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Hardware Lab Technician

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2026
This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

Hardware Lab Technician

ONSITE (5 days a week): Sunnyvale, CA

Hardware Lab Technician responsible for supporting the development and bring-up of new prototypes. The primary objective of this team is to support the HPE Networking product development and design engineering group by managing prototype boards, systems, equipment, and asset tracking.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and repair lab equipment as issues arise
  • Coordinate maintenance and repair of DVT chambers
  • Upgrade and track lab infrastructure
  • Maintain and update lab processes, policies, and procedures
  • Support Manufacturing Test Engineering lab activities
  • Assemble, test, verify, troubleshoot, and rework prototypes
  • Assemble, test, verify, and troubleshoot test fixtures, cabling, and adapters
  • Perform failure analysis for contract manufacturers and field organizations
  • Support lab management activities, including system/assembly installation and procurement of lab supplies
  • Operate thermal test chambers, including loading products, monitoring tests, and supporting users
  • Perform all tasks in compliance with TL9000 practices
  • Provide support to remote partners as needed (may include occasional domestic or international travel)
  • Must be able to lift up to 45 lbs; occasional heavy lifting may be required

Basic Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years of experience managing an engineering lab and lab network
  • Recent (within 5 years) experience in lab design and power planning
  • At least 3 years of experience with lab equipment calibration, including budgeting and purchase orders
  • At least 3 years of experience in asset tracking, budget planning, and lab processes/policies
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar role working with complex electronic assemblies
  • Associate’s degree in Electronics or equivalent required
  • Strong knowledge of basic electronics, including digital and analog theory
  • Proven failure analysis and troubleshooting skills down to the component level
  • Strong soldering and rework skills, including fine-pitch SMT components
  • Proficiency with power and hand tools (e.g., drills, wire crimping tools for pins, connectors, and lugs)

Additional Skills

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Business, Circuit Boards, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Debugging, Design, Design Thinking, Electrical Systems, Electric Circuits, Electromechanical Engineering, Empathy, Equipment Testing, Follow-Through, Group Problem Solving, Growth Mindset, Independent Judgment, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity { 6 more}

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job

Technical

Job Level

Advanced

"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

– United States of America: Hourly Salary USD 34.47 - 69.86 in California

The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.

No Fees Notice & Recruitment Fraud Disclaimer

It has come to HPE’s attention that there has been an increase in recruitment fraud whereby scammer impersonate HPE or HPE-authorized recruiting agencies and offer fake employment opportunities to candidates. These scammers often seek to obtain personal information or money from candidates.

Please note that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), its direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and its authorized recruitment agencies/vendors will never charge any candidate a registration fee, hiring fee, or any other fee in connection with its recruitment and hiring process. The credentials of any hiring agency that claims to be working with HPE for recruitment of talent should be verified by candidates and candidates shall be solely responsible to conduct such verification. Any candidate/individual who relies on the erroneous representations made by fraudulent employment agencies does so at their own risk, and HPE disclaims liability for any damages or claims that may result from any such communication.

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