Sr Hardware Test Development Engineer

Jabil (NYSE: JBL) is 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.

About the role

Jabil is seeking a Senior Hardware Test Development Engineer who will directly contribute to the transformative growth within our Intelligent Infrastructure division by applying unique and innovative approaches to solving problems within a large-scale software production environment. This role plays a vital role in ensuring the quality and reliability of hardware products, contributing to the overall success of the manufacturing process and customer satisfaction. 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. This position can be Onsite or Remote.

Responsibilities

• Test System Development: Design and develop test systems and procedures for manufacturing processes. 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) level test software and infrastructure deployed at our production facilities, including the implementation of minor system configuration changes (new IPNs).
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11) 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.
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated on the latest advancements in testing technologies, methodologies, and industry best practices to keep manufacturing processes competitive and up to date.
• Definition and collaboration on overall test infrastructure and application architectures.
• Travel up to 10% globally as required.

Requirements

• BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field is required.
• 8-12 years’ experience in software manufacturing test development/sustaining with enterprise server, storage, or networking products.
• A combination of education, training, and experience will be considered.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with server hardware interaction, validation, and configuration.

Skills

Experience in 3-5 of the core skills below is required, with expectation to expand skillset as workload requires:

• Expertise in the following programming/scripting languages: Python, Java, BASH. C, C++ experience a plus.
• Linux development expertise with a solid understanding of its fundamentals: CentOS/Ubuntu.
• Expertise with 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.
• Experience in the creation and configuration (DHCP, PXE boot, nginx) of Virtual Machines (VMs) using VMWare.
• Expertise with leading-edge networking systems, hardware, software, and protocols including but not limited to enterprise ethernet datacenter switching/routing L1, L2, and L3 (BGP, DHCP Relay, ECMP). Arista CloudVision is a plus.
• Experience with code versioning tools (Git preferred).
• Strong knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the complete software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Proven ability to mentor and support team members through technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in working with hyperscale customers is a plus.
• MS in EE/CE, Computer Science preferred.
• Experience working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment is a plus.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $132,400 - $238,400. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity.

Benefits

• Short-term incentive based on performance.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• Paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment.
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave.
• In 2026, 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Employee stock purchase plan.

Anticipated close date of this job requisition: November 24, 2026.