Senior Windows Systems Engineer - Lab Automation (On-site)

Pave Talent; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 179,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Stability of contract

Job summary

Pave Talent is seeking a senior Windows infrastructure engineer for an on-site contract in Foster City, CA. The role blends maintaining enterprise IT reliability with building test tools for vehicle hardware, in collaboration with engineering teams.

Responsibilities include hardening Windows Server/AD, supporting Horizon VDI, deploying on-prem and AWS resources, and developing automated tests and Python libraries for lab equipment. 8+ years in IT/engineering are expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in enterprise IT or engineering environments.
• Deep, hands-on Windows administration and troubleshooting, including Active Directory.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Horizon VDI and AWS experience.
• Hardware, electronics or embedded test automation with PyTest or Robot Framework.
• CAN, Ethernet or TCP/IP protocols.
• Concurrent Python (threads, queues) and reusable library design.
• Git, Jira, Bamboo, Polarion or TestRail.
• Static analysis and formatting tools such as Ruff, Pylint, mypy and Black.

Responsibilities

• Run and harden Microsoft Windows Server, including AD domain controllers, and recommend security, configuration and performance upgrades.
• Support the VMware Horizon VDI environment and validate new features with engineering users.
• Deploy and manage resources on premises and in AWS.
• Build automation that removes manual work and gives users self-service options.
• Write automated functional and characterization tests for vehicle hardware and systems.
• Build reusable Python libraries and hardware interfaces for lab equipment, live test data visualization and HIL testing.
• Help test leads design test stations, procedures and validation plans from technical specifications.
• Plan and support hardware test campaigns with design engineers and project managers.
• Document your tools and processes so the next engineer can pick them up.

Skills

Windows administration

Active Directory

Horizon VDI

AWS

Python testing (PyTest/Robot)

Git/Jira/Bamboo/Polarion/TestRail

CAN/Ethernet/TCP/IP

Concurrent Python (threads/queues)

Static analysis tools (Ruff/Pylint/myp

Tools

VMware Horizon

AWS

PyTest

Robot Framework

Git

Jira

Bamboo

Polarion

TestRail

Ruff

Pylint

mypy

Black

Job description

Pave Talent is seeking a senior Windows infrastructure engineer for an on-site contract in Foster City, CA. The role blends maintaining enterprise IT reliability with building test tools for vehicle hardware, in collaboration with engineering teams.

Responsibilities include hardening Windows Server/AD, supporting Horizon VDI, deploying on-prem and AWS resources, and developing automated tests and Python libraries for lab equipment. 8+ years in IT/engineering are expected.