Hardware Technician - Purple Drive

Greetings from Purple Drive Technologies,

Role: Lab Technician, Hardware

Location: Onsite, Building 50 (Redmond, Washington)

Hire Type: Contract

Summary: The main function of a ""Lab Technician, Hardware 3"" is to support the testing and development of computer-related equipment for datacenter applications.

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute tests on data center compute and cooling hardware.

• Assemble and modify existing pieces of equipment to meet special needs.

• Build, test, and modify product prototypes using working models or theoretical models constructed with computer simulation.

• Monitor functioning of equipment and make necessary modifications to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.

• Confer with engineering staff and consult specifications to evaluate interface between hardware and software and operational and performance requirements of overall system.

• Provide training and support to system designers and users.

Basic Skills:

• Good verbal and written communication skills.

• Analytical and problem-solving ability.

• Team player and detail oriented.

• Basic mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.

Technical Skills:

• Experience working with datacenter compute hardware - such as servers, network switches, power delivery units, etc.

• Experience executing and modifying scripts for compute hardware testing, including scripting tools such as Python, CLI, SSH, Redfish, Postman, etc.

• Experience working with UNIX or Linux based operating systems.

• Experience reworking computer circuit boards - i.e. soldering components onto printed circuit boards.

• Experience with electronics test equipment, including oscilloscopes, network analyzers, power supplies, DVMs, emulators, etc.

• Experience with server cooling equipment, including air cooling, liquid cooling, and immersion cooling.

The sponsor is interested in candidates that have data center liquid cooling experience (not biomedical perspective)

Education/Experience:

• Two or four year technical degree preferred.

• 5-7 years of industry experience required.