Test Development Engineer

Location: Austin, TX / USA – Remote. This position supports remote or hybrid work schedule depending on organization needs.

About the role

Jabil is seeking a Sr. Manufacturing Test Development Engineer who will directly contribute to transformative growth within our Enterprise and Infrastructure division by applying unique and innovative approaches to solving problems in a large-scale software production environment. The Test Development Engineer ensures the quality and reliability of hardware products, contributing to the overall success of the manufacturing process and customer satisfaction.

You will contribute to the end-to-end architecture, definition, development, and production deployment of software applications and infrastructure spanning multiple customers and manufacturing regions. You will interface with internal engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams, as well as end customers, to ensure software deliverables meet Jabil's world-class manufacturing standards.

Responsibilities

• Test System Development: Design and develop test systems and procedures for manufacturing processes, including test plans, test cases, and test scripts to assess functionality and performance of hardware components such as motherboards, 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 testing, including code for controlling test equipment, collecting and analyzing data, and generating test reports.
• Test Sustaining: Support and maintain manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11) level test software and infrastructure deployed at production facilities, including minor system configuration changes (e.g., new IPNs).
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of test procedures, specifications, and infrastructure for manufacturing servers (L10) and racks (L11).
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, manufacturing engineers, and quality assurance personnel, to align on testing requirements and quality standards.
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated on advancements in testing technologies, methodologies, and industry best practices to keep manufacturing processes competitive.
• Architecture: Define and collaborate on overall test infrastructure and application architectures.

Requirements

• BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is required.
• 5-8 years of experience in software manufacturing test development/sustaining with enterprise server, storage, or networking products is required.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in software manufacturing test development/sustaining with enterprise server, storage, or networking products and some college coursework may be considered in lieu of a 4-year degree.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Skills

• Expertise in programming/scripting languages: Python, Java, BASH. C, C++ experience is a plus.
• Linux development expertise with a solid understanding of 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.
• Expertise in creating and configuring Virtual Machines (VMs) using VMWare (DHCP, PXE boot, nginx).
• Expertise with leading-edge networking systems, hardware, software, and protocols, including enterprise Ethernet datacenter switching/routing (Layers 1, 2, and 3: 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.
• Ability to travel up to 10% globally as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS degree preferred.
• Experience working in multi-site and multi-cultural environments is a plus.