Sr. Hardware Test Engineer

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About the team and the role

Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and creativity, where you can be on the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting an ambitious and inclusive work environment, join eBay – a company you can be proud to be with.

If you are up to the challenges of building new and groundbreaking large scale on-prem hardware platform infrastructure used by millions of users around the globe every day and drive critical, meaningful & impactful changes to one of world's largest internet properties, then join us - eBay Hardware Platform Infrastructure team.

What you will accomplish

• Setup, Test and Qualify server, network hardware 

• Lead system test qualification. Perform functional and reliability tests on compute, AI accelerator, storage servers, and network switches.

• Define and automate hardware tests from component to rack levels.

• Collaborating with various multi-functional hardware, software and network teams to develop hardware validation tools (system network monitoring, data path traffics, server activities, …) and automation processes in defined network topologies

• Organize & perform hands-on work in eBay’s engineering labs to set up equipment and perform tests.

• Own the debug and root causes of issues encountered in large scale platform deployment and coordinate with vendors to drive successful resolution, including but not limiting to analysis of crash dumps, dmesg, mce & SEL logs

• Write test plans, technical specifications, and manufacturing test processes.

• Design, develop and validate integrated hyperscale rack products with multiple ODM vendors, maximizing innovative technologies that include: AI  accelerators from Nvidia, AMD, Intel, ASIC/FPGAs, DDR5, PCIe5, 100G/400G TOR switches, NVMe Flash storage, RDMA NICs.

• Develop software test scripts, tools, benchmarks, and automation to validate hardware reliability, performance, and interoperability of servers and switches.

What you will bring

• 8+ years work experience, with BS/BA in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering, or relevant technical field or equivalent professional experience a must, M.S. degree a plus.

• A solid understanding of computer architecture and workload bottle necks: CPU, Memory, Storage, Network, FPGA accelerators, RDMA, NVMe-oF, Persistent memory with a proven record in hardware development and sustaining hardware OEM, ODM or JDM products at large scale.

• Prior hands-on work in an engineering lab with test validation experience across multiple disciplines: network, server, power, thermal, mechanical shock & vibration with a demonstrated ability to analyze hardware and firmware designs.

• Must have exposure to BIOS, BMC, NIC, server,  networking and Linux at the level of an expert user in most of these areas.

• Knowledge of Linux OS, BMC, software setup: drivers, CUDA, NOS (Network OS, e.g. SONiC).

• Familiarity with scripting in Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.

• Leveraging AI tools for scripting, coding, analyzing and documenting technical tasks.

• Expect to work 5 days a week in a hardware engineering lab environment.

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in t