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Validation Engineer


Reference Number: GDCAVE57

Validation Engineer
experience  Not Disclosed
location  Austin, TX
duration  12 Months
salary  Not Disclosed
jobtype  Not Disclosed
Industry  Manufacturing
duration  $37.86/hour - $42.86/hour
Job Description

Description:

The Role:

Technical, hands-on engineer responsible for Datacenter Server product power management feature validation, feature enablement at the silicon SoC level up through BIOS/system firmware/OS levels, and feature optimization towards performance.

The Person:

In this position, you will be working with a small but highly experienced team that led the power management verification and optimization of client’s multi-generation server product. You will be a part of a fast paced, high-performing team. If you thrive in a technically challenging environment while working on a variety of different engineering problems using cutting-edge technology, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

Responsibilities:

Manage and maintain testing systems, which includes setting up new systems, diagnosing hardware issues, load operating system, flash FW, and BIOS images both in circuit and throughout of band fixtures.
Execute feature enablement and validation test plans for power management features post silicon phase across all client Server products and debug HW/FW bugs
Execute power management feature optimization plans.
Execute benchmark workloads to confirm product performance
Prioritize and efficiently manage several concurrent projects and testing tasks

Preferred Skills and Attributes:

Knowledge of computer hardware architecture (CPU/APU, x86, pcie, memory, bus logic) and software architecture (driver, bios, firmware usage)
Knowledge of power management features
Understanding of modern x86 microprocessor architecture and Server platform architecture is highly desired
Test plan and test development experience
Participated in silicon bring up and debug, support to internal engineering teams
Familiarity with programming / scripting language (C/C++, Python, Perl, ...)
Working knowledge of Server OSes (Linux, Windows Server)
Experienced use of tools such as Jtag debuggers, logic analyzers, SATA, USB, and PCIe bus analyzers
Good troubleshooting skills to isolate component issues from software issues and use errors

Academic Credentials: College degree

Notes:

100% Onsite


VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status

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