Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UST is a mission-driven group that transforms lives through technology and is seeking a Validation DevOps Engineer to support semiconductor product validation workflows. The role involves driving automation, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with teams to enhance testing efficiency and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or Jenkins for hardware and firmware validation
- Automate test workflows using Python for firmware, BIOS, and driver validation tasks
- Support integration of validation test suites into CI environments and ensure stability across builds
- Manage infrastructure for test execution including virtual machines, containers, and lab assets
- Monitor job executions, debug failures, and drive improvements to test pipeline health and coverage
- Work with validation, development, and QA teams to triage bugs and deliver timely resolutions
Skills
- Strong proficiency in Python scripting for test automation and orchestration
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools
- Familiarity with semiconductor validation workflows (BIOS, firmware, hardware bring-up)
- Experience working in both Windows and Linux environments
- Git-based source control experience with code branching and merge strategies
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics, or related field
- 5 years of experience in validation automation or DevOps engineering in a semiconductor environment
- Familiarity with YAML, Docker, and container-based deployment
- Experience working with Azure cloud infrastructure
- Exposure to Robot Framework, PyTest, or other test frameworks
- Understanding of system buses (PCIe, USB, I2C) and hardware interfaces
- Knowledge of Jira, Confluence, or equivalent tracking tools
Benefits
- Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year
- Receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
- 10 paid holidays
- Eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty
- Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching
- Eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits
- Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits
- Participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines
- Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico
- Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
- Part-time employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching
- Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
- Full-time temporary employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching
- Full-time temporary employees and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
- All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws
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