Validation Technician

Test/Validation Technician 12 months contract with possible extension Austin, TX – Onsite Role Preferred Experience: • Demonstrates Systems knowledge breadth - CPU, chipset, boards, options, peripherals, OS, BIOS, drivers • Sufficient exposure to industry standard benchmarks, benchmark testing, setup and reporting. • High level of proficiency with test automation techniques and workflows. • Ability to lead teams to test requirements for test flow development and execution. • Speaks SW, Hardware and System. Able to function within Bios, Drivers, Silicon, IO subsystems, power, thermal. • Demonstrates Platform experience across configurations, definitions, and integrations • Knowledge of test methodologies as they would apply to end customer experience. • Ability to work with Lead System Engineers, Lead Technical Engineers and debug leads to resolve complex issues that are found in the test cycle. • Ability to work with Product Marketing, Product Management, Program Management, and PR to ensure all software, firmware, CPU, motherboard, and memory schedules align to support launch schedule. • Experience executing test cases to ensure correct functionality of systems including ASIC hardware (SoC or discrete), peripheral hardware, drivers, software tools, firmware, BIOS, operating systems, and applications. • Knowledge of how systems power sequence from POST to operating system including power, BIOS, firmware, boot and HAL. • Experience with industry standard computer architecture specs. • Exposure to register read and write using software and hardware tools in an OS or with JTAG interface. • Ability to interpret new technologies from specifications and execute test procedure content. • Ability to code with C#, Python, Batch, Bash and PowerShell • Experience leading computer testing, validation or performance benchmarking. • Experience with client PC and mobile testing, diagnostic and debug preferred • Experience with testing tools and environments, defect tracking and revision control • Experience designing, tracking, and documenting experiments to isolate and root cause issues. • Familiar with Microsoft Operating Systems, Linux Operating Systems, virtualization software (Hyper-V, VMware, Xen, et al), video conferencing (Teams, Zoom, et al) and validation/certification processes for each of these environments • Familiar with high performance client IO adapters, drivers and stress testing Academic Credentials: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or relevant industry experience.