Debug Engineer

Pay Rate: $50.00/hr to $60.00/hr

Location: Santa Clara, CA - Onsite

Duration: 3-month contract with potential for full-time conversion

Title: Application Engineer – HW Quality

THE ROLE

• The ideal candidate is a hands-on hardware engineer with strong debugging skills, a disciplined approach to root-cause analysis, and experience with high-speed systems in Linux-based environments.
• You are detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable driving complex issues through resolution. You communicate clearly and effectively across engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams, and can drive cross-functional agendas with confidence.
• You actively seek out AI-powered tools and approaches to work more efficiently and expect them to be part of your everyday workflow.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and track failure cases and RMA workflows in Salesforce; develop and maintain automation to streamline validation and reporting; support Salesforce UAT activities as required

• Lead failure analysis of returned DPU and AI NIC hardware; perform structured RCA and author FA and 8D reports with actionable corrective actions

• Develop and maintain diagnostic scripts, test procedures, RMA validation workflows, and custom debug tooling using Python, Bash, or equivalent

• Identify recurring failure trends through data analysis and partner with Hardware, Design, and Manufacturing teams to drive systemic corrective actions

• Support hardware debug in Linux-based environments, including mechanical assembly and cable routing review as part of failure investigations

• Manage and track failure cases and RMA workflows in Salesforce; develop and maintain Salesforce-based automation to streamline validation workflows and reporting

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong bias toward leveraging AI tools to accelerate debugging, automate repetitive workflows, and improve overall engineering efficiency

• 5 years of experience in hardware engineering, failure analysis, or related roles

• Strong knowledge of DPUs, AI NICs, PCIe and high-speed networking

• Experience with Linux-based diagnostics

• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or other scripting languages

• Experience developing custom debug and validation tools

• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and align stakeholders across Hardware, Design, Manufacturing, and Operations teams

PREFERERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with Salesforce for case management or workflow tracking

• Background in manufacturing quality, reliability engineering, or RMA processes

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering, or a related field preferred