Lab Platforms & Automation Engineer

Frontdoor Defense; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity grants

401(k) matching

Job summary

Broadcom seeks a Platforms & Lab Operations Engineer in San Jose, CA. You will oversee lab setup, automate equipment integration, and support SDK release readiness. The role blends hands-on lab work with Linux system administration and QA collaboration.

You will manage lab infrastructure, perform updates, enhance the Rack system, and contribute to secure, scalable lab processes used for development and testing of cutting-edge networking silicon and software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of related experience.
• Security-conscious with experience in lab environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills across Python, Expect, and Rust.

Responsibilities

• Manage lab equipment moves, additions, and changes; maintain cabling, connections, servers.
• Monitor lab power and cooling, archive equipment as needed, and perform minor repairs.
• Attend monthly lab managers' meetings, complete quarterly safety assessments, support walkthroughs, replenish lab supplies.
• Administer several Linux systems used in SDK labs; perform maintenance, updates, and firmware upgrades.
• Rotate service account passwords in coordination with Information Security.
• Run or coordinate quarterly Qualys scans and mitigate identified security findings.
• Maintain and improve Rack, the lab equipment management system, and automation of equipment integration.
• Perform OS and kernel updates on SVK reference systems and update builds pages.
• Support platform setup workflows, system installation, RFS installation and tar creation.
• Install and maintain Raspberry Pi LED test setups across systems.

Skills

Python

Rust programming

Linux administration

SSH

Shell scripting

SNMP

REST

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

Ixia

Jenkins

Nagios

Qualys

Redfish

Job description

Broadcom seeks a Platforms & Lab Operations Engineer in San Jose, CA. You will oversee lab setup, automate equipment integration, and support SDK release readiness. The role blends hands-on lab work with Linux system administration and QA collaboration.

You will manage lab infrastructure, perform updates, enhance the Rack system, and contribute to secure, scalable lab processes used for development and testing of cutting-edge networking silicon and software.