Platform Validation Engineer — SoC Bring-Up & Lab Ops

Intel Corporation; Penang; Hybrid; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel Corporation in Penang, Malaysia, invites you to join the Functional Validation team as a central execution platform engineer focused on bring-up, sustainment, and board failure triage to support post-silicon validation of CPUs, chipsets, and boards.

This role emphasizes platform readiness, hardware automation, and collaboration across engineering teams, with a hybrid on-site/off-site work model in Malaysia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 1-3 years of hands-on experience in hardware platforms.
• Fundamental knowledge of SoC platform architectures, BKC ingredients and hardware setup.
• Basic scripting or programming knowledge for Platform/HW automation and operational efficiency improvements.
• Experience with system-level hardware and firmware environments.

Responsibilities

• Perform platform setup and configuration to support validation readiness and testing activities.
• Execute platform maintenance activities to ensure systems remain operational, stable, and available for engineering use.
• Perform hardware rework activities, including component replacement, modification, and board-level updates in accordance with engineering requirements.
• Support BKC deployments, updates, and validation readiness activities across hardware and software environments.
• Conduct platform failure triage by identifying, isolating, documenting, and escalating hardware and system issues to the appropriate engineering teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support platform readiness, issue tracking, and resolution workflows.
• Manage platform inventory, hardware assets, and lab resources to ensure efficient utilization and availability.
• Drive continuous improvement in platform management processes, maintenance procedures, and operational efficiency.
• Work with hardware lab equipment and tools to support platform bring-up, validation readiness, and issue investigation activities.

Skills

Hardware platforms

System integration

Lab operations

Scripting basics

Firmware environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Intel Corporation in Penang, Malaysia, invites you to join the Functional Validation team as a central execution platform engineer focused on bring-up, sustainment, and board failure triage to support post-silicon validation of CPUs, chipsets, and boards.

This role emphasizes platform readiness, hardware automation, and collaboration across engineering teams, with a hybrid on-site/off-site work model in Malaysia.