System Validation Technical Program Manager - Server - TX, Austin_Research Park, United States
Originally posted 11 May 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 6 August 2026.
About the role
As part of the DC Platform Engineering organization, the Technical Program Manager leads the management and execution of AI and hyperscale server platform programs across the full product lifecycle. The role serves as the key technical leader responsible for end-to-end rack-level server solution validation across board, system, and rack-level integration.
What you'll do
- Own server platform validation execution across board, system, and rack levels, ensuring alignment to program requirements and milestones. - Define and drive validation test plans covering electrical, power, mechanical, thermal, shock & vibration, compliance, reliability, firmware, and system integration domains. - Partner with architecture, mechanical, platform, firmware, and system engineering teams to coordinate validation activities and develop test specifications, requirements, and methodologies. - Manage validation schedules, requirement tracking, and execution progress while maintaining validation documentation and milestone readiness inputs. - Lead triage and debug activities to drive root-cause identification and defect resolution across cross-functional engineering teams. - Represent validation in internal and customer-facing program meetings and contribute to validation automation efforts to improve test coverage, efficiency, and repeatability.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, System Engineering, or Computer Application. - Experience managing technical programs or workstreams across cross-functional teams, including scope definition, schedule management, risk tracking, and dependency management. - Experience in server and datacenter validation, covering board, system, and rack-level hardware and software qualification. - Working knowledge of server platform architectures, including PCIe, memory, storage, networking, compute, and management. - Experience developing and executing validation test plans, test cases, triage and debug workflows, and defect tracking. - Experience with automation and scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell, as well as program tracking tools like Jira or Azure DevOps.
Skills: server platform validation, test plans, triage and debug, program management, cross-functional coordination