Validation Automation Engineer

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

As a Validation automation engineer your responsibilities will include but are not limited to: You will work in a team responsible for running test content in an automation setting. Responsibilities include station bring up, power-on readiness, and ensuring the fleet of target machines are functioning well and executing test content efficiently. Integrates, validates, and debugs software across the stack for a specific product, platform, feature, or technology. Designs and develops a software validation environment, the integration, and the enabling of the software stack. Responsible for the creation of validation plans, automation, associated methodologies, and triage and debugging of failures. Writes validation standards and procedures, analyzes the results to ensure correct functionality, triages failures, and recommends or develops corrective action. Assesses the state of the art and employs new methods to improve quality, automation, and product release efficiency. Specifically, in this job you will be working within the Functional Validation (FV) team inside the DCAI group working on next generation Xeon products for server markets.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team responsible for running test content in an automation setting.
• Station bring up, power-on readiness, and ensuring the fleet of target machines are functioning well and executing test content efficiently.
• Integrate, validate, and debug software across the stack for a specific product, platform, feature, or technology.
• Design and develop a software validation environment, the integration, and the enabling of the software stack.
• Create validation plans, automation, associated methodologies, and triage and debugging of failures.
• Write validation standards and procedures, analyze the results to ensure correct functionality, triage failures, and recommend or develop corrective action.
• Assess the state of the art and employ new methods to improve quality, automation, and product release efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering with 4+ years relevant experience.
• Knowledge in Linux-based Operating systems especially Debian-based.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, shell, Perl, etc.).
• Experience in automation systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience to write and debug Linux device drivers.
• Solid knowledge of C/C++ including code triage and debugging skills.
• Broad knowledge of Intel Xeon Processors and server products.
• Previous experience in pre-silicon or post-silicon verification/validation.
• Experience working with various Operating Systems used in platform validation including Windows, RedHat, and Debian Linux.
• Solid Linux kernel driver development and debug experience.
• Basic working knowledge in databases.
• Basic understanding of server/Xeon X86 architecture.
• Functional validation of SOC and platforms.
• Basic understanding of JTAG based protocols and DFD debug tools.
• Basic knowledge of High speed IO (PCIE/CXL) and memory.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Stock options
• Bonuses
• Health benefits
• Retirement plans
• Vacation