NVIDIA

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - NPI Bring-up SDET

$168K–$270K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026

Experience: 8+ years in software quality, test automation, or software development and validation.
Education: BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Leads validation readiness and automated quality testing for PCIe data center GPU programs, from early silicon bring-up through release.

Plan and coordinate CUDA Compute validation across GPU configurations, systems, operating systems, drivers, CUDA versions, and release stages.
Build test applications, automation frameworks, release configurations, and CI pipelines; turn failures and suitable manual tests into automated regression coverage.
Triage defects and release risks, verify fixes, and use AI-assisted tools to analyze test runs against source logs and engineering decisions.

BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years in software quality, test automation, or software development and validation.
Experience with Linux and Windows troubleshooting, programming or scripting, and debugging across hardware, firmware, OS, driver, and application layers.
Knowledge of QA methodology, risk-based planning, validation and regression strategy, release readiness, CI/CD, API integrations, log analysis, root-cause isolation, and defect triage.

Experience with NVIDIA GPU hardware, CUDA, PCIe data center GPUs, server platforms, multi-GPU validation, P2P, reliability, or stress testing.
Experience building scalable validation infrastructure; practical use of AI-assisted analytics for testing is also valued.

168,000 USD - 270,250 USD (base salary)

Python, C, C++, CUDA, Bash, GitLab, Jenkins, CI/CD

Apply AI-assisted tools to analyze test runs and validate conclusions against source logs and engineering decisions.

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