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Principal Test Design Staff Engineer - Networking

NVIDIA· Engineer, ASIC
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Hybrid (Remote / Local)$232k - $368k + equityFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

NVIDIA’s Test Design Engineering (TDE) group develops production test solutions for networking hardware including NICs, SmartNICs, DPUs, NVLink systems, and Ethernet switches. The Santa Clara-based role focuses on shaping test strategies, coordinating technical decisions, and bringing shared software and test capabilities into networking production testing across global CM/ODM/JDM partners, with collaboration to reuse software and test flows across CPU/GPU diagnostics teams.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Santa Clara test engineering teams to develop production tests for platforms combining networking ASICs, MCUs, and other components
  • Guide test architecture, coverage, and failure diagnosis for complex hardware platforms
  • Work with security teams to incorporate security requirements into test methods and workflows
  • Coordinate technical decisions, priorities, and dependencies across teams to align TDE roadmap with GPU engineering and platform development
  • Collaborate with CPU and GPU test diagnostics teams to reuse software, components, and test flows for shared capabilities across L10 and L11 system test levels
  • Participate in new platform projects from planning to design and test decisions
  • Help teams evaluate and adapt existing test capabilities to reduce duplicate development and shorten production timelines
  • Represent TDE in technical discussions, planning sessions, and reviews, connecting colleagues with needed information and support

Qualifications

  • 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 PCs, servers, or networking devices
  • Hands-on experience developing software and production test solutions
  • Experience defining test strategies balancing coverage, reliability, test time, and manufacturing requirements
  • Background 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

Skills

Required:Production test strategyTest architecture and diagnosticsProgram and stakeholder coordinationCM/JDM/ODM collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries
  • Generous benefits
  • Equity eligibility
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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