Hardware Validation Engineer - Bring-up & Test Automation

Syntronic - A Global Design House; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Syntronic - A Global Design House is seeking a Hardware Validation Engineer in Cambridge, MA to validate system/server hardware, perform bring-up, and automate test activities. You’ll work with CPUs, memory, NICs, NVMe storage, PCIe devices and related platforms using Linux and scripting to ensure robustness.

Responsibilities include debugging across power, thermal, and connectivity domains, and coordinating with OEM/ODM partners. Strong hardware, software, and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 2–5 years of hardware engineering or similar experience.
• Understanding of computer/server architecture and board-level hardware.
• Hands-on with hardware bring-up, debugging, validation or qualification.
• Familiarity with server components like CPU, RAM/DRAM, NIC, storage.
• Experience with Linux and scripting (Python/Bash).
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review hardware requirements, schematics, layouts, and platform configurations.
• Perform system bring-up, debug, and troubleshooting across power, thermal, storage, networking, and system management.
• Perform root-cause analysis and collaborate to resolve problems.
• Develop and execute hardware validation plans for system/server components.
• Develop scripts to automate validation, collect data, parse logs, and generate reports.
• Work with Linux-based systems for validation and test automation.
• Support networking validation for CDN server infrastructure.
• Collaborate with OEM/ODM partners on issues, qualification activities, and validation.
• Document test procedures, results, failures, root causes, and corrective actions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/ Electronics/ Computer Engineering

Tools

I²C

SPI

UART

PCIe

NVMe

Oscilloscopes

Thermal chambers

Job description

Syntronic - A Global Design House is seeking a Hardware Validation Engineer in Cambridge, MA to validate system/server hardware, perform bring-up, and automate test activities. You’ll work with CPUs, memory, NICs, NVMe storage, PCIe devices and related platforms using Linux and scripting to ensure robustness.

Responsibilities include debugging across power, thermal, and connectivity domains, and coordinating with OEM/ODM partners. Strong hardware, software, and communication skills are essential.