Netflix

Hardware Lab Engineer

Posted on: 10 Feb 2022

Los Gatos, California

Job Description


As a Hardware Lab Engineer, you will manage all hardware labs, build prototypes, and manage failure analysis across products.  You will work closely with other hardware engineering leads to complete testing, prototyping, and experiments along with enabling software development teams.

Qualifications:

Unix sysadmin proficiency
Network and TCP/IP Basics
Scripting for data collection and analytics
Computer internals understanding (PCI, Memory, Storage, CPU, GPU, Power, BIOS)
Basic understanding of web streaming

What you will be doing…

Maintaining multiple physical labs in multiple cities (travel required)
Building new prototype hardware for multiple products
Co-ordinating EFA of failed hardware
Maintaining test infrastructure for multiple development teams
Use lab measurement devices (power meters, sas analysers)

You will be successful in this role if you…

Self starter, curious, and not afraid to ask when in doubt
Are passionate about new technology
Thrive on learning new things
Understand data center power and data cabling (including -48v DC)
Effectively iterate on driver and software support for new hardware with vendors

Nice to have…

Masters or Bachelors degree in a relevant science or engineering field
Understanding of GPU internals
Server benchmarking experience

Netflix

Los Gatos, CA

Netflix, Inc. is an American media-services provider and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. The company's primary business is its subscription-based streaming service which offers online streaming of a library of films and television programs, including those produced in-house.As of April 2019, Netflix had over 148 million paid subscriptions worldwide, including 60 million in the United States, and over 154 million subscriptions total including free trials.It is available almost worldwide except in mainland China (due to local restrictions) as well as Syria, North Korea, Iran, and Crimea (due to US sanctions). The company also has offices in the Netherlands, Brazil, India, Japan, and South Korea. Netflix is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

Netflix is a global internet entertainment service reinventing how the world watches television, with over 150 million members in 190 countries around the globe enjoying our award-winning TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages.  Data platform is the core foundation enabling all of our product decisions that directly impact our customer experience when they watch Netflix.