{"id":102125,"url":"https://alion.io/job/nvidia-software-engineer-system-validation-eda-infrastructure","title":"Senior Software Engineer, System Validation - EDA Infrastructure","company":{"id":6,"name":"NVIDIA","domain":"nvidia.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/nvidia","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":84,"open_postings":806,"ghost_share":0.024,"stale_share":0.568,"repost_share":0.048,"time_to_fill_p50_days":40,"computed_at":"2026-11-05T05:54:30Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Santa Clara, United States","Westford, United States","Austin, United States","Durham, United States","United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":224000,"max":356500,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":356500},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-13T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-02","last_verified_at":"2026-11-05T13:01:38Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":84,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":1,"flags":[],"days_open":84},"description":"NVIDIA is hiring engineers to scale up the introduction of next generation architecture into its EDA Infrastructure. We expect you to have a deep understanding of new product introductions (NPIs), distributed systems, familiarity with software testing and deployment, and excellent communication and planning abilities. We also welcome out-of-the-box thinkers who can provide new ideas with strong execution bias. Expect to be constantly challenged, improving, and evolving for the better. You and other engineers in this team will help advance NVIDIA's capacity to build and deploy leading infrastructure solutions. What are you waiting for if you're creative, passionate about what you do, and love having fun apply today!\nWe’re looking for a highly motivated, creative candidate with strong experience in new product introductions at scale to join the EDA Team. Principal Software Engineer available for suitable candidates. You will lead the architecture, design and implementation of our EDA clusters using the latest technologies. Are you ready to change the next generation of computing? Join us at the forefront of technological advancement.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nLead technical activities for new product introductions at scale with focus on hybrid deployments between cloud and on-prem\n\nProviding expertise in new product introduction planning spanning infrastructure workflows, hardware, software release, workload orchestration and application tuning\n\nProvide fast and creative solutions for complex problems and write effective, clear and reliable architecture specification\n\nTranslate requirements to vision, architecture and roadmap\n\nWork with engineering teams across NVIDIA to ensure new product architectures integrate seamlessly from the hardware all the way up to workloads.\n\nWhat we need to see:\n12+ overall years of experience\n\nBS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent experience.\n\nA proven track record of impactful project deliveries focused on cloud infrastructure or cloud application services.\n\nExperience with at scale infrastructure, DevOps and/or SRE practices and/or Platform Engineering.\n\nSystematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communications skills and a sense of ownership and drive.\n\nSystem-level experience with both hardware and software\n\nMotivated self-starter with an equal balance of strong problem-solving skills and customer-facing communication skills\n\nPassion for continuous learning and knowledge transfer. Ability to work concurrently with multiple groups locally and abroad in the organization\n\nWays to stand out from the crowd:\nDeveloping ML/AI infrastructure. Developing bare metal as a service (BMaaS) associated systems. Developing multi-cloud infrastructure services.\n\nInterest in crafting, analyzing and fixing large-scale distributed systems.\n\nSystematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.\n\nNVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization. Our invention serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is seeking exceptional individuals like you to help us drive the next wave of artificial intelligence.\nYour base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5; and 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD for Level 6.\nYou will also be eligible for equity and benefits.\nApplications for this job will be accepted at least until November 6, 2026.This posting is for an existing vacancy.\nNVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.\nNVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4471,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Processors, MCUs & AI Chips","Servers & Data Center Hardware","Computer Components","AI Chips & Accelerators"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-08-13T00:00:00Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-11-01T13:27:15Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-11-03T15:00:26Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":14,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.506,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":84,"expected_fill_days":40,"reasons":["conf:5","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-05T05:54:30Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":356500,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nvidia-software-engineer-system-validation-eda-infrastructure","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nvidia-software-engineer-system-validation-eda-infrastructure.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-05T18:17:28Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":24074,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-06T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":6},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=6"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnvidia-software-engineer-system-validation-eda-infrastructure"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnvidia-software-engineer-system-validation-eda-infrastructure"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnvidia-software-engineer-system-validation-eda-infrastructure"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/nvidia-software-engineer-system-validation-eda-infrastructure\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnvidia-software-engineer-system-validation-eda-infrastructure"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":102125}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"nvidia.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":102125},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}