NIC Device Driver Test Engineer

🚨 Calling Linux Kernel, Device Driver & Networking Engineers 🚨

I'm partnering with Nutanix on a highly specialized contract opportunity for a NIC Device Driver Test Engineer to support a strategic hardware compatibility initiative.

This is not a traditional QA or test automation role. We're looking for someone with deep Linux kernel and networking expertise who can operate at the intersection of development, debugging, and testing.

Key requirements:

✅ Linux NIC device driver experience

✅ Linux kernel and networking stack expertise (netdev, RSS, MSI-X, Ethtool, etc.)

✅ Strong debugging, triage, and patch analysis skills

✅ Python and/or Bash scripting for automation

✅ Experience with performance, stress, and compatibility testing in enterprise environments

What you'll be doing:

• Building and enhancing NIC driver test coverage

• Validating compatibility across Linux kernel versions

• Investigating networking issues under load

• Testing enterprise-scale reliability, performance, and stability

• Working closely with kernel, networking, and platform engineering teams

📍 Location: San Jose, CA (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)

⏱️ Contract: Initial 4–6 weeks with strong potential for extension

🎯 Ideal Experience: 7–10 years

If you have a background in Linux kernel networking, device drivers, or systems software engineering and would like to learn more, please send me a message or comment below.

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