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Sakeena Fiza Helps NVIDIA Hardware Succeed at Scale

When Sakeena Fiza describes her work as a validation engineer at NVIDIA, she does so in terms more befitting a detective story than a world-

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Consumer & Retail · September 23, 2026
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When Sakeena Fiza describes her work as a validation engineer at NVIDIA, she does so in terms more befitting a detective story than a world-class engineering lab. “Validation engineers look in the shadows and shine a light into every corner,” Fiza said.

“Every time we get a system, our first thought is: how can it break?” And when it does? “I always like to think of it as a mystery to solve,” she said.

First reported by Nvidia.com.

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