CareerPlan

Hardware Lab Technician

San Jose, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$81k–$164k2026-09-23 → 2026-11-12

Core

Hardware Lab Technician supporting qualification, troubleshooting, and failure analysis for HPE edge-to-cloud hardware products.

Role type

Senior IC hardware lab technician

Builds

Hardware appliances, servers, storage, and switches

Domain

Hardware engineering / Data center infrastructure

Required skills

soldering (through-hole and SMT), electronic debugging, Linux troubleshooting, reading schematics and circuit board layouts, test equipment operation, JIRA management, system configuration, component-level troubleshooting

Preferred skills

embedded x86 architecture, PCIe/SATA/NVMe technologies, mechanical knowledge, reliability destructive testing (RDT) setup

Technologies

Linux, JIRA, Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Xataface, X86 servers, Storage appliances, Switches

Responsibilities

Prototype new hardware for proof of concept; benchmark and test platforms/components; conduct failure analysis on hardware appliances; perform component-level troubleshooting at PCBA level; document failure descriptions and reproduction steps; manage bugs in JIRA; troubleshoot field returns with engineering teams; load OS, firmware, and drivers onto platforms; assist in processing and tracking returned appliances; setup and monitor systems in RDT racks.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC