Software Engineer — AI Cluster Validation & Network Testing

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Flexible vacation time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to drive CVIS and end-to-end solution testing for AI clusters. You will conduct RA certification, GPU debugging, network behavior analysis, performance profiling and bottleneck analysis, and manage acceptance criteria and release readiness.

The role requires designing test strategies, automation frameworks, and validation matrices. You will lead defect triage, coordinate across deployments, and ensure robust evidence for product readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelors +5 years of related experience or Masters +3 years or PhD +0 year or equivalent related work experience.
• Experience building and executing end-to-end validation for GPU or distributed AI systems.
• Experience with test strategy, automation, Python, Linux, performance analysis, and defect-triage skills.
• Prior experience translating system requirements into measurable tests, acceptance criteria, and release gates.

Responsibilities

• Design comprehensive test strategies, validation matrices, automation frameworks, and exit criteria for AI cluster solutions.
• Run CVIS/NVIS, AI Cluster Validation, GPU burn-in, NCCL, workload, resilience, and interoperability test suites.
• Run RDMA, NCCL and AI test suites, profile end-to-end performance, pinpoint bottlenecks, and deliver detailed benchmark reports.
• Validate integrations across AI cluster deployments with diverse network topologies, spanning Cisco switches, multi-plane fabrics, ToR, compute, storage, and software components.
• Lead defect triage and evidence collection through release qualification, RA certification, and final acceptance-report packaging.

Skills

Test strategy

Automation

Python

Linux

Performance analysis

Defect triage

GPU validation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

NVIDIA NCCL

Kubernetes

Slurm

Network testing

Storage validation

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to drive CVIS and end-to-end solution testing for AI clusters. You will conduct RA certification, GPU debugging, network behavior analysis, performance profiling and bottleneck analysis, and manage acceptance criteria and release readiness.

The role requires designing test strategies, automation frameworks, and validation matrices. You will lead defect triage, coordinate across deployments, and ensure robust evidence for product readiness.