We are the Data Products Architecture and Engineering (DPEA) group within the Data Center and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI) organization, driving Data Center and Cloud transformation through innovation, reliability, and proven performance.
There are reasons Intel is the global leader and preferred provider of server technology and products. Intel understands the needs of the modern data center and harnesses its years of experience and design expertise to deliver a broad portfolio of innovative server products, systems, and solutions to help businesses grow and be competitive in the market. Our team is motivated with passionate engineers to the core of our hearts, and we are looking for more leaders and pathfinders. Projects will be varied, including new reference designs for Intel Xeon SP/AP server platforms, high-volume customer designs, and unique one-off customer designs. You can just not see the futuristic products getting unfolded but be a part of it, build it, and take pride in it.
We are seeking a System Validation and Debug Engineer to join the Intel Xeon Accelerated Performance/ Scalable Performance (AP/SP) Platform Integration and Validation team. This role is a critical link among the silicon, board, system, ingredient development teams, and platform integration/validation teams, ensuring effective root cause and issue resolution. This position requires a combination of validation engineering and execution leadership.
**As a System Validation and Debug Engineer **your responsabiities include, but are not limited to**:
- Define, design, and execute Server platform Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon validation plans for current and future products.
- Lead validation efforts to ensure the quality of the Server Platform and Silicon.
- Work with reference and custom systems to define, coordinate, and lead the validation of server platforms that showcase Intel's futuristic data center products.
- Lead debug efforts for issues found during Pre-silicon, Power-On, Post-silicon, and Customer engagement to product release.
- Lead cross-functional engagement with Design, Silicon validation, IP teams, Execution/Automation teams, and Program leads.
- Develope and execute validation tasks, review requirements coverage, lead execution, drive debug and taskforces for issues resolution.
- Developing test content to cover product requirements accordingly.
- Represent issues found in debugging at the corresponding forums.
- Participate in product planning and release meetings providing input and facilitating decisions.
- Provide mentorship and technical direction to a distributed team of system validation engineers for program execution.
- Be a Role model for the organization and junior engineers.
**Behavioral Traits**:
- Advanced problem-solving and communication skills.
- Networking and influencing skills.
- Teamwork and collaboration skills.
**Qualifications**:** Minimum qualifications,**
You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position:
- 2+ years of experience in two or more of the following (not all are a must): Hands-on technical, individual contributor in Silicon/Platform development engineering environment in CPU/logic and/or memory products.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in computer architecture (ISA, x86, or ARM).
- 2+ years of experience working to integrate various system components (HW, BIOS, OS, Drivers, etc.) and validate/debug to the requirements for server platforms.
- 2+ years of experience in Linux development, C/C++, python.
- 2+ years of experience in device driver development (firmware development).
- Intermediate to advanced English level.
**Preferred qualifications,**
- Master of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Computer Engineering/Science or PhD in Engineering related fields.
- Influencing the IP/SoC design decisions and/or pre-/post
- validation methods by doing validation gap analysis.
- Experience with Cloud Service Provider (CSP) and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) teams.
- Experience in automation and test/integration methodologies.
- Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure solutions.
- Test plan and test development experience.
- System and/or Functional area expertise.
- Experience in Server based technologies, Machine Learning, Microprocessor, CPU, or FPGA validation, PCIe, DRAM, I2C, SMBus, Ethernet architecture and Cloud Technologies.
- Experience with chipset/processor interfaces (PCI Express, UPI, Memory, USB, SAS, etc.) to interpret specifications to assist with debug and test development.
Requirements listed may be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research.
**Inside this Business Group**:
The Data Platforms Engineering and Architecture (DPEA) Group invents, designs & builds the world's most critical computing platforms which fuel Intel's most important business and solve the world's m
