Switch System Validation Engineer

Job Title

Switch System Validation Engineer

Role Summary

Junior engineer on NVIDIA's Networking System Validation Group responsible for validating and debugging switch full-chip designs across pre-silicon and post-silicon platforms. Focus areas include quality of service, performance, logic correctness, and AI-related networking features.

Work with validation, design, firmware, and architecture teams to develop tests, run regressions, analyze failures, and improve validation automation and flows.

Experience Level

Entry-level / Junior. Recent graduates and outstanding early-career candidates are encouraged to apply. No explicit years-of-experience requirement stated.

Responsibilities

The role involves developing and executing full-chip validation activities and improving test automation and debugging capabilities.

• Work as part of a combined design and verification team specializing in switch full-chip validation.
• Learn switch architecture and microarchitecture and translate requirements into validation scenarios.
• Contribute to development of full-chip test plans, test suites, and validation collateral.
• Develop and maintain tests using Python and C in a Linux environment.
• Run regressions, analyze results, and debug test failures with guidance from experienced engineers.
• Maintain test suites used for simulation, emulation and silicon platform bring-up and checkout.
• Collaborate with design, architecture, firmware, and validation teams to identify and resolve issues.
• Improve validation flows, automation, test coverage, and debugging capabilities.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and attributes for success in this role.

• Programming experience with Python and familiarity with C or C++.
• Basic experience working in a Linux environment.
• Understanding of computer architecture, digital systems, networking, embedded systems, or related areas.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and motivation to learn complex systems.
• Clear communication skills and ability to work effectively on a team.

Nice-to-have:

• Academic projects, internships, or practical experience in verification, validation, embedded systems, firmware, or networking.
• Familiarity with network protocols or switch architecture.
• Experience with object-oriented programming, operating systems, or multithreaded application development.
• Exposure to simulation, emulation, FPGA, or silicon bring-up environments.
• Experience developing automated tests, debugging software or hardware failures, or analyzing test results.

Education Requirements

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field is listed. Outstanding recent graduates are encouraged to apply.

About the Company

Company: NVIDIA

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.