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, PowerShell, 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, PowerShell, 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. And today, it's those same values that are inspiring us to encourage innovation from everyone, to champion diversity and inclusion and to place people at the centre of everything we do.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honour our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, colour, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

• To support and promote the values of UST.

• Comply with all Company policies and procedures