Senior Network Validation Engineer

Details

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We are looking for a Senior Network Validation Engineer to lead and hands-on contribute to network validation activities in the Datacenter Systems Engineering team. You will work closely with solutions, network & storage architects, hardware system engineers, validation engineers, OEM/ODMs, and AE teams to ensure product validation and test coverage are optimal for data center scale AI products. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, comfortable in a lab environment, experienced in debug and root-cause analysis, and has strong automation and scripting skills. You should be capable of thriving in a fast paced environment with evolving product definitions.

Responsibilities

• Design validation plans from bare metal to at-scale data center integration tests.
• Debug, triage issues, perform root cause analysis, verify fixes, define new tests, and improve product test plans.
• Configure, administer, troubleshoot, and oversee the qualification of Ethernet and InfiniBand networks in large-scale datacenter environments.
• Perform server function and network validations including Ethernet & InfiniBand protocol and system-level reliability tests and end-to-end application tests.
• Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks and test automation suites, including automated reporting, while increasing end-to-end automation coverage with each release cycle.
• Track and coordinate all validation activities from bring up to production release.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams including application teams, hardware designers, networking team, firmware, security, etc. to debug HW/SW product issues.
• Provide inputs to architecture teams for next generation Data Center networking design.

Requirements

• M.S. degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience overall.
• Over 5 years of proven experience in Software Quality Engineering and Network Testing, including significant contributions to QA strategies and test documentation.
• Strong skills in Python (preferred) or other scripting languages such as Perl and Shell.
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins or similar CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong technical abilities in problem solving, design, coding and debugging.
• Extensive hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting data center networking, including Layer 2/Layer 3 protocols such as VLAN, BGP, EVPN, and spine-leaf topologies. InfiniBand network experience is desired.
• Experience with test tools from Ixia or Spirent and working experience in test management.
• Hands-on experience with Unix or Linux operating systems.
• Strong team collaboration, multitasking ability, and good interpersonal and documentation skills.
• Solid foundation in and understanding of software engineering practices.
• Excellent design, debugging and problem-solving skills, with a strong bias for action, quality and engineering excellence.

Preferred / Ways to stand out

• CCIE (Routing & Switching / Service Provider / Data Center) certification.
• Demonstrated experience with RDMA technologies and related protocols such as InfiniBand or RoCE.
• Knowledge or experience of AI Data Center validation with GPU clusters.
• Experience in REST API and Kubernetes and background in network automation tools like Ansible, Jenkins & Robot Framework.
• Experience in IPv6 and telemetry at data center scale with observability tools like Grafana & Prometheus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: 160,000 USD - 253,000 USD (will be determined based on location, experience, and internal pay equity).
• You will also be eligible for equity and benefits (see NVIDIA benefits page).

Additional Information

• Location: Santa Clara, California, United States.
• Employment type: Full time.
• Applications accepted at least until October 18, 2025.
• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse work environment.