Associate Hardware Platform Engineer - Hands-On Systems QA

Aechelon; South San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

401k

Health benefits

Job summary

Aechelon Technology, Inc. is seeking an Associate Platform Engineer - Hardware to support the integration, qualification, and lifecycle maintenance of computing platforms. This hands‑on role involves assembling and configuring hardware, executing qualification procedures, and maintaining engineering records.

The position targets early‑career engineers looking to develop expertise in hardware integration, validation, troubleshooting, and product lifecycle support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field; or an associate degree with relevant hands‑on technical experience.
• Typically a minimum of two years of experience assembling, testing, maintaining, or troubleshooting computer hardware.
• Working knowledge of PC or server hardware, including processors, memory, storage, graphics devices, power supplies, cooling systems, PCI Express devices, and network interfaces.
• Hands‑on experience installing, configuring, upgrading, and troubleshooting computer hardware.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering integration, qualification, production readiness, and lifecycle support of PC-based workstations, servers, and embedded computing platforms.
• Assemble, configure, upgrade, and maintain prototype, qualification, and lab computer systems.
• Execute documented functional, compatibility, performance, power, thermal, reliability, and stress‑testing procedures.
• Analyze and document test results, failures, observations, troubleshooting steps, and recommended follow‑up actions.
• Reproduce and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, driver, and system‑level issues, escalating findings when additional engineering analysis is required.
• Assist with the qualification of new, replacement, revised, or end‑of‑life components.
• Maintain engineering records, including bills of materials, hardware configuration records, test procedures, qualification reports, issue records, and work instructions.

Skills

Hardware troubleshooting

Documentation

Export control compliance

Strong communication

multitasking

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field

Tools

Jira

Git

Perforce

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

Aechelon Technology, Inc. is seeking an Associate Platform Engineer - Hardware to support the integration, qualification, and lifecycle maintenance of computing platforms. This hands‑on role involves assembling and configuring hardware, executing qualification procedures, and maintaining engineering records.

The position targets early‑career engineers looking to develop expertise in hardware integration, validation, troubleshooting, and product lifecycle support.