Hardware Test engineer

IntroductionLooking for a Hardware Engineer to work on our mainframe squad with a focus on card recovery and service testing. This job role provides a wide range of technical experiences, from hardware handling to running programs on a variety of operating systems. It also offers a lot of troubleshooting, investigation and problem resolution. This encompasses several sub-roles including: machine configuration, operation, maintenance, error handling and investigation, troubleshooting bugs, defect reporting, operating system knowledge, and workload execution. In addition, there is a strong desire to transform traditional test methods to a more automated approach which will require a moderate amount of programming & scripting.We need someone with the drive to find machine bugs and work with our development team until the issue has been resolved. A team player is a must! In order to ensure success, the candidate will need a willingness to continuously seek education to build their skills. This, along with a desire to replace traditional manually initiated workload/testing with automated execution techniques will be a big plus.

Your Role and ResponsibilitiesAs the IBM zSystems hardware engineer, you will will be responsible for:

• Executing a variety of stress and functional tests throughout a defined test schedule to ensure a quality product for our mainframe customers
• Grow knowledge of physical server design and logical constructs behind its operation
• Hardware handling, maintenance, changes and manipulation
• Working with multiple Z mainframe operating systems to execute workloads that are used to verify the latest hardware and firmware deliveries
• Large amount of troubleshooting, investigation and problem resolution
• Working with firmware development to understand the technical details of new firmware features in order to design appropriate test scenarios and workloads to validate them
• Identify existing manual test scenarios and workloads and design programmatic automation to replace them

Required Technical and Professional ExpertisePreferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Linux - Knowledge in Linux Containers( example Podman)
• z/OS and z/CX
• AI Models
• RAS
• Experience writing and executing test plans with the ability to ensure proper coverage based on customer requirements and workloads, and perform regression testing
• Hardware troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of Agile practices
• Ability to handle testing and debugging tasks independently
• Strong team player with good communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal.