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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Hardware System Test Engineering Team Leader - **Company:** Fractile - **Location:** Bristol, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, Software Debugging, Linux, Microprocessors, Linux on Embedded Systems, Firmware, Linux System Administration, Log Analysis, PCI Express, Software Reliability Testing, System Testing, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Computer Networking Systems, System-level Testing - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/hardware-system-test-engineering-team-leader-fractile-8291386 ## About the Role * 8+ years of experience in system-level or server platform validation, test engineering, or platform QA. * Strong understanding of server architectures, BMC/OpenBMC/Redfish, Linux-based systems, and hardware/firmware interactions. * Experience validating or testing high-speed IO subsystems (PCIe Gen4/5/6 or comparable serial fabrics). * Experience leading test development for manufacturing or field diagnostics in large-scale server, storage, or networking systems. * Ability to lead teams, manage external vendors, and drive cross-functional test initiatives. * Strong skills in system debug, log analysis, failure isolation, and multi-component testing. * Familiarity with liquid-cooled or thermally complex server designs., * Experience with accelerator-based compute (AI/ML, GPUs, custom ASICs). * Experience with rack-level architectures, DC power distribution, or cooling infrastructure. * Knowledge of reliability testing, environmental stress testing, and fleet-level monitoring. ## Description Own the architecture and execution of system-level test strategies for an AI accelerator server platform, covering the manufacture of individual servers and multi-node racks, and field deployment environments. Lead the creation, automation, and integration of tests spanning hardware, firmware, OS, high-speed IO, cooling, and manageability subsystems. Ensure scalable, reliable test processes that support high-volume manufacturing, rack integration, and in-field diagnostics and repair., * Define the system-level test strategy for an AI accelerator server platform with hundreds of PCIe Gen6 links, liquid cooling, and heterogeneous compute/management subsystems. * Lead the design and implementation of structural, functional, stress and reliability tests executed on servers and full-rack configurations. * Manage the deployment of system test suites in manufacturing environments, ensuring high throughput, repeatability, failure isolation, and secure automation workflows. * Define and deliver test solutions for field diagnostics, repair, and maintenance-including remote test suites, health-check routines, failure triage, and component-level isolation. * Collaborate with hardware, firmware, OS, and platform teams to embed system-level test and diagnostic functions and ensure testability across the server and rack. * Drive test integration into OpenBMC, Redfish, and platform-management frameworks; validate BMC/RMC test and maintenance behaviors, telemetry, and hardware-control functions. * Develop test automation infrastructure and tooling that spans multiple OS environments (embedded Linux on BMC/RMCs, server-class Linux on host CPUs). * Partner with rack integration teams to define tests executed at rack-level assembly. * Establish KPIs and dashboards for system test coverage, yield, throughput, failure rates, and field return correlation. * Manage internal test engineering team and relevant external partners. * Own system test documentation: test specifications, factory/field procedures, debug guides, and integration handbooks., * Ownership and execution: you will have full agency to drive your work forward * Rapid iteration: we all work directly with top leadership to move from idea to hardware on ambitious timelines * Full-stack engagement: hardware, software, silicon, and modelling teams all work closely together to create a product with generational impact * Optimistic and pragmatic: we possess the will to win, and to do the hard work to get us there * Team player mentality: the mission is bigger than any of us, and we have the curiosity and technical focus to see the best idea shipped, no matter who's it is ## Related Videos - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Using non-functional testing to guide user interface, backend services, voice interface, and media development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/231-using-non-functional-testing-to-guide-user-interface-backend-services-voice-interface-and-media-development) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [The 8 Best Code Testing Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/402-the-8-best-code-testing-tools) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [ I Gave a Video Editor More Autonomy Than a Trading Bot. 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