Windows System Validation Engineer supporting Nvidia

Sustainable Talent; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 68,880 - 110,208; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Full benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Sustainable Talent, in partnership with Nvidia, is hiring a Windows System Validation Engineer to join their team in Santa Clara, CA. This full-time contract role involves testing Windows platform configurations and ensuring compliance with quality standards.

The ideal candidate will have 5–8 years of experience in system-level and driver-level testing, along with hands-on skills in Windows debugging tools and CI/CD pipelines. Competitive pay, benefits, and a supportive company culture are offered.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of Windows system-level or driver-level testing experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Windows platform validation.
• Proficiency using Windows debugging tools.

Responsibilities

• Setup and configure device and UEFI settings.
• Develop and run automation tests on Windows platforms.
• Conduct exploratory testing to identify corner-case scenarios.
• Triage bugs and assist in debugging processes.
• Collaborate with teams for build readiness and issue resolution.
• Prepare and communicate test execution reports.

Skills

Windows system-level testing

Driver-level testing

Windows debugging tools (WinDbg, KDNET)

Windows power management

UEFI/BIOS configuration

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Sustainable Talent is partnering with Nvidia, a global leader in computing graphics and accelerated computing, to hire a Windows System Validation Engineer to support their team onsite in Santa Clara, CA.

This is a full‑time (W‑2) 6‑month contract role with competitive pay (\$50–\$80 /hr) and full benefits, PTO, and company culture.

The role focuses on testing and analyzing issues across internal and OEM Windows platform configurations, ensuring CI/CD quality, Windows driver compliance, OEM readiness (HLK/WHQL), and release readiness for system‑level builds.

Key Responsibilities

• Device Setup & Configuration: flash builds onto boards and OEM devices; configure UEFI, OS images, and debugger settings; enable crash dump collection and install SoC, GPU, and platform drivers.
• Develop and run automation tests for internal and OEM devices across functional, stress, power, and performance domains.
• Exploratory testing to uncover corner‑case scenarios; expertise in one or more subsystems.
• Triage internal and OEM bugs, track repro status, collect logs/dumps, and assist in debugging.
• Collaborate with BSP, OEMQA, and automation teams for build readiness and issue resolution.
• Prepare test execution reports and communicate findings to the execution team.

Required Skillset

• 5–8 years of Windows system‑level or driver‑level testing experience (application‑level QA alone is insufficient).
• Hands‑on experience with Windows platform validation, driver installation, and debugging.
• Proficiency using Windows debugging tools such as WinDbg or KDNET; experience analyzing crash/dump data.
• Strong understanding of Windows power management: Modern Standby, ACPI, and sleep states (S3/S4).
• Experience configuring UEFI/BIOS settings and flashing Windows OS builds onto hardware platforms.
• Demonstrated defect triage, log analysis, issue reproduction, and root‑cause support.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for Windows builds and regression validation.
• Familiarity with WDK, HLK/WHQL certification processes, or OEM device validation preferred.
• Experience validating USB4, DP tunneling, PCIe, or platform drivers is a plus.

Sustainable Talent is an equal‑employment‑opportunity employer (M/F+, disabled, veteran).