Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, Confidential Computing - SDET - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$168,000 - $270,250 USD yearly
Originally posted 2 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test on the Confidential Computing team within NVIDIA's Enterprise SWQA team, you will lead test plan development, automation frameworks, and test execution workflows for worldwide chip validation teams running tests on silicon. You will build and scale systems running tests across distributed heterogeneous servers and GPU platforms in automation farms and cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Develop test plans and orchestrate testing for compute software releases across compute architecture platforms, including Tesla GPUs, turnkey systems, and OEM systems. - Build and operate test infrastructure incorporating AI tools to support automation framework development, manual test case automation, and test execution workflows. - Improve code coverage and reliability while defining roadmaps for the full life-cycle of tool development, testing, and deployment. - Test software functionality, evaluate internal code structure, and run regression tests for CUDA and driver features. - Collaborate across engineering teams to define, automate, and productize new features within an agile software development environment.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Engineering (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years in the software testing and development life cycle. - Strong technical background in embedded systems, Linux, Python, C, and C++. - Proven experience with orchestration systems, automation systems, data centers, and cloud architecture. - Demonstrated experience using AI tools for automation and test plan development. - Deep understanding of QA methodology, test strategy development, high-quality test plan creation, and test execution. - Proficiency in building and tuning hardware and software test setups, with working knowledge of cluster and cluster management.
Skills: test infrastructure, Confidential Computing, distributed heterogeneous servers, cloud infrastructure, test plan development
This role has been open 111 days — well above the 50-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
998
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (998 roles · 89 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 293 | 998 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1004 | 6296 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 47 d | 50 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: test infrastructure, Confidential Computing, distributed heterogeneous servers, cloud infrastructure, test plan development
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 290 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm · 62 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 22 d
- Graphcore · 50 open roles · median 96 d
- Intel Corporation · 44 open roles · median 13 d
- Cerebras · 35 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 998 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 89 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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.