PCIe QA Engineer
$82,500 - $132,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 August 2026 by the employer.
This role involves holistic validation of a PCIe switch solution.
About the role
This role involves comprehensively testing our PCIe switch solution, validating its functionality, performance, and compliance across various configurations and use cases.
What you'll do
- Create and review test scenarios, test cases, and test automation.
- Review design and functional specifications to understand product functionality.
- Execute test activities and collaborate with multi-site development and testing teams.
- Review user documentation to ensure accurate product functionality description.
- Prioritize and manage multiple parallel tasks, projects, and releases.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's of Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of hands-on test experience.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
- Strong PCIe experience testing with an understanding of PCIe Config Space, Link Training, ACS, Hotplug, Virtualization, P2P, BMC interaction, AER/DPC, and Backplanes.
- Experience utilizing automation scripts in Python, primarily for network and system-level programming.
- Understanding of PCIe protocol Gen3 & above and system-level understanding of PCIe-based designs.
Nice to have
- Experience with AMD/NVIDIA GPUs, Communication Collectives - RCCL/NCCL & libraries - RoCM/CUDA.
- Experience with NVMe drives and storage tools for stress generation.
- Experience with PCIe test equipment, including Protocol/PCIe Analyzers, Protocol Jammers, and Load Generators (Medusa tools).
- Networking experience with protocol testing and validations, including L2/L3 protocols like RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) protocol and use cases in AI/ML, HPC cluster.
- Knowledge of deep learning models including NLP, LLMs, Recommendations, and Image Classification.
- Understanding of AI/ML clusters, Deep learning models, and GPU Micro benchmarks.
Skills: PCIe switch, PCIe protocol, Python automation, test scenarios, system-level testing
This role has been open 51 days — well below the 61-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
689
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$217k
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| Metric | Broadcom | All employers we track in this specialty (689 roles · 72 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 21 | 689 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 79 | 6127 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 51 d | 61 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $217k |
Skills observed across this category: PCIe switch, PCIe protocol, Python automation, test scenarios, system-level testing
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 166 open roles · median 78 d
- NVIDIA · 137 open roles · median 47 d
- AMD · 64 open roles · median 50 d
- Mobileye · 28 open roles · median 74 d
- Broadcom (this employer) · 21 open roles · median 51 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 112 d
How we counted: 689 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 72 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.