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Sr. Staff Sustaining Engineer

ZT Systems
Seattle, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2026

Are you ready for a change? At ZT Systems, we put People First, and from day one our team members make a difference. A fast-growing key player in a multibillion-dollar market, ZT designs and builds hyper-scale compute and storage solutions for the world’s largest datacenter customers. We are passionate about teamwork, and the consistent high quality of our solutions differentiates us in the minds of our customers. Here at ZT, we recognize hard work, commitment, leadership, and results, and we truly believe that behind every quality solution is a team of highly talented individuals. Join us and become part of an industry-leading team that transforms ideas into reality. 

About the Role

In this position, the Sustaining Engineer will serve as a key technical contributor to both the Electrical and Platform level validation of ZT server platforms particularly running Microsoft Windows OSs. The Sustaining Engineer will be working in a cross functional team to develop and execute test plans which will verify product functionality, adherence to electrical specifications and production requirements; including SW stack and use case testing. The Sustaining Engineer will also debug, identify root cause and resolve issues as they occur.   

Responsibilities 

  • Interface and full understanding of architecture, design, platform, firmware and system engineering for a high degree of collaboration and leverage in all phases of the design process.  
  • Evaluate test specifications, requirements, strategies and methodologies for electrical validation, firmware validation and platform level testing.  
  • Coordinate test effort preparation and track requirements, schedules and actions  
  • Review, track, execute, document and summarize test results  
  • Internal Server Research & Development Hardware Validation support  
  • Collaborate on automation efforts for validation    

Minimum Qualifications 

  • Proficient experience with server and computer architecture processors, BIOS, PCIe Gen2 & 3 & 4, DDR3/4, SAS, SATA, USB, HDMI, etc.  
  • Proficient experience with hyper-scale or enterprise servers and storage systems (network, storage, out-of-band management and monitoring, etc.)  
  • Proficient with validation, testing, and qualification of hardware and/or software  
  • Proficient with scripting, particularly on PowerShell and Python 
  • Proficient with deployment, management and monitoring of Microsoft Windows Servers (deployment of OSs remotely, etc.), understanding of Hyper-V and/or Azure architectures, etc.  
  • Proficient with datacenters, server and storage  
  • Proficient with knowledge of computer architecture, storage protocols, PCI Express, and/or networking  
  • Proficient experience with creating test cases for system-level or firmware validation, executing them and providing reports  
  • Proficient experience with developing and debugging code for in Microsoft Windows Servers  
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or System Engineering and 5 years of experience 
  • System Validation experience or equivalent or 3 progressive years and a master's degree   

ZT Systems offers a highly competitive salary commensurate with work experience and/or education, an excellent benefits program that includes a 401(k) plan, health and dental insurance, and paid time off. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and do not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status. ZT Systems is a Drug-Free Workplace. 

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