Electronics Engineering Technician
Austin, TX$54.6k - $81.8kPart-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Brand-new onsite role in Austin, TX for an Electronics Engineering Technician focused on hardware, PCBs, and discrete components to support GPU-based AI compute platforms and data center systems.Requires hands-on lab/data center experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and ability to work independently in a high-power/high-density environment.
Responsibilities
- Install and maintain PCBs including rework and replacement soldering of discrete hardware components, circuit testing and more for AI servers, GPU platforms, and related infrastructure
- Perform bring-up and debug of server hardware components, PCBs, GPUs, and interconnects
- Execute hardware modifications, including: Cable routing and management (power, networking, high-speed interconnects); Installation of GPUs, NICs, memory, storage, and accelerators; Test point installation, probing, and signal measurements
- Diagnose and troubleshoot: Power, thermal, and cooling issues; Failures, GPU detection issues, and PCIe errors; Hardware faults such as shorts, damaged PCBs, or marginal components
- Support failure analysis and root-cause investigations
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams (hardware, systems, facilities, IT, safety)
- Maintain accurate documentation of configurations, changes, and test results
- Support lab and data center operations, including rack builds, rework, and audits
Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with server hardware and PCBs including removal, repair and replacement soldering of discrete components for data center systems and GPU or accelerator-based platforms
- Strong understanding of power delivery, cooling, and airflow in high-density systems, and PCIe and high-speed interconnects
- Hands on work experience using lab tools such as DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers
- Comfortable working in ESD-controlled lab and data center environments
- Ability to lift and rack servers (with assistance as required)
- Experience with liquid-cooled or hybrid-cooled server systems and high-power GPU racks (multi-kW per rack)
- Knowledge and experience in fundamentals of electronics, circuitry
- Prior work in hyperscale data centers, engineering labs, or NPI environments; Experience supporting AI platforms in the semiconductor industry
- Experience reading and understanding schematics, BOMs, and hardware debug documentation
Skills
Required:Electronics troubleshootingPCB handling and solderingPower delivery and cooling understandingLab instrumentation (DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers)ESD-controlled environment
Benefits
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