Platform Software Validation Engineer - SDET

This SDET role validates NVIDIA server platforms and their operating system, firmware, and CUDA software stacks. You’ll build automation and investigate reliability failures while collaborating with platform teams on testing that includes AI tools, model testing, and LLM benchmarking.
* Permanent* 5+ years
* Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience### Skills and expertise

Python Shell Ansible Jenkins Linux Tensor Flow Py Torch Cursor ### Key responsibilities
* Develop and execute platform test plans covering servers, operating systems, firmware, and CUDA software.
* Build and debug server- and OS-level automation frameworks and tests.
* Investigate reliability failures, manage bugs, and coordinate mitigations across teams.## How this job compares

Compared with 1,635 open senior engineering jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay:
This job pays $140K to $270K a year. The 719 open senior engineering jobs that publish US pay start at $164K on average, so this job starts about 15% lower.

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AI in this role:
Medium. The role uses AI tools and works with AI systems as a regular part of the job. The role includes model testing, AI tools and frameworks, NLP, and LLM benchmarking, as well as using AI development tools to create tests. Its primary focus remains platform validation rather than building AI products.## Full description 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, Dev Ops, 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 Dev Ops experience using Python, SHELL, Ansible, Jenkins, C/C++, Java, Java Script
• Strong server and Linux(Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS, SuSE,…