Senior System Security Test Engineer

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We are seeking a highly skilled and hard-working Data Center System Security Test Engineer to join our Data Center System Security Team. If you are a dedicated engineer with a deep understanding of testing, security, and data center systems, and you thrive in an exciting, innovative environment, this could be the role for you!

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Security Test Engineer at NVIDIA, you will be a key technical leader driving quality and reliability across our next-generation Data Center Systems. Your work will directly impact NVIDIA's ability to deliver robust, secure, and high-performing solutions for AI, HPC, and cloud-scale systems.

• Define End-to-End Security Test Strategy: Own and drive the pre-QA system-level test architecture and validation strategy for security across multiple NVIDIA platforms. Develop test plans aligned with customer use cases.

• Architect Scalable Security Test Infrastructure: Design and implement modular, reusable test frameworks and automation harnesses that support security feature testing. Ensure test infrastructure scales efficiently across multiple systems in parallel.

• Execute Automated Security Test Plans: Using the scalable automated test infrastructure, implement regular platform-level security test plans focused on validating core security features and functionality.

• Drive Root Cause Analysis and Debugging: Lead complex issue investigations that span firmware, software, and hardware layers. Develop and document debug methodologies and tools to improve diagnosis efficiency across the team.

• Engage with Engineering Teams across Functions: Work closely with firmware developers, hardware architects, silicon validation, platform QA, and system software teams to ensure comprehensive security test coverage. Influence early design decisions to optimize testability and automation readiness.

• Own Security Quality Metrics: Define security quality KPIs such as code coverage, bug escape rate, and validation completeness. Establish dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track progress and drive data-driven decision-making. Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to enhance test automation pipelines, integrate continuous testing into nightly and pre-merge workflows, and ensure fast and reliable release qualification.

• Enable Productization and Customer Readiness: Validate real-world use cases, customer configurations, and production scenarios. Contribute to release gates and sign-off criteria to ensure security features are ready for deployment in systems critical to the mission.

• Mentor, Lead, Explore, and Adopt Emerging Technologies: Foster a culture of quality, innovation, and continuous learning across the organization. Stay up to date on trends in embedded validation, test automation frameworks, and industry standards. Champion the adoption of new tools, methodologies, and best practices to raise the quality bar. Boost Team Efficiency with AI: Demonstrate proven experience using AI-powered tools and copilots to accelerate test development, automate repetitive validation workflows, and streamline debug and root cause analysis.

What we need to see:

• B.S./M.S./PHD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 5+ years of experience in software/firmware security testing, with a focus on embedded or low-level systems

• Strong knowledge of system architecture, boot processes, SoCs, I2C/SPI/PCIe interfaces, and embedded controllers.

• Proven experience designing test frameworks and infrastructure in Python, C/C++, or similar languages.

• Hands-on experience with server platforms and debugging.

• Experience with lab automation, HW-in-the-loop testing, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab).

• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; experience working in a globally distributed team is a plus.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

• Experience with NVIDIA platforms (e.g., DGX, HGX, Grace Blackwell systems). Exposure to security validation and test focused on features like Attestation and Secure Update Strong understanding of modern data center security features such as Attestation, Secure Boot/Update, and Recovery

• Prior experience with OpenBMC Test Automation. Prior role as a test architect or technical lead for large-scale firmware or embedded validation programs.

• Contributions to open-source testing tools or frameworks with strong knowledge of cloud-scale validation, infrastructure automation, or virtualization. Prior experience with using AI tools to design test plan, identify test gaps, automation and failure analysis

By joining our team, you will be part of a forward-thinking company that values innovation and creativity.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 148,000 USD - 235,750 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 25, 2025.NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.