Engineering Lab Technician (Computer Systems – Pre-Production)

Austin, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara California that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories graphics processors motherboard chip sets and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.

Job Title: Engineering Lab Technician (Computer Systems Pre-Production)

Work Location: Austin TX 78728

Duration: 12 Months

Work Type: Temporary Assignment

Job Type: Onsite

Job Description:

Participate in a team of engineers to benchmark user experience criteria of leading-edge products using proprietary automation tools and manual testing methods.
This test engineer will work with internal Engineers program management product management and software development to deliver results on time.
This highly motivated team member will quickly diagnose any issues and resolve them or bring the issues to the attention of the lead engineer or software development team in order to maintain an overall test schedule.

Technical Capabilities:

HW setup and configuration
Ability to connect/configure desktop/laptop/tablet PC peripherals according to test plan requirements (e.g. external monitors keyboard mouse Bluetooth headset dock etc.)
Software installation updates
Ability to install an operating system BIOS driver updates and identify version information
Basic PC issue triage
Ability to identify common PC issues (e.g. blue screens hangs etc.) and work with issue tracking systems to record issues search for other instances of similar failure mechanisms and apply workarounds (e.g. load specific driver version apply OS update
SW Skill set
Fluent in scripting (Python) programming language (C/C)
Able to write Unit test for UI or a state machine program
Understand object-oriented technology program modularity reusability pluggability
Experience in SW development methodologies (Waterfall Agile Kanban/Scrum framework)
Test plan execution and optimization for efficiency
Ability to read a test plan definition and optimize test execution (e.g. peripheral configurations and required changes operator time for deploying required software updates charging/discharging time for battery life tests consider run time of specific applications/measurements etc.)
Ability to execute a manual test plan script (e.g. boot system run a batch file open chrome/browse website list) and report subjective user experience criteria (e.g. perceived fan noise system touch temperature snappy vs sluggish responsiveness)

Leadership Capabilities

Effective with executive communication and building respect
Works cross-functionally across groups to quickly resolve issues that arise from testing

Education and Experience:

BS Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
Team player with good communication skills
Prior experience with client PC testing diagnostic and debug preferred
Prior experience with testing tools and environments defect tracking and revision control
Prior experience using and managing tasks through a ticketing system such as Jira

Top 3-5 Must Have Skills

Familiar w/ Windows SW installation:OS Driver BIOS ... Basic PC issue triage/debug SW: Fluent in scripting (Python) Object Oriented modular

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara California that develops computer processors...