Job Title: Platform Validation Engineer
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Platform Validation Engineer.
Job Qualifications:- We need a true L10/System-Level Validation Engineer, not someone focused primarily on L6 component-level testing.
- Experience validating complete server/platform systems, including server bring-up, integration, diagnostics and end-to-end validation.
- Candidate should be able to understand system dependencies and independently identify where failures originate.
- Experience with third-party/OEM servers and internal/proprietary drives is highly relevant.
- Python / Shell Test Automation MUST HAVE
- Candidate must be capable of writing validation/test scripts from scratch.
- Should not be limited to executing existing scripts or making minor modifications.
- Must be able to independently develop, debug and maintain Python/Shell automation.
- Should be comfortable creating test cases, executing validation, analyzing failures and improving automation.
- Must Have BMC / Redfish
- Hands-on experience with BMC, preferably Redfish/API-based server management and diagnostics.
- Validation Level Expectations
- L6: Component/board-level validation, probing, electrical testing useful but not sufficient by itself.
- L7: Subsystem-level validation good-to-have.
- L10: MOST CRITICAL system/platform-level validation, integration, automation and debugging.
- L11: Networking/advanced network validation LOW PRIORITY. Basic networking fundamentals are sufficient.
- Important Technical Skills:
- 12+ years experience with the prioritized skillset below (in the order of priority)
- Server platform validation at L10 level
- Root cause analysis at HW/FW/SW
- Test Automation experience
- Hardware design understanding
- Strong hardware/system fundamentals
- Linux systems and troubleshooting, including basic kernel-level debugging
- Hardware/platform failure analysis and root-cause debugging
- Storage fundamentals SSD/HDD, TLC/QLC, SMART, drive health and integration
- PCIe fundamentals and system-level dependency understanding
- Ability to diagnose issues and drive them through regression/closure, rather than simply filing bugs
Nice-to-Have:- PCIe BER testing
- Power qualification
- Thermal/airflow validation
- Drive qualification
- Firmware/BIOS/UEFI
- Server bring-up
- Datacenter validation
- ODM/JDM experience
Job Details:- Job Type: Contract
- Pay rate: $95.11-$102.11/hr
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.