Platform Validation Engineer

Sustainable Talent•Santa Clara, CA

11h•$50 - $80•Onsite

About The Position

Sustainable Talent is partnering with Nvidia a global leader who's been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for over 25 years. We are looking for a Platform Validation Engineer to support our client's team onsite in Santa Clara, CA. This is a full-time (W-2) 6 month contract role. We offer competitive pay $50/hr - $80/hr based on factors like experience, education, location, etc. and provide full benefits, PTO, and amazing company culture! In this role you will be 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.

Requirements

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.

Responsibilities

Device Setup & Configuration: Flash builds onto boards and OEM devices; configure UEFI, OS images, and Debugger 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.
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