Laboratory Technician

Title: - Junior Eng. Lab Technician

Location: - Austin TX

Role Type: - 12+ months Contract

Job Description:

Job requirements (at least 1 year of demonstrated ability in each of the following):

• Team oriented – The candidate is willing to work in a team environment, take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.
• Comprehend Instructions, SOP’s - Interpret and follow standard operating procedures well.
• Computer hardware installation – Must be able to install and remove CPUs, memory, peripherals, and storage media (e.g., SSDs, NVMe’s, NICs, etc.).
• Flashing firmware – Familiar with flashing firmware (i.e., BIOS, FPGA FW, VR FW) on systems or devices via remote management system or programming tool.
• Good understanding of Linux OS and Windows Server OS – Must know how to install various Linux and Windows OS versions. Also, candidates must be familiar with navigating the OS file system, list hardware components and configure network interfaces.
• Committed to develop skillsets – Candidate must be able to quickly learn line-of-business applications in AMD for specific technical tasks.
• Detail oriented – Candidate must have great attention to detail with servicing lab requests and troubleshooting issues.
• Inventory Management – tracking, organizing and reclaiming lab hardware regularly.
• Physical Requirements – Candidate should be able to lift to 50lbs.
• Previous experience in server assembly, software/OS installation, server operation, and debug.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills - Candidate must be able to clearly communicate observations in the lab and ask clarifying questions.
• Friendly, helpful, can-do attitude, who works well with others and leadership.
• Windows and Linux environment software setup and troubleshooting.
• Ability to debug, root cause, and resolve system functional issues.
• Power/thermal
• Firmware (BIOS, FPGA FW etc.)
• Components (Board/CPU/Memory/Storage/NIC etc.)
• Network
• Basic understanding of Linux networking, installing “NICs” network interface cards, and applying static IP addresses.