Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - Datacenter Server OS at NVIDIA Corporation
Santa Clara, CA
$140,000–$270,250from the description
Aug 9, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a platform software QA engineering role on NVIDIA's HGX/DGX/MGX server platform team, responsible for designing and executing test plans across OS, server firmware, and the CUDA software stack. The role involves building and debugging automation frameworks, driving root cause analysis on reliability failures, and integrating AI/LLM tools into test development workflows. It suits an experienced engineer with deep Linux, server hardware, and CI/CD automation expertise.
Senior level · 5+ years · Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15 people in the Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 10–30
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What the occupation pays Median $170,192 (middle half $126,400–$188,281). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The posting spans two internal levels (Level 3 and Level 4) with overlapping salary bands ($140,000–$224,250 and $168,000–$270,250 respectively); the full advertised range is $140,000–$270,250/year.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; Santa Clara, CA (NVIDIA's headquarters CBSA) is assumed.
The role is classified as QA/testing (15-1253) because test plan development, reliability validation, and test automation are the primary stated responsibilities, but there is substantial automation framework development work that could support 15-1252 (Software Developers).
The firmware/BMC, Redfish, UEFI, PCIe, GitHub/GitLab/Gerrit, PXE, SLURM, Kubernetes, and Docker skills are explicitly flagged as 'huge plus' in the posting and are marked preferred accordingly.
CUDA/OpenCL and NVIDIA GPU hardware experience are listed under 'Ways to stand out from the crowd' and are marked preferred.
The degree requirement is set to None because the posting accepts equivalent experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
The listed languages (Python, Shell, Ansible, Jenkins, C/C++, Java, JavaScript) all appear together in a single required-qualifications bullet; all are marked required. In practice, candidates may not need all of them equally — the posting does not distinguish primary from secondary among them.
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