Job Title: Hardware Quality Assurance Engineer
Position Type: Contract to possible hire. 5 months guaranteed, then it may extend or go permanent.
Job Location: Canton, MA 02021
The ideal candidate will:
- Have experience testing at the component level, with strong knowledge of PCB design and testing.
- Be well-versed in Linux and real-time operating systems.
- Experience working with thermal dynamics/water cooling is a big plus.
- Be able to build a hardware compatibility list (HWCL).
SUMMARY:
Coordinates the qualification/quality and sustained engineering efforts associated with Engineering's custom designed servers as well as commodity servers and server components.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Validate the performance of server electronics, mechanicals, and user documentation against Application Deployment Requirements (ADR), Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) and/or Statements of Work (SOW).
- Validate features and performance using accelerated stress and margining test methodologies.
- Define and execute test strategies for the qualification of server components including but not limited to disk drives, peripheral cards, processors, and memory.
- Release components for use in new and existing designs. Create documentation where required.
- Manage new product introduction, and existing product changes using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools. e.g., Engineering Change Orders (ECO), Part Number Requests (PNR), Product Change Notifications (PCN).
- Support the validation and documentation of prototype platforms for use by customers in early-stage evaluations as well as provision systems for functional regulatory lab tests.
- Perform level 3 failure analysis to determine root cause on field returns and manufacturing yield issues requiring escalation from Support. Work directly with suppliers when required to address design or quality issues.
- Collaborate with quality engineers, manufacturing engineers, and production personnel Engineering to address product issues.
- Learn about company's business as appropriate. Shows up to work on time and attends work as scheduled.
- All other duties as requested by supervisor or department head.
