CareerPlan

Platform Software Validation Engineer - SDET

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$140k–$224k2026-09-28 → 2026-11-10

Core

Develop and execute test plans for NVIDIA HGX/DGX/MGX platform servers, OS, firmware, and CUDA software stack; build automation frameworks for server and OS level testing.

Role type

Senior IC platform software validation engineer (SDET)

Builds

Automated test frameworks and validation plans for NVIDIA GPU server platforms

Domain

Hardware-software integration, AI computing infrastructure, server reliability

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

OS and server level automation, CI/CD process, DevOps, Python, Shell scripting, Ansible, Jenkins, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Linux troubleshooting, AI tools/frameworks, NLP, LLM benchmarking, FW/BMC/OpenBMC, Network protocols, PCIe, CPU/memory testing, Kubernetes, Docker, SLURM

Preferred skills

NVIDIA GPU hardware experience, Linux virtualization (KVM, Docker, Kubernetes), CUDA/OpenCL parallel programming

Technologies

Python, Shell, Ansible, Jenkins, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Docker, SLURM, OpenBMC, Redfish, PXE

Responsibilities

Develop and execute test plans for NVIDIA HGX/DGX/MGX platform servers, OS, FW and CUDA SW stack; Install and test various systems OS, server firmware and SW stack; Drive root cause analysis on reliability and validation test failures; Build, develop/debug server and OS level automation front-end and back-end framework and tests; Review partner and supplier test results and prescribe additional reliability testing; Manage bug lifecycle and collaborate with inter-groups to drive solutions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC