Job Description

COMPANY PROFILE ZT Systems is an established multibillion-dollar company and a technology industry veteran with over 23 years in business. One of America’s fastest-growing private companies, ZT has grown at more than twice the industry average for the past 5 years. Headquartered in the USA with global manufacturing spanning the US, EMEA and APAC, ZT engineers HYPERSCALE COMPUTE, STORAGE AND NETWORK SOLUTIONS that are tailored to the unique workloads and business needs of our global datacenter customers. We are passionate about delivering the highest quality solutions and exceeding customer expectations. 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 at this critical growth inflection point as we engineer the hardware infrastructure powering a world of CLOUD COMPUTING, CLOUD STORAGE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE TO MACHINE TRANSACTIONS.

MEGATRENDS DRIVING OUR INDUSTRY By 2020, more than 7 billion people and businesses and at least 35 billion devices will be connected to the internet. A new world of digital business and enhanced human connectivity is emerging, enabled by innovations in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES, VIRTUAL/ENHANCED REALITY, and the INTERNET OF THINGS. In fact, Gartner projects that the shift to the “cloud” will affect over $1 Trillion in IT spending by 2020. To deliver on the promise of these transformative technologies, today’s largest cloud providers require ever more powerful, efficient, and workload-optimized hardware infrastructure. With the proven ability to deliver these solutions, ZT Systems is well positioned as the DESIGN, MANUFACTURING and LOGISTICS partner of choice for HYPERSCALE COMPUTE, STORAGE AND NETWORK CUSTOMERS.

JOB SUMMARY The PRODUCTION TEST ENGINEER supports production TEST, FAILURE ANALYSIS AND REPAIR activities to achieve quality targets and on-time delivery of systems according to the overall production schedule.  They provide first level support to the production team and act as a liaison with the Engineering and Mfg Test Development teams. They collect and analyze test data and provide solutions to increase test process yields and efficiency. The work closely with the cross-functional production and management teams to meet and exceed customer expectations.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• DEVELOPMENT CYCLE ACTIVITIES
  • Work with System and Diagnostic engineers
  • Understand Server HW Architecture and features
  • Influence Mfg Test development
    • Test Execution
    • Test Flow
    • Cycle time
    • Test Reporting Requirements
• MFG TEST VALIDATION
  • Lead regression testing of all Mfg Test releases
  • Provide timely feedback to Diagnostic team
    • Report Test Bugs
    • Identify Test Improvements
• NPI PRODUCTS
  • Owner of all Mfg Test processes prior to Mass Production
  • Ensure on time shipment of all NPI programs
  • Track progress of NPI HW through the Mfg Test process
  • Create failure summary report
    • Identify HW failures vs Test Process induced failures (false fails)
    • Work with System Engineering and Diagnostic team to close all open test issues
• TEST PROCESS OVERSIGHT \ IMPROVEMENT
  • Provide daily Production Test status reports
    • Yield %
    • Summary of failures
    • 1st level failure diagnosis
    • Proposed process improvements + status
  • Analyze test process cycles times and touches; propose solutions; drive to closure
• TECHNICAL SUPPORT
  • Review test logs to understand root cause of failures
  • Create experiments \ write scripts to isolate \ duplicate failures and understand reproducibility
  • Train Production Test and Repair technicians
  • Become SME for execution of all Mfg Tests
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT / 5S SUPPORT
  • Work with extended team to identify and execute process improvement actions:
    • Peer technicians / engineers
    • Leads / Supervisors / Managers/ Engineering

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Outstanding verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritize workload and multi-task
• Position requires strong problem solving skills
• A good understanding of system hardware, firmware and software
• Ability summarize large amounts of test data to identify trends \ improvement opportunities

COMPETENCIES

• Possess a high level of INTEGRITY and strong WORK ETHIC
• Ability to work across engineering and production teams
• Ability to communicate issues VERBALLY AND IN WRITING to all levels of employees

EDUCATION

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

EXPERIENCE

• Previous Server Setup \ Debug \ Repair Experience
• Manufacturing Test Experience is a plus
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, and Word)
• Programming experience in both Linux and Windows environments
• Experience with Networking and Intel Server Architecture. Data Center Experience is a plus

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.