Principal Engineer, Platform Validation

Key Responsibilities

• Define validation frameworks and qualification strategies for server, storage, AI, and rack-scale infrastructure platforms.
• Establish validation requirements and coverage models based on product specifications, customer requirements, and deployment use cases.
• Develop platform validation roadmaps supporting current and future datacenter technologies.
• Drive risk-based validation planning across hardware, firmware, software, and system integration domains.
• Establish best practices for platform qualification and release readiness.
• Lead system-level validation for complete datacenter solutions, including: Compute platforms, AI/GPU systems, Storage platforms, Networking infrastructure, Rack integration solutions, Power and cooling subsystems.
• Ensure proper interoperability across hardware, firmware, software, and management components.
• Define validation requirements for deployment readiness, scalability, serviceability, and operational functionality.
• Drive multi-component integration testing across platform ecosystems.
• Collaborate with system architects and engineering teams during product definition and development.
• Review platform architectures to ensure validation coverage and testability.
• Drive Design-for-Validation (DfV) methodologies.
• Identify validation risks early in product development and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design reviews, qualification reviews, and production readiness reviews.
• Define validation requirements aligned with customer deployment environments.
• Partner with customers to understand qualification expectations and acceptance criteria.
• Develop customer qualification plans and deployment validation strategies.
• Support readiness reviews supporting customer sampling, pilot deployments, and production releases.
• Support technical engagements during customer qualification cycles.
• Define validation strategies for: Platform functionality, System management, Security features, Firmware integration, Operating system compatibility, Virtualization environments, AI infrastructure software stacks, Datacenter deployment workflows.
• Establish validation coverage for emerging technologies and new platform capabilities.
• Define automated validation architectures and test execution frameworks.
• Drive adoption of automation, telemetry, and analytics capabilities.
• Establish scalable validation lab environments supporting concurrent development programs.
• Improve validation efficiency through modern testing methodologies and toolchains.
• Support validation activities during EVT, DVT, PVT, and production release phases.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure smooth transition from development to production.
• Define production qualification requirements and validation signoff criteria.
• Support factory build readiness and release qualification activities.
• Serve as the technical authority for platform validation methodologies and best practices.
• Mentor validation engineers and technical leads.
• Drive standardization of validation processes across product families.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, validation tools, and industry practices.
• Influence product quality and validation strategy across Hyve's datacenter portfolio.

  Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
  • 12+ years of experience in platform development, validation engineering, system architecture, or datacenter infrastructure engineering.
  • 7+ years leading validation efforts for complex server, storage, networking, AI, or cloud infrastructure platforms.
  • Strong understanding of: Server architectures, GPU and accelerator technologies, Networking technologies, Storage platforms, System firmware, Datacenter deployment models.
  • Experience with system integration validation and qualification methodologies.
  • Experience supporting product development through EVT, DVT, PVT, and production release phases.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Engineering or related field.
  • Experience supporting hyperscale cloud providers and enterprise datacenter customers.
  • Experience with: AI/ML infrastructure platforms, High-performance computing systems, Liquid cooling technologies, OCP-based platforms, Rack-scale solutions, Knowledge of validation automation frameworks and data analytics.
  • Experience in customer qualification and production deployment environments.

  Core Technical Competencies

  • Platform Architecture: x86 and ARM server platforms, GPU and accelerator systems, Datacenter storage systems, Ethernet and InfiniBand networking, Rack-level architecture, Platform management and telemetry.
  • Validation Expertise: System integration validation, Feature validation, Firmware validation, Customer qualification, OS compatibility testing, Interoperability testing, Deployment validation, Automation framework development.
  • Product Lifecycle: Architecture definition, EVT / DVT / PVT execution, Production release qualification, Customer deployment readiness, Sustaining engineering support.

  Success Metrics

  • On-time completion of platform qualification milestones.
  • Customer qualification success rate.
  • Platform defect escape reduction.
  • Validation automation coverage improvements.
  • Faster product release readiness.
  • Reduced integration issues during deployment.
  • Improved customer satisfaction and deployment success.
  • Increased validation efficiency across product portfolios.

  Technical Leadership

  • Serve as the technical authority for platform validation methodologies and best practices.
  • Mentor validation engineers and technical leads.
  • Drive standardization of validation processes across product families.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, validation tools, and industry practices.
  • Influence product quality and validation strategy across Hyve's datacenter portfolio.

  Pay

  The anticipated base salary range for this position is $240,000-$290,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and business needs.

  Schedule

  This role operates at a Principal Architect level, providing technical leadership across multiple product families and establishing the validation strategy for Hyve's server, AI, storage, and rack-scale datacenter solutions.