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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