Firmware Validation Engineer (Python - AI, Automation)
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This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
Compute at HPE helps organizations power their edge-to-cloud platform with proven, workload-optimized products, solutions, and services. Our leading supercomputing technologies enable customers to transform and modernize their IT infrastructure, solve complex problems and support new business opportunities with purpose-built infrastructure and software. Join us redefine what’s next for you.
What you'll do:
- Develop comprehensive test plans and automate test solutions for firmware products and system-level solutions across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit.
- Contribute as an individual contributor while actively driving hands-on qualification and validation of iLO products and solutions.
- Collaborate with Quality Engineering (QE) teams and outsourced partners across all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
- Build and strengthen partnerships with internal and outsourced development teams to support software design, validation, and quality initiatives.
- Provide domain expertise and technical leadership to cross-functional projects, programs, and organizational initiatives.
- Drive innovation through the adoption and integration of emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies within software validation and engineering activities.
You will join a world-class engineering team focused on qualifying and testing HPE's next-generation infrastructure and lifecycle management solutions. Our team is passionate about delivering exceptional customer value through strong collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to getting it right the first time.
What you need to bring:
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electronics, or a related field.
- Typically, 5+ years of experience.
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Strong BIOS/UEFI, firmware, and server platform validation knowledge.
- Good understanding of CPU, Memory, Security, RAS, and platform management features.
- Experience in end-to-end test planning, execution, defect analysis, and release qualification.
- Hands-on expertise in Python-based test automation and firmware debugging.
- Ability to drive quality initiatives and collaborate effectively across engineering teams.
- Familiarity with AI/GenAI tools to improve test design, automation, debugging, developing AI agents to increase the productivity.
- Good with Python scripting and test automation development.
- Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted software development workflows.
- Ability to effectively leverage AI tools such as GitHub Copilot to accelerate automation script development, debugging, and test execution.
- Strong understanding of server management technologies, platform validation, option validation, firmware architecture, and low-level system components.
- Working knowledge of Redfish APIs; experience in security testing is highly desirable.
- Experience assembling and configuring server hardware, including CPUs, memory, storage devices, network adapters, power supplies, and disk drives.
- Strong understanding of the testing ecosystem, including tools, test environments, data management, automation frameworks, and execution infrastructure.
- Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and Agile development practices.
Additional Skills
- Proven leadership capabilities with a strong focus on execution and results.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of fault-tolerant systems and high-availability architectures is an advantage.
Accessibility
HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.
Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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Firmware Validation Engineer (Python - AI, Automation) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise rates 47 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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