Sr/MTS Quality Engineer (SoC System-Level Test)

ETHOS SEARCH ASSOCIATES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ETHOS SEARCH ASSOCIATES PTE. LTD. is seeking an experienced System-Level Test engineer in Singapore to own SLT debugging for customer-return and factory-reported failures.

You will analyze boot issues and system crashes, collect logs and firmware traces, and work with cross-functional teams to improve diagnostics and test coverage. The role requires hands-on testing of x86 platforms, BIOS/UEFI experience, and proficiency with Linux and languages like Python or C/C++.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years in system-level test development, execution or debugging.
• Strong knowledge of x86 architecture, boot flow and device interfaces.
• Experience with BIOS/UEFI, firmware initialization, POST-code interpretation, serial-console debug and OS boot troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in Linux command line and at least one language: Python, C/C++, Perl or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Own or lead System Level Test (SLT) debugging for customer-return, qualification and factory-reported failures.
• Analyze boot failures, POST errors, hangs, resets, crashes, performance issues and reliability failures.
• Collect and interpret serial-console output, firmware traces, event logs, kernel logs and crash data.
• Generate hypotheses and design experiments to validate observed failures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve SLT coverage, diagnostics, automation and test stability.
• Prepare clear technical reports and communicate conclusions, risk and recommended actions to engineering and management.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and mentor engineers in system-debug and root-cause methods.

Skills

System-level testing

Linux CLI

Python

C/C++

JTAG/UART

BIOS/UEFI

Serial debugging

x86 architecture

Education

Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering

Tools

Ubuntu/Windows based testing

Firmware debugging tools

Job description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own or lead System Level Test(SLT) debug for customer-return, qualification and factory-reported failures.
• Analyze boot failures, POST errors, hangs, resets, crashes, performance anomalies, device-enumeration issues and reliability failures.
• Collect and interpret serial-console output, firmware traces, event logs, kernel logs, crash data, diagnostic results and platform telemetry.
• Generate hypothesis and able to come up with experiments and electrical tests to prove the hypothesis for observed failures
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve SLT coverage, diagnostics, automation, screening effectiveness, test stability, cycle time and failure triage.
• Prepare clear technical reports and communicate conclusions, risk and recommended actions to engineering, management and customer-quality stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives appropriate to the assigned job level and mentor engineers in system-debug and root-cause methods.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or equivalent with 3 or more years of relevant experiences
• Hands‑on experience developing, executing or debugging system-level tests (UBUNTU or WINDOWs based) for x86 platform (desktop, industrial PC, server, or embedded x86 devices).
• Strong knowledge of x86 platform architecture, system boot flow and interactions among CPU, memory, storage, PCIe, USB and network interfaces.
• Experience with BIOS/UEFI, firmware initialization, POST-code interpretation, serial-console debug and operating-system boot troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of using system-debug instruments and interfaces such as UART, JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and platform power or signal measurements.
• Proficiency in Linux command-line environments and at least one relevant language: Python, C/C++, Perl or Bash.
• Experience integrating AI agents into daily workflows is highly desirable.