We are looking for an AI/ML Stability Test Engineer to ensure reliability and robustness of AI inference platforms and model-serving systems. You will design and execute stability tests, stress scenarios, and fault-injection strategies for large-scale AI workloads, driving improvements in system resilience and performance.

Responsibilities

Develop and run long-duration stability tests (MTBF/soak) and stress/fuzzing frameworks.
Implement fault-injection and recovery validation for runtime and serving layers.
Build automation pipelines and workload generators for diverse AI models.
Instrument metrics and observability tools; perform RCA for complex failures.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve stability and release readiness.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s/Master’s in CS/EE or equivalent.
4+ yrs of experience
Strong systems background: Linux, memory management, concurrency.
Hands-on with AI inference frameworks (e.g., vLLM, ONNX Runtime, TensorRT).
Proficiency in Python/C++ for automation and debugging.
Experience in stability testing, fuzzing, and fault-injection.

Preferred:

Familiarity with sanitizers (KASAN/ASAN), Valgrind, CI/CD, Kubernetes.
Knowledge of quantization, PEFT/LoRA, and multi-tenant serving strategies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Test Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Test Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Test Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of work or academic experience with Software Test or System Test, developing and automating test plans and/or tools (e.g., Source Code Control Systems, Continuous Integration Tools, and Bug Tracking Tools).

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