Lab Technician

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Lab Technician in San Diego to set up and run a large-scale hardware rack testing environment for firmware projects.

You will provide physical lab support to enable automated system testing, work with firmware and software engineers on test configurations, and help troubleshoot issues while advancing lab automation efforts.

Qualifications

• 2 years building and managing a lab with devices.
• Technical support experience or equivalent knowledge in computer hardware and networking.
• Experience in managing MacOS and iOS devices.
• Experience in automating device management using Python, bash and Ansible.
• Strong in diagnosing and resolving system and user-level issues in MacOS, iOS or Linux.
• A team-player with good communications and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Set up and manage a large-scale hardware rack testing environment for firmware projects.
• Provide physical in-lab support to enable automated system testing on racks.
• Collaborate with firmware and software engineering teams to configure test hardware.
• Troubleshoot test environment issues and improve lab automations.

Skills

Lab setup

Technical support

MacOS/iOS device management

Automation scripting

Troubleshooting

Tools

Python

bash

Ansible

Job description

Job Title

Lab Technician

Location

San Diego, CA 92121

Duration

4 Months

Description

In this role as a lab technician, you will set up and manage a large-scale hardware rack testing environment for various firmware projects. You will be managing a myriad of devices and fixtures which run on these device clusters. You are expected to provide physical in-lab support to enable automated system testing on these racks. You will work with the firmware and software engineering teams in setting up the test hardware configurations. You will also work with test automation team in trouble-shooting test environment issues and in improving lab automations.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years of building and managing lab with devices.
• Technical support experience or equivalent working knowledge in computer hardware and networking.
• Experience in managing MacOS and iOS devices.
• Experience in automating device management using Python, bash and Ansible.
• Strong in diagnosing and resolving system and user-level issues in MacOS, iOS or Linux.
• A team-player in nature with good communications and documentations skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Work with customers and colleagues to identify and fix issues with hardware setups.
• Provide problem solving steps to resolve issues easily and effectively.
• Able to help assemble custom test fixtures.
• Creative problem solver able to figure out ways to get things done quickly, efficiently, and professionally.