NVIDIA
Senior Hardware System Validation Engineer
$168K–$322K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of validation experience; over 5 years of Software Quality Engineering and storage-system verification experience desired.
- Education
- MSEE/MSCE or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads hardware and software validation for datacenter systems, developing automated tests and resolving product issues to ensure functional and performance quality.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute test strategies and automation for datacenter infrastructure components.
- Validate distributed storage systems at AI/HPC datacenter scale.
- Debug and triage issues, perform root-cause analysis, verify fixes, and improve test plans.
What they ask for
- MSEE/MSCE or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of validation experience.
- Test framework and automation development, including CI/CD experience using Python, SHELL, Ansible, Git, Jenkins, Docker containers, and Kubernetes.
- Strong system-level debugging and analysis skills.
Nice to have
- Over 5 years of Software Quality Engineering and storage-system verification experience.
- GPU server architecture and datacenter storage validation; storage/HPC certifications or performance testing with mdtest or FIO.
Pay
168,000 USD - 258,750 USD base salary (Level 4); 200,000 USD - 322,000 USD base salary (Level 5)
Tools
Python, SHELL, Ansible, Git, Jenkins, docker containers, Kubernetes, Lustre
AI focus
Use AI coding assistants to improve coding efficiency and correctness.
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