HARDWARE SYSTEM TEST – Reliability, Availability and Serviceability

Introduction
Software Developers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design code test and provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today – planes and trains take off on time bank transactions complete in the blink of an eye and the world remains safe because of the work our software developers do. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client software development is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM you will use the latest software development tools techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Bug analysis Debug and triage
• Knowledge on RAS
• Engaged in frontline test and debug related to system error.
• Hands on experience on Highspeed interconnect and bus technology (PCIE CXL )
• Linux & Python scripting knowledge is essential.What you will be doing :
• Work closely with system architects hardware and software design engineers and project managers to maintain good understanding of the design and ongoing changes.
• Build detailed and rigorous test plan based on the system design and look for improvements tools and power server products.
• Drive system integration and verification tests along with other validation engineers to enable rapid iteration of the server design.
• Work closely with Validation leads to conduct PHY layer debug and measurements on prototype hardware.
• Drive debug and resolution of issues found. Influence future system designs to avoid them.
• Develop methods and tools to execute tests evaluate and document results in collaboration with subject specialists in an efficient and reliable manner.
• Investigate field issues.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3 – 5 years of system / firmware validation experience
• Must have experience in Scripting languages (i.e. Python Perl) for bench automation.
• Experience with complicated systems including silicon bring-up board-level design/validation or system design/validation.
• Experience with system level verification IO interconnect PCI-Express high-speed data switches.
• Strong circuit analysis and debugging skills and experience with BMC & server management processors
• Knowledge of Linux operating system and networking.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience in CPU interface testing with IBM POWER architecture knowledge
• Understanding of data center management tools system mechanics
• A solid understanding of the electrical characteristics of IO interfaces such as I2C JTAG and SPI