Datacenter Technician

Tekgence - San Ramon, CA

Full-time

San Ramon, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The DC Lab Technician role involves assembling, building, and installing development platforms and server systems, as well as performing mechanical reworks and system tests. The technician will be responsible for collecting and reporting testing results, managing lab logistics, and maintaining equipment for optimal efficiency. This position requires hands-on experience in an electronic or testing lab, with a focus on silicon bring-up and system validation.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, build, and install bench top development platforms and large server systems.
• Prepare boards for detailed solder reworks to be completed by another lab.
• Connect oscilloscope probes to boards and collect signal waveform data.
• Perform mechanical reworks involving power tools such as a Dremel.
• Run system tests and collect testing results.
• Screen modules and boards as part of validation testing and debug.
• Support lab shipping & receiving logistics and manage inventory of equipment and materials.
• Maintain and organize lab equipment for efficiency and continuously seek improvements in lab processes.

Requirements

• Diploma/Certification, Associate or Bachelor's Degree in related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience in an electronic or testing lab in areas of silicon bring-up, board-level design/validation, or system design/validation.
• Fundamental knowledge of computing architectures and relevant hands-on hardware/software debug experience.
• Experience with Linux command line operation.
• Solid system-level debugging experience and familiarity with board bring-up and customer support.
• Good attention to detail, as well as clear written and verbal communications.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with BMC, server management processors.
• Proven basic networking knowledge and server maintenance.
• Competence to perform simple solder reworks.
• Experience with lab test equipment setups for signal measurement using oscilloscopes and understanding to follow a schematic.
• Experience with x86/ARM architectures and accelerated GPU computing.