Systems Integration Engineer - Data Center HWE

Apple • Sunnyvale, CA

4h

About The Position

As a highly adaptable Systems Integration Engineer, your primary responsibility
is to provide robust, hands-on support for our data center development programs
and labs. This collaborative position involves working closely with multiple
teams to develop, support, and sustain servers deployed at scale in our data
centers. You’ll be a crucial technical resource, leveraging your expertise in
systems architecture and design to tackle complex problems. Join us and be a
part of our dynamic team!

You will support early product development life-cycle by installing and/or
setting up data center hardware, running tests on pre-production hardware and
document results. Build, maintain, and debug both custom and OEM hardware to
support multiple programs. Deploy proof of concept hardware, software setup,
and/or piloting of new hardware for use at scale in the data center. This
includes testing under various environmental conditions for power and
temperature. You will collaborate cross functionally with multiple teams,
including hardware development, validation, data center, logistics, software
development, etc.

Requirements

• Server architecture technical expertise, and prior experience with component firmware upgrade process.
• Tried and true scripting and coding experience (Python and bash or equivalent).
• Experience automating infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and validation workflows using Python, Bash, and Ansible for efficiency and repeatability.
• Prior hardware and OS level debugging experience, including use of SEL, kernel logs, system logs, debug commands, etc.
• Hands-on in the lab experience, preferably with a lab environments at scale; install / de-install / repair / validate.
• Validated understanding of provisioning and boot process (UEFI, DHCP, DNS, PXE/Netboot).
• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or electronics engineering.

Nice To Haves

• 5 years of server and/or data center related experience.
• Masters in computer engineering or electronics engineering.
• Experience optimizing Linux systems by tuning the kernel and configuring NIC drivers.

Responsibilities

• Provide robust, hands-on support for our data center development programs and labs.
• Work closely with multiple teams to develop, support, and sustain servers deployed at scale in our data centers.
• Install and/or set up data center hardware.
• Run tests on pre-production hardware and document results.
• Build, maintain, and debug both custom and OEM hardware to support multiple programs.
• Deploy proof of concept hardware, software setup, and/or piloting of new hardware for use at scale in the data center.
• Test under various environmental conditions for power and temperature.
• Collaborate cross functionally with multiple teams, including hardware development, validation, data center, logistics, software development, etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level