Server Test Engineer
Pure Storage · Santa Clara, California
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## Server Test Engineer ### The Role Lead the development, validation, and optimization of manufacturing test solutions for high-performance storage servers and flash storage drive architectures within Pure’s fast-paced Hyperscale Business Unit. Drive drive-level to system-level test coverage, efficiency, and product reliability from early NPI bring-up through high-volume production. Partner with Hardware Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality, and global manufacturing partners to deliver scalable, reliable server infrastructure and flash storage solutions. ### What You’ll Do - **Drive L6 & Sub-Server Level Test Coverage:** Own end-to-end manufacturing test strategies, diagnostic sequences, and rack-level test infrastructure, with a deep focus on **L6 drive-level validation** (SSDs, NVMe, PCIe) below the standard server level. - **NPI & DVT Execution:** Drive test readiness and execution for critical NPI builds, including upcoming **November DVT milestones**, ensuring seamless bring-up, comprehensive BOM verification, and early defect detection. - **Cross-Functional System Integration:** Work closely with Hardware, Firmware, Quality, and Operations Engineering to validate early hardware builds for new server SKUs and **Direct Flash Modules (DFMs)**. - **Automation & Diagnostic Tooling:** Build and maintain **Python or Shell** automation scripts, **PXE boot** environments, and drive diagnostic tools; integrate test logs into manufacturing analytics dashboards for real-time yield visibility. - **Manufacturing & Supply Chain Leadership:** Provide hands-on technical leadership and on-site support to global **ODM/JDM** and contract manufacturing partners during line bring-up, yield optimization, and test escape prevention. - **Quality & Yield Optimization:** Collaborate with Quality and Reliability teams to analyze failure data, refine test coverage, enforce strict BOM validation, and drive high **First Pass Yield (FPY)**. - **Manufacturing Data & Scale:** Build scalable test infrastructure and data pipelines to turn manufacturing and field data into actionable insights for faster failure detection, predictive quality, yield optimization, and continuous improvement. ### What You Bring - **Passion for Excellence:** A relentless focus on quality, precision, and continuous improvement. - **SSD / Flash Expertise:** Hands-on experience with flash memory architectures, **NVMe/PCIe** protocols, SSD firmware integration, and drive-level (L6) failure analysis in enterprise/hyperscale environments. - **Manufacturing & NPI Testing Experience:** Experience running manufacturing test development, BOM validation, and hardware bring-up through **NPI/DVT** phases in high-volume compute/storage manufacturing. - **Technical & Diagnostic Proficiency:** Strong Linux skills, PXE boot frameworks, **BMC/IPMI** interfaces, low-level storage diagnostics, and scripting (Python, Bash). - **Cross-Functional & Vendor Leadership:** Ability to work with ODMs/contract manufacturers and internal teams to debug line issues and enforce quality standards. - **Root-Cause Analysis:** Debugging and problem-solving across hardware, drive interfaces, firmware, and complex system interactions. - **Scalability & Future Readiness:** Ability to define scalable manufacturing test architecture that grows coverage, automation, and analytics without sacrificing throughput, reliability, or maintainability. ### Location / Work Setup Primarily **in-office**. Expected to work from the **Sa
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