CareerPlan

Senior Hardware System Validation Engineer

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$168k–$259k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead hardware validation activities for Datacenter Systems Engineering, ensuring product validation and test coverage for NVIDIA's compute platforms.

Role type

Senior Hardware System Validation Engineer

Builds

Data Center Scale infrastructure components, distributed Storage systems (e.g., Lustre), and AI/HPC compute platforms.

Domain

Semiconductor / Datacenter Infrastructure / AI & HPC

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Hardware validation, automation and scripting, system-level debugging, root cause analysis, test strategy development, distributed storage verification, CI/CD pipeline management, container orchestration.

Preferred skills

GPU server architecture knowledge, Kubernetes and Docker expertise, storage certifications (SNIA), HPC systems experience, AI coding assistant usage.

Technologies

Python, Shell, Ansible, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Lustre, mdtest, FIO.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute test strategies for functional and performance quality; design and develop automation software for verification; validate distributed storage systems on AI/HPC infrastructure; collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug HW/SW issues; perform root cause analysis and manage defect lifecycle.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC