Senior Hardware Validation Engineer - Data Center AI/HPC

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 322,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara is seeking a Senior Hardware System Validation Engineer to lead data center scale validation for compute and storage platforms. You will design test strategies, automate verification with Python, and collaborate across HW, SW, and networking teams.

You’ll perform root-cause analysis in a fast-paced lab, contribute to QA strategies and test documentation, and work with Lustre, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD tooling. Equity and benefits accompany the role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of validation experience in hardware/software for data center/storage environments.
• 5+ years in Software Quality Engineering & storage verification with QA strategy and test documentation.
• Proficiency in test framework and automation scripts; CI/CD with Python, Shell, Ansible, Git & Jenkins.
• Solid understanding of system-level debugging and analysis tools.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration with Dev & Product Management.
• Experience using AI coding assistants to improve coding efficiency and correctness.

Responsibilities

• Develop and extend test strategies; execute to ensure high quality from functional and performance perspectives.
• Design and develop software that automates verification of all Data Center Scale infrastructure components; build efficient automation tools.
• Validate distributed storage systems (e.g., Lustre) on AI/HPC Datacenter scale infrastructure.
• Collaborate with application teams, HW designers, networking, FW, security to debug HW/SW issues.
• Debug, triage issues, perform root cause analysis, verify fixes, and improve test plans.
• Lead defect fixing, root-cause analysis, and bug lifecycle management.

Skills

Python

CI/CD

Automation

Shell

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Problem solving

Education

MSEE/MSCE in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Python tooling

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara is seeking a Senior Hardware System Validation Engineer to lead data center scale validation for compute and storage platforms. You will design test strategies, automate verification with Python, and collaborate across HW, SW, and networking teams.

You’ll perform root-cause analysis in a fast-paced lab, contribute to QA strategies and test documentation, and work with Lustre, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD tooling. Equity and benefits accompany the role.