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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

NVIDIA· Engineer, SW QA Test Dev
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Santa Clara, CA$140k - $224.3kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Automation-focused SDE in Test at NVIDIA, building Python-based automation frameworks, leveraging AI-assisted development tools, and contributing to manual and automated validation for NVIDIA App and PC gaming-related software.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain automated tests using Python for NVIDIA app and interactions with drivers, applications, and gaming-related technologies.
  • Use AI development tools such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor or similar AI-assisted development tools to accelerate automation development, test generation, debugging, and workflow optimization.
  • Build and improve automation framework components, utilities, and tools that make test execution more reliable, scalable, and efficient.
  • Translate product documentation and feature requirements into test plans, automation coverage, and targeted hands-on validation for complex PC platform scenarios, including corner cases and obscure interactions across hardware, software, drivers, games, and system settings.
  • Debug automation failures, product defects, and platform issues to identify root cause and communicate findings clearly.
  • Write maintainable, reliable, and well-documented Python code. Participate in peer code reviews with feedback on correctness, scalability, maintainability, and performance.
  • Work closely with development, QA, and leadership teams to report progress, raise risks, and improve overall product quality.

Qualifications

  • B.E./B. Tech degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of software development, test automation, or software quality engineering experience, including collaboration across development and test teams across the globe.
  • Strong programming experience in Python, including object-oriented programming, package management, debugging, logging, error handling, and automation framework development.
  • Hands-on experience building or maintaining automated tests, test tools, or automation infrastructure.
  • Working knowledge of AI-assisted development tools and workflows, including the ability to use coding agents or CLI-based AI tools to generate, modify, debug, and improve automation code.
  • Experience reading user documentation, product specifications, or feature requirements and developing test plans and test cases from them.
  • Good understanding of Windows operating systems, PC architecture, drivers, hardware/software interactions, PC gaming scenarios, and troubleshooting workflows.
  • Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, including the ability to isolate issues across automation, product code, operating systems, drivers, hardware configurations, and game/application behavior.

Skills

Required:PythonAutomation framework developmentAI-assisted development toolsWindows OS & PC architecture

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits (see https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/)
Last updated Sep 4, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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