Tech Lead Ethernet Networking Verification Engineer

NVIDIA•Austin, TX

1d•$184,000 - $287,500•Onsite

About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking a highly qualified engineer for its Ethernet Switch Networking Development team in Austin. This role involves leadership and hands-on technical work, focusing on Networking Switch SDK Verification. The individual will collaborate with Architecture, SDK & Firmware development, and Customer Facing teams. Responsibilities include creating new test infrastructure and enhancing existing systems to improve the quality of NVIDIA's Ethernet Software Stack.

Requirements

Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science / Software / Electrical Engineering (or similar) or equivalent experience.
8+ years in developing software for Network validation and verification.
Expert level Python skills.
Experience with large-scale verification or automation frameworks.
Strong networking background (L2 / L3 / L4).
Proven Linux knowledge.
CI/CD & DevOps tools (Jenkins, Git, Gerrit, Docker).
Strong communication and leadership skills to align multiple teams and deliver results.

Nice To Haves

Background in scalable or distributed systems.
Experience with multi-node testing or performance validation.
Strong debugging skills (especially concurrency issues) while maintaining a cool and calm personality
Deep understanding of networking, data center topologies and embedded system architecture.
Previous experience validating vendor/merchant silicon.

Responsibilities

Lead all aspects of development and optimization of software, tools, and libraries, to maintain OS verification infrastructure.
Collaborate with hardware, firmware, DevOps, and software teams.
Develop new test suites for network protocols, pre and post silicon tests (bring up/simulation/ palladium).
Develop performance indicators, benchmarks to evaluate past and future software performance.
Build dashboards and reports including regression analysis and degradation detection.
Transform and improve existing automation workflows to rapidly deploy new software releases.
Drive the future evolution of CI/CD pipelines using AI agents and the latest toolsets/models.
Guide code reviews and architecture discussions and define standard methodologies for verification excellence.
Coordinate projects across verification teams worldwide.
Mentor and be a role-model for junior team members.