Lead Software Test Development Engineer for… at Jabil · Austin

Summary: 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. The role involves ensuring the quality and reliability of hardware products through the development of test systems and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities: - Design and develop test systems and procedures for hardware validation during the manufacturing processes - Create 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) - Create, validate, release, and maintain test software and scripts that automate the testing process - 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) - Maintain comprehensive manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11-L12) documentation of test procedures, specifications, and Infrastructure - Work closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, manufacturing engineers, and quality assurance personnel, to ensure alignment on testing requirements and quality standards Required Qualifications: - BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field is preferred. Relevant experience will also be considered - 5-8 years' experience in a software role related to manufacturing test development/sustaining with enterprise server, storage or networking products is required - 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, Java, BASH.C, C++, experience a plus - Linux development expertise with a solid understanding of its fundamentals: CentOS/Ubuntu - 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, 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 is preferred Required Skills: Manufacturing test development, Server hardware validation, Programming languages - Python, Programming languages - Java, Programming languages - BASH, Programming languages - C, Programming languages - C++, Linux development - CentOS, Linux development - Ubuntu, Hardware control APIs - IPMI, Hardware control APIs - Redfish, Test tools - mprime, Test tools - FIO, Test tools - Linpack, Test tools - ptugen, Test tools - memtester, Test tools - iperf, Virtual machine configuration - VMWare, Networking protocols - BGP, Networking protocols - DHCP Relay, Networking protocols - ECMP, Enterprise ethernet datacenter switching/routing, Code versioning - Git, Software development life cycle practices Benefits: 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, 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly, 401(k) retirement plan, Employee stock purchase plan