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IBM Hardware Engineer Poughkeepsie NY 
United States, New York, City of Poughkeepsie 
63889485

24.06.2024

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Qualify and test hardware servers and components such as CPU’s, Memory, Disk Drives, NIC Cards, Switch cards, O/S, Firmware, and Security Encryption used in IBM Cloud’s world-wide public data centers. Responsibilities will also involve working with research, procurement, shipping, software, and development teams to fully qualify and test products before they reach the field. Collaboration and interaction with multiple vendors is also required to communicate specifications, debug failures, drive improvements, and understand new product introductions.
Your Role and Responsibilities
This role is related to component and server qualification for the latest x86 server technology, GPU accelerator technology (for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning workloads), and networking technology used in high density systems to

The candidate should also be familiar with server hardware subsystems including processor memory storage, I/O adapters, PCI busses and switches, and BMCs. Familiarity with FW/BIOS updates and settings and network booting is preferred and knowledge of JIRA, Redfish, and xCAT, are a plus, but not required. Knowledge of security vulnerabilities and patching of systems would be useful.

Candidate is responsible for Server Qualification prior to System Qualification and Field Deployment

  • Booting Servers to test for existence and functionality of all components
  • Qualification of Server level Secure Boot and Memory Boot
  • Confirming all Secure Measures and encryption measures are compliant
  • Testing proprietary Baseboard Memory Control / OpenBMC on all server configurations
  • Automation of tests using Redfish for new products and regression on existing products
  • Qualification of each new vendor version of BMC, BIOS, and firmware code
  • Hardware upgrades and network connections


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Booting Servers to test for existence and functionality of all components
  • Qualification of Server level Secure Boot and Memory Boot
  • Confirming all Secure Measures and encryption measures are compliant
  • Testing proprietary Baseboard Memory Control / OpenBMC on all server configurations
  • Automation of tests using Redfish for new products and regression on existing products
  • Qualification of each new vendor version of BMC, BIOS, and firmware code
  • Hardware upgrades and network connections


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Hardware Qualification and Documentation
  • Verification of Hardware & Firmware Functions, and Data Analysis
  • Familiarity with server hardware design including processors, memory, storage drives, and I/O adapters, BIOS, and BMC
  • Familiarity with server bring-up including firmware/bios updates, bios settings, network boosting, and basic networking is very beneficial
  • Familiar with typical datacenter power, cooling infrastructure, and datacenter energy efficiency
  • Some familiarity with network design.

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