Staff Software Engineer in Test – SDET

d-Matrix

Staff Software Engineer in Test at d-Matrix focused on building automated test frameworks for AI kernels. Collaborating with engineers to ensure quality and performance of next-generation AI hardware.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $170,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

LinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks for kernel validation across simulation, emulation, and silicon targets.
Develop correctness and performance regression suites covering ML operators.
Implement testing pipelines integrated into CI/CD workflows.
Drive alignment on test strategy, coverage, and release readiness.
Act as the primary liaison between the Kernels engineering team and the QA organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BSc in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, or a related field with 6+ years of industry experience; or MS with 4+ years of experience; or PhD with 2+ years of experience, with at least 2 years focused on test engineering, SDET, or quality engineering roles.
Strong understanding of computer architecture, data structures, and machine learning fundamentals.
Proficient in C/C++ and Python; experience writing production-quality test code in Linux environments.
Experience writing automated tests for algorithms targeting specialized hardware such as GPUs, DSPs, FPGAs, or AI accelerators.
Familiarity with ML operators commonly used in production workloads: GEMMs, convolutions, BLAS, SIMD operations, softmax, layers normalization, pooling, and similar.
Experience building or working within CI/CD pipelines and automated regression systems.
Strong cross-functional communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Offers Equity
Offers Bonus
Medical/Dental/Vision/401k
Inclusive rewards plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++Pythonautomated test frameworkstest engineeringSDETquality engineeringCI/CDautomated testsmachine learning

Soft Skills

cross-functional communication