and LLM benchmarking.
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