Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Title: Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Duration: Long Term

Client: NVIDIA

Job Description:

• Responsible for test and analysis of issues across Internal and OEM configurations.
• The role ensures CI/CD quality, compliance with OEM requirements, and readiness towards release.

Key Responsibilities

* Device Setup & Configuration:

• Flash builds onto Yukon boards and OEM devices.
• configure UEFI, OS images, and KDNET settings for debugging.
• enable crash dump collection and install SoC, GPU, and platform drivers.
• Develop and run automation and test for Internal and OEM devices across different functional, stress, power and performance areas
• Exploratory testing to find corner case scenarios, should have expertise in one or multiple subsystems
• Triage Internal and OEM bugs, track repro status; collect logs/dumps and assist in debugging.
• Collaboration: Work closely with BSP, OEMQA, and automation teams for timely validation; coordinate with internal and external stakeholders for build readiness and issue resolution.
• prepare test execution reports and communicate to execution team

Skillset

• Hands-on experience with Windows BSP testing and platform setup.
• Familiarity with UEFI flashing, KDNET debugging, and automation tools.
• Strong understanding of power states, hibernate cycles, and modern standby.
• Proficiency in bug triage, log analysis, and reporting.
• Prior experience with OEM device validation
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for BSP builds and QA automation.
• Familiarity with USB4, DP tunneling, and certification readiness tasks.

Additional Details:

Work Model & Expectations

• Work from office: 5 days a week
• Working hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM or 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Weekend support:

• ~3 hours, planned well in advance
• Typically once or twice a month
• Overtime will be paid

Role Overview – QA Engineer

• Focus: Consumer products (upcoming desktop platform)
• Writing and executing test case
• Manual testing
• Windows-based testing
• Uploading test results
• Bug tracking and reporting
• Strong Windows testing experience
• Debugging tools: WinDbg, KDNet
• Memory debugging knowledge
• Experience with Intel & AMD platforms
• OEM system testing experience
• CUDA knowledge preferred
• Overall experience: 5–8 years