Staff - Principal Engineer, Software Engineer – Network Switch SDK QA
About the role
As a Staff - Principal Engineer for Network Switch SDK QA at Eridu AI, you will focus on software quality assurance for network switch software development kits. The role centers on validating software solutions designed for AI data center communication and GPU networking infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Define, build, and execute test strategies and test automation for network switch SDK software.
- Validate network switch SDK features to ensure robust communication performance across systems.
- Identify, isolate, and debug functional and performance defects within software development kits.
- Partner with silicon, software, and systems engineering teams to verify integrated hardware-software infrastructure solutions.
What you'll need
- Technical background in software engineering, quality assurance, and testing of network switch software or SDKs.
- Experience developing test automation frameworks and test suites for networking platforms.
- Deep understanding of data center networking concepts and switch architectures.
- Experience diagnosing and debugging complex software and hardware-software interaction issues.
Skills: Network Switch SDK, Quality Assurance, software development kits, data center networking
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This role has been open 186 days — well above the 38-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Networking Software
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Open roles in category
60
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Median days open
38 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$264k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Eridu AI | All employers we track in this specialty (60 roles · 12 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 60 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 14 | 6531 · 156 employers |
| Median days open | 157 d | 38 d (+119 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $264k |
Skills observed across this category: Network Switch SDK, Quality Assurance, software development kits, data center networking
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 40 open roles · median 38 d
- Arm Holdings · 3 open roles · median 191 d
- Eridu AI (this employer) · 3 open roles · median 157 d
- AMD · 2 open roles · median 39 d
- Broadcom · 2 open roles · median 36 d
- Keysight Technologies · 2 open roles · median 7 d
How we counted: 60 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Networking Software) roles from 12 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 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.