Senior AI Cluster Validation & Performance Engineer

Cisco; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Restricted stock units

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own CVIS/NVIS and AI Cluster Validation, performing end-to-end solution testing, RA certification, GPU debugging, performance profiling, and release readiness across AI clusters and Cisco switches.

You will design test plans, run validation suites, profile workloads, and drive defect triage with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions in a demanding AI environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building end-to-end validation for GPU or distributed AI systems.
• Experience with test strategy, automation, Python, Linux and performance analysis.
• Ability to translate system requirements into measurable tests and release gates.
• Strong written and cross-functional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop test plans, validation matrices, automation, and exit criteria for AI cluster solutions.
• Execute CVIS/NVIS, AI Cluster Validation, GPU burn, NCCL, workload, resilience, and interoperability tests.
• Model workloads, profile end-to-end performance, identify bottlenecks, and report benchmarks.
• Validate Cisco network-switch, ToR, compute, storage, and software integrations.
• Drive defect triage, evidence collection, release qualification, and acceptance-report packaging.

Skills

Test strategy

Automation

Python

Linux

Performance analysis

Defect triage

Education

Bachelor's degree + 7 years experience

Master's + 4 years experience

PhD + 1 year experience

Equivalent related work experience

Tools

NVIS

NVIDIA GPU platforms

NCCL

Kubernetes

Slurm

CI-based testing

Job description

Cisco is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own CVIS/NVIS and AI Cluster Validation, performing end-to-end solution testing, RA certification, GPU debugging, performance profiling, and release readiness across AI clusters and Cisco switches.

You will design test plans, run validation suites, profile workloads, and drive defect triage with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions in a demanding AI environment.