Systems Test Engineer II

Description

The role is hybrid, with an average of 2 days per week in an HPE office.

The company is a global edge-to-cloud company that helps other companies connect, protect, analyze and act on their data and applications, from edge to cloud.

The engineer validates complex integrated systems before release, looking for product issues that could affect customer uptime, reliability and experience.

The work covers leading-edge hardware and advanced HPC technologies used to build next-generation AI development and applications.

The role adds to test coverage and release readiness, and works across engineering, program, product, vendor and global test teams to support the HPC and AI product portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Check complex system configurations that combine servers, accelerators, storage, networking, firmware, operating systems and management interfaces used in HPC environments.
• Investigate and debug problems found during integrated systems testing, and drive them to resolution.
• Help with Linux OS certification and submissions with vendors including Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu.
• Run tests in local and remote labs, and coordinate automated test runs across global teams.
• Work with product development, program management, product management, technical leads and third-party vendors to fix development and release issues.
• Apply test tools, automation and process changes to make validation faster for current and next-generation HPC products.
• Report system requirements, test plan status, project progress, risks and issue resolution to management and development partners.

Requirements

• Hold a bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering or a comparable technical field.
• Typically have 2 to 4 years of experience in systems, software, or test engineering, platform validation, or a related technical role.
• Enjoy hands-on work solving complex integration problems across hardware, software, firmware, operating systems, networking and storage.
• Want to work on leading-edge hardware and HPC technology that supports next-generation AI.
• Understand why integrated systems must be validated before release to protect customer uptime, reliability and experience.
• Find product issues early, widen test coverage, improve automation and raise release readiness.
• Work well across engineering, program, product, vendor and global test teams to close issues.
• Explain technical issues, risks, status and recommendations clearly to both technical teams and leadership.
• Have hands-on experience with HPE HPC platforms, including Industry Standard Server, storage and networking products.
• Have strong working knowledge of Linux, including Red Hat, SLES and Ubuntu. Certification or validation experience is a plus.
• Understand how hardware and software interact in complex server, storage, networking and integrated systems.
• Have run and improved test strategies for complex product releases.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues with engineering and test teams.
• Are familiar with automated test execution, test tools and validation frameworks.
• Manage several priorities in a fast-moving product development environment.
• Work effectively in a global, culturally diverse engineering team.
• Communicate well in writing and speech, including technical concepts, issues and recommendations.
• Have bash scripting experience to support system test execution and troubleshooting (required).
• Have Python experience for test support, log analysis and validation improvements (preferred).
• Know Redfish commands, RESTful APIs and JSON (a plus).

Conditions

Hybrid work: on average 2 days per week in an HPE office.

Base salary in the United States ranges from USD 95,000 to 218,500 a year in Texas, depending on location, experience, education and skill level.

Variable incentives may also be offered on top of base salary.

Equal opportunity employer; decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, financial and emotional wellbeing benefits for team members and their families.
• Career development programs, including paths to become a subject expert or move into another division.
• Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.