Sr. Staff Engineering Technician - Santa Clara, CA - Hybrid

Gigamon; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Gigamon, based in Santa Clara, seeks a Sr. Staff Engineering Technician to work with the HW engineering team on new leading-edge network security appliances.

The role covers prototype planning, bring-up, validation, and coordinating JDM/ODM/OEM projects with post-launch sustaining support. The ideal candidate has an associate degree or higher and 6–8 years of lab experience, basic board-level test and debug skills, soldering, and Linux automation scripting.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher in a related field.
• Basic board-level test and debug skills.
• Soldering skills.
• Basic OS/Linux and automation scripting skills.
• Strong organization and deadline management.
• Experience working with HW, SW and manufacturing teams.
• Willingness to learn and broaden responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in components selection, procurement and qualification during prototype and postproductlaunch phases.
• Provide support during product bring up and qualification.
• Manage prototypes across cross functional teams along with ensuring they are at the latest revision.
• Perform basic rework in the lab and coordinate product rework through contract manufacturers and/or third parties.
• Work with engineering to support environmental and compliance testing and help ensure compliance certification is current.
• Support in creating all product related documentation, including compliance certificates, MTBF and product manuals.
• Provide support with product sustaining by helping create test setups and scripts to triage failures.

Skills

Board-level test

Soldering

OS/Linus scripting

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Willingness to learn

Education

Associate degree or higher

Job description

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations.

Gigamon is seekingaSr. Staff EngineeringTechniciantowork with the HW engineering team on introducing new leading edge network security appliances tothemarket.The role willinvolve prototype planning, bring-up, validation, and helping coordinate JDM/ODM/OEM projects.Post product launch,support of the sustaining teamwill be part of the role.TheSr. Staff EngineeringTechnician will be part of a small, dynamic team and must be comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment.

What you’ll do

• Provide support incomponentsselection, procurementand qualificationduring prototype and postproductlaunchphases.
• Provide support during product bring upandqualification.
• Manage prototypes across cross functional teamsalong withensuring they are all at the latestrevision.
• Perform basic rework in the lab and/or coordinate product rework through contract manufacturers and/or thirdparties.
• Work with engineering to support environmental and compliance testingandhelpensure compliance certification iscurrent.
• Support in creating all product related documentation, including compliance certificates, MTBFand product manuals.
• Provide support with product sustainingby helping create test setupsand scripts to helptriagefailures.

What you’ve done:

• Associatedegree or higher
• Basic board-level test and debug skills
• Soldering skills
• Basic OS/Linux and automation scripting skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities effectively to meet deadlines without compromisingquality.
• Ability to work effectively with cross functional teams, includingHW, SW andmanufacturing.
• Willingness to learn and help in any area of product development and bring upbeyond the ones listed in the responsibilitiessection.

Who you are:

• Strong engineering technician with an associate degree and 6-8 years of lab experience looking to grow into a broader, more technical role, or an entry level with a degree in electrical engineering and hands on lab experience.

The base salary compensation range targeted for this role is expected to be between $92,000 - $115,000 (subject to terms and conditions of the plan). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.

Employees in this position are eligible to participate in the Company’s standard employee benefit programs, which may include health and other insurances such as life and disability, and savings accounts such as a retirement plan with company matching contributions or similar, paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick), tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program (EAP), business travel accident insurance, employee discounts, and employee referral program. Additionally, employees may be eligible to participate in the Profit Interest Units plan.