Lead Software Test Development Engineer for Hardware Manufacturing

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

Job Family:    General Technology Services - Electronics Manufacturing Automation

Job Profile Title:  Lead Software Test Development Engineer

  

Location/Division Specific Information – Austin, TX/ USA- Remote

How will you make an impact? -  

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. You will play a vital role in ensuring the quality and reliability of hardware products in a large-scale production environment.

Note: This is not simply a software QA position. Essential to this role is your experience within high-volume manufacturing environments, including server-level (L10) and rack-level (L11) systems.

You will be responsible for contributing to the end-to-end architecture, definition, development and production deployment of production software applications and infrastructure spanning multiple customers and manufacturing regions.

You will also be responsible for interfacing with internal engineering, manufacturing and quality teams and our end customers to ensure your software deliverables meet the rigorous standards of Jabil’s world-class manufacturing environments.

What will you do? - 

• Test System Development (Manufacturing Focus): Design and develop test systems specifically for hardware validation within high-volume manufacturing environments, including server-level (L10) and rack-level (L11/L12) systems. This includes creating 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)
• Test Software Development: Create, validate, release, and maintain test software and scripts that automate the testing process. This software may include code for controlling test equipment, collecting and analyzing data, and generating test reports
• Test Sustaining: 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)
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11-L12) documentation of test procedures, specifications, and Infrastructure
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, manufacturing engineers, and quality assurance personnel, to ensure alignment on testing requirements and quality standards

                    

Education: 

• BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field is preferred. Relevant experience will also be considered.
   

Experience: 

• Minimum of 5-8 years’ experience in a role related to manufacturing test development/sustaining with enterprise server, storage or networking products is required
   

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: 

• A combination of Education, training and experience will be considered
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with server hardware interaction, validation, and configuration.
• This role requires hands-on experience with hardware-based validation and manufacturing test systems. Candidates whose experience is limited to software QA, web/application testing, or test automation frameworks without direct interaction with server hardware and manufacturing environments will not be considered
• 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
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