Platform Validation Engineer

Job Title: Platform Validation Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA, Onsite work

Duration: Long term

Immediate starter required

Top Must-Haves

1. L10 / System-Level Platform Validation HIGHEST PRIORITY

• We need a true L10/System-Level Validation Engineer, not someone focused primarily on L6 component-level testing.
• Experience validating complete server/platform systems, including server bring-up, integration, diagnostics and end-to-end validation.
• Candidate should be able to understand system dependencies and independently identify where failures originate.
• Experience with third-party/OEM servers and internal/proprietary drives is highly relevant.

2. Python / Shell Test Automation MUST HAVE

• Candidate must be capable of writing validation/test scripts from scratch.
• Should not be limited to executing existing scripts or making minor modifications.
• Must be able to independently develop, debug and maintain Python/Shell automation.
• Should be comfortable creating test cases, executing validation, analyzing failures and improving automation.

3. BMC / Redfish MUST HAVE

• Hands-on experience with BMC, preferably Redfish/API-based server management and diagnostics.

Validation Level Expectations

• L6: Component/board-level validation, probing, electrical testing useful but not sufficient by itself.
• L7: Subsystem-level validation good to have.
• L10: MOST CRITICAL system/platform-level validation, integration, automation and debugging.
• L11: Networking/advanced network validation LOW PRIORITY. Basic networking fundamentals are sufficient.

Important Technical Skills

• Strong hardware/system fundamentals
• Linux systems and troubleshooting, including basic kernel-level debugging
• Hardware/platform failure analysis and root-cause debugging
• Storage fundamentals SSD/HDD, TLC/QLC, SMART, drive health and integration
• PCIe fundamentals and system-level dependency understanding
• Ability to diagnose issues and drive them through regression/closure, rather than simply filing bugs

Nice-to-Have

• PCIe BER testing
• Power qualification
• Thermal/airflow validation
• Drive qualification
• Firmware/BIOS/UEFI
• Server bring-up
• Datacenter validation
• ODM/JDM experience