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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing
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The Principal Test Design Staff Engineer - Networking joins the Test Design Engineering group to develop, validate, and deploy production test solutions for the networking portfolio, including NICs, SmartNICs, DPUs, NVLink systems, and Ethernet switches. This role serves as a technical bridge between test engineering and operations teams to shape test strategies and coordinate technical decisions for complex hardware platforms. You will guide test architecture, coverage, and failure diagnosis for systems combining networking ASICs and microcontrollers while incorporating security requirements into test workflows. Key responsibilities include collaborating with CPU and GPU diagnostics teams to reuse software components and test flows across L10 and L11 system test levels. You must possess extensive experience in product engineering, production operations, and defining test plans for servers and networking devices.
Develop production tests for platforms combining networking ASICs, microcontrollers, and other hardware components.
Guide test architecture, coverage, and failure diagnosis for complex hardware platforms.
Incorporate security requirements into test methods and workflows in coordination with security teams.
Coordinate technical decisions, priorities, and dependencies to align the TDE roadmap with GPU engineering.
Reuse software, components, and test flows from CPU and GPU diagnostics teams for shared capabilities.
Participate in new platform projects from the planning stage to influence design and test decisions.
Evaluate and adapt existing test capabilities to reduce duplicate development and shorten production timelines.
Define statements of work and coordinate test release deployments at manufacturing sites.
What we're looking for
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Information Systems (or equivalent experience).
15+ years of experience in product engineering, including technical leadership in production operations for systems such as PCs, servers, or networking devices.
Hands-on experience developing software and production test solutions.
Experience defining test strategies that balance coverage, reliability, test time, and manufacturing requirements.
Background with working directly with contract manufacturers (CMs), joint design manufacturers (JDMs), and original design manufacturers (ODMs).
Experience defining statements of work (SOWs), developing test plans, and coordinating test release deployment at manufacturing sites.
Experience guiding technical decisions and coordinating delivery across engineering and operations teams.
Ability to explain technical tradeoffs, build agreement across teams, and support collaboration across locations and time zones.
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