Lab Technician / hardware lab technician

Sunrise Systems, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunrise Systems, Inc. seeks a Contract Lab Technician to validate software, firmware, and platform features for product releases. You will execute test plans, validate new features, debug issues, and work with engineering to resolve problems.

Independently owning validation activities and providing feedback on product quality is expected. Ideal candidates have hands-on PC system validation experience, strong debugging skills across silicon and Linux stacks, and the ability to communicate

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of PC architecture, platform validation, test methodologies, stress testing, benchmarking, hardware certification, and defect tracking.
• Experience executing QA, verification, and validation across Silicon, Firmware, Driver, and Linux software stacks.
• Hands-on debugging experience with CPU, APU, GPU, and AI-related firmware and software components.
• Ability to reproduce issues, analyze failures, perform root cause analysis, and document findings clearly.
• Experience building, configuring, and validating PC systems, including processors, memory, storage, and peripheral devices.
• Familiarity with validation tools, diagnostic utilities, log analysis, and performance testing.
• Experience working with bug tracking systems and collaborating with development teams to drive issue resolution.
• Strong verbal, written, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience generating test reports, validation metrics, and status updates for stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, geographically distributed environment with minimal supervision.
• Ability to quickly ramp on new technologies and support multiple validation efforts in parallel.

Responsibilities

• Execute test plans and validate new features.
• Perform debugging and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify and resolve issues.
• Own assigned validation activities and provide timely feedback on product quality.
• Contribute to platform readiness.

Skills

PC architecture

Platform validation

Test methodologies

Stress testing

Benchmarking

Hardware certification

Defect tracking

QA testing

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Communication

Organizational skills

Test report generation

Tools

Bug tracking systems

Diagnostic utilities

Log analysis tools

Performance testing tools

Linux driver debugging

Job description

Client is seeking a Contract Lab Technician to support validation of software, firmware, and platform features for Client product releases. In this hands-on role, you will execute test plans, validate new features, perform debugging and root cause analysis, and work closely with engineering teams to identify and resolve issues. The ideal candidate can independently own assigned validation activities, provide timely feedback on product quality, and contribute to overall platform readiness.

Skills Needed

• Strong understanding of Client PC (x86) architecture, platform validation, test methodologies, stress testing, benchmarking, hardware certification, and defect tracking.
• Experience executing QA, verification, and validation activities across Silicon, Firmware, Driver, and Linux software stacks.
• Hands-on debugging experience with CPU, APU, GPU, and AI-related firmware and software components.
• Ability to reproduce issues, analyze failures, perform root cause analysis, and document findings clearly.
• Experience building, configuring, and validating PC systems, including processors, memory, storage, and peripheral devices.
• Familiarity with validation tools, diagnostic utilities, log analysis, and performance testing.
• Experience working with bug tracking systems and collaborating with development teams to drive issue resolution.
• Strong verbal, written, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience generating test reports, validation metrics, and status updates for stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, geographically distributed environment with minimal supervision.
• Ability to quickly ramp on new technologies and support multiple validation efforts in parallel.