Principal Test Design Staff Engineer - Networking

Overview

Principal Test Design Staff Engineer for NVIDIA's Test Design Engineering group, connecting TDE with engineering and operations teams to shape production test strategy for networking products (NICs, SmartNICs and DPUs, NVLink systems, Ethernet switches).

What you'll do

• Partner with Santa Clara test engineering teams to develop production tests for platforms that combine networking ASICs, microcontrollers (MCUs), and other components.
• Guide test architecture, coverage, and failure diagnosis for complex hardware platforms, drawing on your experience developing and deploying production tests.
• Work with security teams to incorporate security requirements into test methods and workflows.
• Coordinate technical decisions, priorities, and dependencies across teams so TDE's roadmap stays aligned with GPU engineering and platform development.
• Collaborate with CPU and GPU test diagnostics teams to reuse software, components, and test flows, with a focus on shared capabilities across L10 and L11 system test levels.
• Participate in new platform projects from the planning stage, bringing TDE's requirements and expertise into 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.
• Connect colleagues with the information and support they need to resolve issues.

What you'll need

• 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.
• The ability to explain technical tradeoffs, build agreement across teams, and support collaboration across locations and time zones.

Details

• Santa Clara-based role.
• Base salary range: 232,000 USD - 368,000 USD, determined by location, experience, and pay of employees in similar positions; eligible for equity and benefits.
• Applications accepted at least until October 19, 2026.