ZT Systems - Austin, TX
posted 1 day ago
Full-time - Senior
Austin, TX
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
About the position
We are looking for a passionate Staff System Software Validation Engineer to help design, execute and debug test plans for hyperscale HW/FW platforms. The System Software Validation Engineer is to engage with multi-disciplinary teams in the areas of System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Firmware, etc. to help with validation activities, that would include adapting and creating SW/scripts to tackle new validation use cases, profile/instrument HW/FW systems to help with diagnostics and root-causes, put together test plans and lead the execution of such test plans. In addition, you will become a power-user of ZT automation tools and evangelize its use by working with multiple internal ZT teams.
Responsibilities
- Interface with multiple functional teams within ZT as well as with customer's experts on areas such as platform architecture, design, system-level simulation, system management, BIOS, system engineering and automation among others to establish comprehensive functional validation for ZT platforms.
- Write new scripts/tools (in Linux and Windows) to satisfy validation requirements and help to release and deploy them following industry-best-practices so that these modules can be re-used/adapted for future projects.
- Support debugging and root-cause activities for multiple ZT teams, spawning areas like HW, FW (e.g., BIOS and BMC), Signal Integrity and OS/Kernel issues.
- Help to execute validation plans for new products and sustaining of HW platforms for datacenters.
- Coordinate test effort preparation and track requirements, schedules, and actions.
- Review, track, document and summarize test results to be consumed internally at ZT as well as to be presented to customers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years relevant experience in the field with enterprise and/or cloud server hardware, including HW/FW architecture, understanding of Intel and/or AMD CPU architecture, as well as comprehensive technical knowledge of standard server protocols and interconnects, including PCIe, DDR. SATA/SAS/NVME, USB, etc.
- 8+ years of experience on either Windows Server or Linux.
- 5+ years of experience writing SW for validation, including not only shell scripting but high-level programming languages such as C/C++/Python among others.
- Must feel comfortable wearing multiple hats, from helping to design and implement new SW modules for validation, to leading the debugging of a HW issue in the lab, putting together a validation schedule; and anything in-between.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- 401K matching
- Comprehensive health & wellness programs
- Tuition reimbursement
