At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
How will you make an impact? Jabil is seeking a Lead Software Test Development Engineer who will directly contribute to the validation test solutions in place for server hardware manufacturing facilities. You will play a vital role in ensuring the quality and reliability of hardware products in a large-scale production environment.
You will be responsible for contributing to the end-to-end architecture, definition, development and production deployment of production software applications and infrastructure spanning multiple customers and manufacturing regions.
You will also be responsible for interfacing with internal engineering, manufacturing and quality teams and our end customers to ensure your software deliverables meet the rigorous standards of Jabil's world-class manufacturing environments.
What will you do?- Test System Development: Design and develop test systems and procedures for hardware validation during the manufacturing processes. This includes creating test plans, test cases, and test scripts to assess the functionality and performance of hardware components or devices such as motherboard, memory, CPU, storage (SSD, HDD, NVMe) and PCIE devices (NIC, GPU, Mezz cards, RAID cards)
- Test Software Development: Create, validate, release, and maintain test software and scripts that automate the testing process. This software may include code for controlling test equipment, collecting and analyzing data, and generating test reports
- Test Sustaining: Support and maintenance for the manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11-L12) level test software and infrastructure deployed at our production facilities, including the implementation of minor system configuration changes (new product variants or revisions)
- Documentation: Maintain comprehensive manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11-L12) documentation of test procedures, specifications, and Infrastructure
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, manufacturing engineers, and quality assurance personnel, to ensure alignment on testing requirements and quality standards
Education: - BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field is preferred. Relevant experience will also be considered.
Experience: - 5-8 years' experience in a software role related to manufacturing test development/sustaining with enterprise server, storage or networking products is required
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: - A combination of Education, training and experience will be considered
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with server hardware interaction, validation, and configuration.
- Experience in 2-3 of the core skills below is required, with expectation to expand skillset as workload requires:
- Programming/scripting languages:
- Python,
- BASH,
- C, C++, experience a plus
- Linux development expertise with a solid understanding of its fundamentals:
- Hardware and API solutions for controlling, managing and stressing L10 devices (servers, network and storage SSDs, NVMe):
- IPMI,
- Redfish,
- mprime,
- FIO,
- Linpack,
- ptugen,
- memtester,
- iperf
- Creation and configuration (DHCP, PXE boot, nginx) of Virtual Machines (VMs) using VMWare
- Leading edge networking systems, hardware, software and protocols including but not limited to enterprise ethernet datacenter switching/routing
- L1, L2, and L3 (BGP, DHCP Relay, ECMP)
- Arista CloudVision is a plus
- Experience with code versioning tools (Git preferred)
- Strong knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the complete software development life cycle, including coding standards, design reviews, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environments
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10%
Preferred Qualifications: - Master's Degree in EE/CE, Computer Science is preferred
- 10+ years of experience in the electronics manufacturing industry
- Experience with test architecture design and methodology
- Experience with hyperscale customers and environments
- Experience with 5+ of the core skills described above
What Can Jabil Offer You?Along with growth, stability, and the opportunity to be challenged, Jabil offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options
- 401K Match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pet Insurance
- Adoption Assistance
- Annual Merit Increases
- Community Volunteer Opportunities
The pay range for this role is $100,100 - $180,200. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity. The anticipated close date of this job requisition is: October 31, 2026.
As part of the total rewards package, this position is eligible for a short-term incentive based on performance. In addition, Jabil offers benefits to enhance your health, wealth, and resilient self. These include medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment; 4 weeks of paid parental leave; in 2027, 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly; 401(k) retirement plan; and employee stock purchase plan.
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