Sustainable Talent

Sustainable Talent

Windows System Validation Engineer supporting Nvidia

Santa Clara, CA · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
CI/CDCollaboration

About the role

  • Sustainable Talent is partnering with Nvidia a global leader who's been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for over 25 years.
  • This is a full-time (W-2) 6 month contract role.
  • Sustainable Talent is a M/F+, disabled, and veteran equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Responsibilities

  • Device Setup & Configuration: Flash builds onto boards and OEM devices
  • Develop and run automation and test for Internal and OEM devices across different functional, stress, power and performance areas
  • coordinate with internal and external stakeholders for build readiness and issue resolution.
  • Device Setup & Configuration: Flash builds onto boards and OEM devices; configure UEFI, OS images, and Debugger settings for debugging; enable crash dump collection and install SoC, GPU, and platform drivers.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with BSP, OEMQA, and automation teams for timely validation; coordinate with internal and external stakeholders for build readiness and issue resolution.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for BSP builds and QA automation.
  • Experience configuring UEFI/BIOS settings and flashing Windows OS builds onto hardware platforms.
  • Demonstrated experience in defect triage, log analysis, reproduction of issues, and root cause support.
  • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines supporting Windows builds and regression validation.
  • The role ensures CI/CD quality, Windows driver compliance, OEM readiness (HLK/WHQL where applicable), and release readiness across system-level builds.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with Windows BSP testing and platform setup.
  • Familiarity with UEFI flashing, KDNET debugging, and automation tools.
  • Strong understanding of power states, hibernate cycles, and modern standby.
  • Proficiency in bug triage, log analysis, and reporting.
  • Prior experience with OEM device validation
  • Familiarity with USB4, DP tunneling, and certification readiness task

Nice to have

  • 5-8 years of Windows system-level or driver-level testing experience (application-level QA experience alone is not sufficient).
  • Hands-on experience with Windows platform validation, driver installation, and driver debugging.
  • Proficiency using Windows debugging tools such as WinDbg or KDNET
  • experience analyzing crash dumps, memory dumps, and Windows event logs.
  • Strong understanding of Windows power management, including Modern Standby, ACPI, and S3/S4 sleep states.
  • Familiarity with Windows Driver Kit (WDK), HLK/WHQL certification processes, or OEM device validation is strongly preferred.
  • Experience validating USB4, DisplayPort (DP) tunneling, PCIe, or platform drivers is a plus.

Company info

  • We are looking for a Windows System Validation Engineer to support our client's team onsite in Santa Clara, CA.
  • We offer competitive pay $50/hr - $80/hr based on factors like experience, education, location, etc. and provide full benefits, PTO, and amazing company culture!

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