Associate III - Semiconductor S/W Product Development

Client Job Title: Validation Engineer UST Job Title: Associate III

• Semiconductor S/W Product Development Who we are: At UST, we help the world’s best organizations grow and succeed through transformation. Bringing together the right talent, tools, and ideas, we work with our client to co-create lasting change. Together, with over 30,000 employees in over 25 countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at . The Opportunity: UST is looking for a Validation Engineer to design, develop, and execute comprehensive validation strategies for Client storage products, including storage drivers, firmware, BIOS components, installers, and platform integrations. The role focuses on advanced validation, automation framework development, CI/CD integration, debugging, and driving continuous improvements to ensure product quality and release readiness. Key Roles & Responsibilities: Design, develop, execute, and optimize comprehensive validation strategies for Client storage products including storage drivers, installers, firmware, BIOS components, and platform integrations. Develop and maintain automated validation frameworks using Python, Power. Shell, C#, .NET, or equivalent technologies. Integrate automated validation suites into CI/CD pipelines to improve execution efficiency, test coverage, and continuous validation capabilities. Execute advanced functional, interoperability, security, scalability, performance, power management, and stress validation activities. Perform HLK certification, WinPE validation, BIOS/IFWI validation, firmware qualification, and platform compatibility testing. Analyze BSODs, crash dumps, storage protocol failures, driver issues, memory dumps, and system performance bottlenecks using debugging tools. Collaborate with architecture, firmware, software development, and validation teams to investigate product issues and verify resolutions. Review test plans, automation coverage, execution metrics, and validation reports to ensure product release readiness. Prepare technical documentation, validation reports, defect trend analysis, dashboards, and project status metrics. Identify opportunities for automation, process optimization, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Required Skills

Storage Product Validation and Post-Silicon Validation Test Automation Framework Development Python, Power. Shell, C#, .NET, or Similar Programming Skills CI/CD Pipeline Integration Functional, Compatibility, Performance, Security, and Stress Testing Storage Technologies and Driver Validation BIOS, Firmware, and Platform Validation HLK Certification and WinPE Validation Debugging Skills: BSOD Analysis, Crash Dump Analysis, Memory Dump Analysis Defect Analysis, Root Cause Investigation, and Technical Reporting Desired Skills: Experience validating storage technologies such as RST, TSE, NVMe, RAID, and storage drivers.

Strong knowledge of Windows internals, driver architecture, and system debugging tools. Experience with automation frameworks and continuous validation environments. Knowledge of firmware qualification, BIOS/IFWI validation, and platform integration. Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams. Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Experience driving process improvements and mentoring team members. Qualification: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. What we believe : We’re proud to embrace the same values that have shaped UST since the beginning. Since day one, we’ve been building enduring relationships and a culture of integrity.

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