Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - Datacenter Server OS

NVIDIA AI; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA AI in Santa Clara, CA is seeking an experienced software quality/automation engineer to develop and execute platform test plans for HGX/DGX/MGX servers, OS, firmware and CUDA stacks. You will implement automation for server and OS testing, perform root-cause analysis, and drive reliability improvements in an agile, high-quality environment.

The role requires strong Linux troubleshooting, CI/CD/DevOps experience, and hands-on work with AI tools, NLP benchmarks, and modern virtualization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in a STEM field.
• 5+ years proven experience; or master’s degree.
• OS and server level automation, CI/CD, and DevOps using Python, SHELL, Ansible, Jenkins, C/C++, Java, JavaScript.
• Strong Linux troubleshooting in bare-metal and VM environments.
• Experience with AI tools/frameworks and NLP/LLM benchmarking.
• GitHub/GitLab/Gerrit, PXE, SLURM, Kubernetes/Docker experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute platform test plans for NVIDIA HGX/DGX/MGX on servers, OS, firmware and CUDA.
• Install and test various systems OS, server firmware and SW stack.
• Drive root-cause analysis for reliability and validation failures and implement mitigations.
• Build/test automation front-end and back-end frameworks and tests.
• Review tests and prescribe additional reliability testing as needed.
• Work in an agile team with high production quality standards.

Skills

OS automation

CI/CD

Python

C/C++

Linux troubleshooting

Telemetries

CI/CD tooling

GitHub/GitLab

Docker/Kubernetes

Test automation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s degree (advantage)

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Gerrit

PXE

SLURM

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Job Requisition ID JR2011122

Job Category Engineering

Time Type Full time

NVIDIA is the world leader in GPU Computing. We are passionate about markets include gaming, automotive, vision, HPC, datacenters and networking in addition to our traditional OEM business. NVIDIA is also well positioned as the ‘AI Computing Company’, and NVIDIA GPUs are the brains powering Deep Learning software frameworks, analytics, data centers, and driving autonomous vehicles. We have some of the most experienced and dedicated people in the world working for us. If you are dedicated, forward-thinking, and hard-working technical people across countries sounds exciting, this job is for you. NVIDIA is looking for an outstanding individual who thrives in a diverse work environment, has outstanding interpersonal skills and possesses a strong sense of engagement and continuous process improvement. This candidate must have enterprise server integration, strong Linux experience, reliability testing with various telemetries, scale out cluster, test plan development, track record in developing AI tools and NLP, DevOps, CI/CD experience to join our platform SWQA team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Responsible for the development and execution of NVIDIA HGX/DGX/MGX platform test plan on servers, OS, FW and CUDA SW stack from design doc.
• Installing and testing various systems OS, server firmware and SW stack.
• Drive support for root cause analysis on reliability and validation test failures to identify root cause(s) and achieve mitigation.
• 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 on components, servers, and packaging as needed.
• Work in an agile software development team with very high production quality standards.
• Manage bug lifecycle and collaborate with inter-groups to drive for solutions.

What We Need To See

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or Physics) field
• 5+ years proven experience; or master’s degree.
• Proven years of OS and server level automation, CI/CD process and DevOps experience using Python, SHELL, Ansible, Jenkins, C/C++, Java, JavaScript
• Strong server and Linux(Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS, SuSE, Fedora and etc…) troubleshooting and debugging experience in a bare-metal and KVM/VMWare/Hyper-V environment.
• Good knowledge and hands-on experience in model testing, AI tools/frameworks (TensorFlow, Pytorch, Cursor and etc…), NLP and LLM benchmarking
• Experience in using AI development tools for test plans creation, test cases development and test cases automation
• Strong experience in FW, BMC/OpenBMC, Network protocol, internal/external enterprise storage devices, PCIe buses and devices, IO sub-devices, CPU and memory, ACPI, UEFI spec, Redfish - huge plus
• Proven years of experience in GitHub/Gitlab/Gerrit, PXE, SLURM, Stack/Kubernetes/Docker) – huge plus

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• AI related tools, LLM and NLP.
• Experience working with NVIDIA GPU hardware is a strong plus.
• Good to have solid understanding of virtualization in Linux (KVM, Docker orchestrated with Kubernetes)
• Background in parallel programming ideally CUDA/OpenCL is a plus

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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 140,000 USD - 224,250 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 13, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.