Company Background:
Our client is a leading MNC chipmaker in the computing and communications industries.

As part of EPSD VMSD Validation team, you will primarily be responsible for developing, documenting and maintaining a set of tools chartered with validating It server platforms. Additional responsibilities may include leading a small team of developers; negotiate tool features with stakeholders; work closely with a U.S. team to influence the tools roadmap; and working closely with teams in the U.S. to collaborate on tool development.  The tools roadmap includes platform stress tools, server management tools; BIOS validation tools; and tools to automate the test process as well as infrastructure tools used to collect and analyze results. Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Developing Windows* and Linux*-based validation software tools to improve coverage and/or efficiency. 
• Developing EFI based tools used for low level BIOS functional validation 
• Developing platform server management validation tools. 
• Debugging test failures to root cause, using a combination of software and hardware tools to identify software improvements/fixes or platform bugs. 
• Assist development teams with customized software as needed to debug platform bugs. 
• Developing utilities to facilitate the software development, debug, and platform validation process. 
• Working closely with platform development teams to understand their tool requirements. 
• Providing collateral as needed about existing validation tool capabilities and algorithms.

Qualifications:
You should possess a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering and seven plus years of relevant experience. Additional qualifications include:

• Motivated self-starting individual with knowledge of formal software engineering methods. 
• Well versed in Windows and Linux development and debug environment, .NET*, C and/or C++ programming, driver level debug. 
• Ability to read and comprehend component register specifications. 
• Strong English fluency in both oral and written communication. 
• It processor architecture knowledge, C++, C, familiarity with It PC system architecture, interfacing software directly to hardware would be an added advantag.