Hardware Engineering Lab Technician (Data Center) in Santa Clara CA

Notes:

• Looking for candidates with hands-on experience in rack-mounting servers and hardware, setting up networking switches and PDUs, and managing inventory-including receiving shipments and accurately logging assets into inventory systems.
• Should have a deep understanding of data center management, Perform various tasks on different projects of Engineering labs.

Responsibilities:

• This position's primary focus, at this time, will be to support MBE R&D labs located in Santa Clara. Product labs support and on building, enhance, and maintain highly available infrastructure.

Ability to work independently or as a team on repetitive physical tasks without direct supervision after initial on-the-job training on tasks as outlined below:

• Install, configure, and maintain lab-specific hardware and software applications and tools used by research teams.
• Document HW setups, and best practices for knowledge sharing and reference.
• Removal of end-of-life hardware from engineering labs
• Strong knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, and technologies (e.g., TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, switching).
• Proficiency in Linux and Windows server administration and troubleshooting.
• Assist in asset and HW components inventory management (GLPI)
• Test HW boards and server components
• Troubleshooting power distribution unit (PDU) and network switch related issues