Hiring a Test Rack Technician

Responsibilities

• Assemble hardware test fixtures
• Investigate failures and repair test bundles to return them to service
• Ensure infrastructure is up and running for teams to run tests
• Take ownership of the debug and triage process of keeping nodes healthy

What will you be doing:

• Building Square hardware nodes
• Assemble Bundles of Hardware (cables, USB hubs, power supplies, and PCBs) in a consistent manner
• Detecting node failures (and tracking status)
• Check web interface for node health
• Run test scripts from connected laptop
• Not scared of or can learn to use the command line
• Read test log and identify failures
• Establish hypotheses and set up experiments to test for failing components
• Catalog failing components by SN and failure mode
• Fixing broken nodes
• Bonus! Can update scripts when necessary
• Identify Failing Components - swap components in order to achieve a reliable test system
• Run standard and non-standard validations to ensure that the test bundle meets the SW engineer teams' needs

Stretch Goals

• Validate new firmware on components
• Run test scripts on boards
• Write, understand, and debug simple script