Nvidia Senior System Software Test Engineer Networking 

United States, Texas 

689357950

What you'll be doing:

• Internally replicating customer deployments and conducting customer-focused testing. Reproducing customer-found defects.

• Collaborating with field teams and development to quickly resolve customer issues from the engineering side.

• Engaging with customers to assist with deployments and upgrades.

• Driving post-escalation RCA to identify patterns and areas for improvement.

• Functional Testing of various Layer2 and Layer3 features of NVIDIA-Mellanox Spectrum series Ethernet Switch systems running NVIDIA-Cumulus Linux.

• Writing detailed feature and system test plans, and define and design test beds and topologies.

• Reporting issues found during testing into the defect tracking system and validate the fixes and workarounds.

• Developing automated test suites for different features of NVIDIA-Cumulus Linux.

• Building and maintaining automation required to ensure quality via continuous functional regression.

• Collaborating with design, test and other internal engineering groups to identify, report, and resolve issues found during testing.

What we need to see:

• B.S degree or equivalent experience in Engineering/Computer Science/related field.

• 5+ years of proven experience in Software Quality Engineering; with 3+ years of shown experience in handling escalations.

• Strong technical abilities, problem-solving, design, coding, and debugging skills.

• Hands-on experience on any Layer2 and Layer3 protocol like MLAG, VLAN, STP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN, etc.

• Experience in using test tools like Ixia or Spirent, and working experience with test management tools.

• Strong skills in Python or other scripting languages are essential.

• Good experience working on Unix or Linux-based OS.

• Multi-tasking abilities and good interpersonal skills.

• Proven understanding of software engineering practices.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Knowledge in performance testing and how to fix performance issues.

• Experience with CI methodology & tools (Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, etc.)