PCIe QA Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a highly focused and motivated test engineer to join our software team, responsible for comprehensively testing our PCIe switch solution. This role involves holistic validation of PCIe switch functionality, performance, and compliance across various configurations and use cases.

Responsibilities

• Creation and review of test scenarios, test cases, and test automation.
• Reviews of design and functional specifications created by the development team to understand product functionality.
• Execute test activities and work closely with a multi-site team of developers and testers.
• Review user documentation to ensure it clearly documents product functionality.
• Prioritize and manage multiple, parallel tasks, projects, and releases.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of hands-on test experience.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication skills; must be a critical thinker and self-starter.
• Strong “break feature mentality” and engineering mindset to develop thorough test cases.
• Strong PCIe testing experience with a good understanding of the following areas:
  • PCIe Config Space, Link Training, ACS, Hotplug, Virtualization, P2P, BMC interaction, AER/DPC, Backplanes.
• Experience in utilizing automation scripts in Python—primarily network and system-level programming.
• Experience with AMD/NVIDIA GPUs, communication collectives (RCCL/NCCL), and libraries (RoCM/CUDA) is a plus.
• Experience with NVMe drives and storage tools for stress generation is a plus.
• Experience with PCIe test equipment—Protocol/PCIe Analyzers, Protocol Jammers, Load Generators (Medusa tools) is a plus.
• Networking experience with protocol testing and validations, especially L2/L3 protocols like RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) and use cases in AI/ML, HPC clusters is a plus.
• Knowledge of deep learning models (NLP, LLMs, Recommendations, Image Classification) is a plus.

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position is USD 82,500.00 to USD 132,000.00.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus and opportunity to receive new hire equity grants as well as annual equity awards.
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • 401(K) participation with company matching.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time.
  • Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence in compliance with applicable laws.