Nvidia

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - NPI Bring-up SDET

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Santa Clara, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$168k - $270k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop CUDA Compute test plans and coordinate validation across PCIe high-performance computing GPUs, NVIDIA systems, OEM servers, GPU configurations, operating systems, driver modes, CUDA versions, and release stages.
  • Build test applications, automation frameworks, release configurations, and GitLab or Jenkins pipelines using Python, C, C++, CUDA, and Bash.
  • Convert NPI failures, customer defects, root-cause findings, and suitable manual tests into reliable automated regression coverage.
  • Separate product regressions from automation, infrastructure, configuration, and intermittent issues, and drive defects through resolution with clear evidence and reproduction details.
  • Apply AI-assisted tools to analyze test runs and validate conclusions against source logs and engineering decisions.

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in software quality, test automation, or software development and validation.
  • Experience resolving Linux and Windows system issues and developing with Python, C, C++, CUDA, or Bash.
  • Ability to debug across hardware, firmware, operating system, driver, and application layers.
  • Knowledge of quality assurance methodology, risk-based test planning, functional validation, regression strategy, release readiness, CI/CD, API integrations, log analysis, root-cause isolation, and defect triage.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills for explaining release risk and clarifying ownership, dependencies, and blockers.
  • Experience with NVIDIA GPU hardware, CUDA, PCIe data center GPUs, server platforms, CUDA C or C++ parallel programming, multi-GPU validation, P2P, reliability, or stress testing is valued.
  • Experience developing scalable validation infrastructure for labs, cloud environments, containers, virtualization, or configuration management is valued.
  • Practical use of AI-assisted analytics for test planning, automation, failure analysis, or defect detection is valued.

Benefits

  • Eligible for equity and benefits.
  • Base salary range of 168,000 USD to 270,250 USD, determined by location, experience, and comparable employee pay.
  • Applications accepted at least until September 7, 2026.

Tech Stack

BashCC++JenkinsLinuxPythonWindows

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Nvidia

About Nvidia

10,000+ employees

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

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