{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5ba1e3f7703bed5962b7a004","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5ba1e3f7703bed5962b7a004","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5ba1e3f7703bed5962b7a004","title":"Test Software Developer","description":"Solving complexity. Accelerating results.\n\nAt Penguin Solutions, we understand the boundless potential of technology and support our customers in turning cutting-edge ideas into outcomes—faster, and at any scale.\n\nWith over two decades of experience as trusted advisors, Penguin Solutions is an end-to-end technology company solving the industry’s most complex challenges in computing, memory, and LED solutions. Penguin designs, builds, deploys, and manages high-performance, high-availability enterprise solutions, allowing customers to achieve their breakthrough innovations.\n\nSolving complexity. Accelerating results.\n\nAt Penguin Solutions, we understand the boundless potential of technology and support our customers in turning cutting-edge ideas into outcomes—faster, and at any scale.\n\nWith over two decades of experience as trusted advisors, Penguin Solutions is an end-to-end technology company solving the industry’s most complex challenges in computing, memory, and LED solutions. Penguin designs, builds, deploys, and manages high-performance, high-availability enterprise solutions, allowing customers to achieve their breakthrough innovations.\n\nTest Software Developer\nDate Posted: Aug 7, 2026\nRequisition ID: 2117\n\nLocation:\nNewark, CA, US, 94560\n\n#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; }\nBrand: Penguin Solutions\n\nAt Penguin Solutions (Nasdaq: PENG) – The AI Factory Platform Company – we’re building a team of innovators who thrive on collaboration, creativity, and the opportunity to help shape the future of AI. As part of the AI technology revolution, our teams design, build, deploy, and manage AI factories for enterprises, sovereign AI initiatives, and neocloud providers worldwide.\n\nHeadquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Penguin Solutions operates globally through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations. For nearly three decades, we have operated at the intersection of memory and AI/HPC infrastructure. That engineering expertise positions us to power the next generation of AI workloads, from training to inference and agentic AI at scale.\n\nPenguin Solutions brings together differentiated infrastructure software, advanced memory, compute systems, end-to-end services, and industry-leading partner solutions in a full-stack AI factory platform designed to help customers deploy and scale AI workloads with speed and precision.\n\nAt Penguin Solutions, we value ideas over hierarchy and believe in servant leadership, where leaders enable teams to do their best work. We empower employees to take ownership, drive innovation, and grow through challenging work, continuous learning, and exposure to advanced AI tools and technologies. With flexibility where it matters and a strong focus on outcomes, Penguin Solutions is a place to do your best work, grow your career, and make a meaningful impact.\n\nJob Overview\n\nWe are seeking a Test Software Developer in Newark, CA to design, build, and maintain automated testing frameworks for advanced motherboards. This role requires the ability to work with moderate independence, translate hardware validation needs into reliable software tools, and contribute to maintainable team coding practices. Your core focus will include motherboard, chipset, and BIOS/UEFI interaction, with special emphasis on DRAM testing, thermal characterization, and AI inference workload testing. You will use Cursor as a primary AI-assisted development environment and collaborate through GitLab and/or GitHub using disciplined branching, code review, merge request, and issue-tracking workflows.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nDesign, develop, and deploy automated testing frameworks and software tools for server and enterprise motherboards, emphasizing maintainability and repeatability.\nDevelop Python, Bash, and Linux-based applications that interact with motherboard chipsets, BIOS/UEFI, and low-level hardware interfaces for automated validation.\nCreate and maintain test methodologies targeting DRAM performance, stability, margining, and thermal characterization on motherboards.\nConfigure enterprise-grade server systems to execute AI inference and heavy workload testing, evaluating hardware behavior under realistic stress conditions.\nUtilize and script against Linux-based diagnostic and management tools, including ipmitool, dmidecode, and i2c-tools, to monitor and troubleshoot hardware.\nUse Cursor to accelerate software development, debugging, refactoring, documentation, and test-case generation while maintaining reviewable code quality.\nCollaborate through GitLab and/or GitHub using repositories, branches, commits, pull or merge requests, code reviews, and issue tracking.\nWork closely with Hardware Engineering, Validation, and Manufacturing teams to translate complex diagnostics into reliable automated applications for continuous testing and validation.\n\nQualifications\n\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with typically 3-5 years of relevant experience.\nPractical understanding of motherboard architectures, chipset behavior, BIOS/UEFI operations, and hardware-software integration.\nProven experience developing automated hardware test software, including DRAM stress, stability, margining, and thermal characterization.\nHands-on experience setting up, configuring, and maintaining enterprise server hardware for AI inference and workload testing.\nStrong proficiency in Python and Bash scripting for full-stack tool creation, test automation, logging, and validation workflows.\nHands-on expertise using Linux motherboard management and low-level communication tools, particularly ipmitool, dmidecode, and i2c-tools.\nDemonstrated experience using Cursor or similar AI-assisted development environments to write, debug, refactor, and document software effectively.\nWorking experience with GitLab and/or GitHub workflows, including branching, pull or merge requests, code reviews, issue tracking, and disciplined commits.\nExcellent interpersonal skills with strong English verbal and written communication capabilities for local, cross-site, and international teams.\nAbility to work with moderate independence, break down ambiguous validation needs, and contribute to reusable tools, documentation, and coding standards.\n\nLocation\n\nThis opportunity is in Newark, CA.\n\nTravel\n\nWillingness to travel occasionally to other sites and industry events as needed.\n\nCompensation & Benefits\n\nThe base pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position in Newark, CA is $90,000 - 105,000; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on business considerations, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education. 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Accelerating results.\n\nAt Penguin Solutions, we understand the boundless potential of technology and support our customers in turning cutting-edge ideas into outcomes—faster, and at any scale.\n\nWith over two decades of experience as trusted advisors, Penguin Solutions is an end-to-end technology company solving the industry’s most complex challenges in computing, memory, and LED solutions. Penguin designs, builds, deploys, and manages high-performance, high-availability enterprise solutions, allowing customers to achieve their breakthrough innovations.\n\nSolving complexity. Accelerating results.\n\nAt Penguin Solutions, we understand the boundless potential of technology and support our customers in turning cutting-edge ideas into outcomes—faster, and at any scale.\n\nWith over two decades of experience as trusted advisors, Penguin Solutions is an end-to-end technology company solving the industry’s most complex challenges in computing, memory, and LED solutions. 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With flexibility where it matters and a strong focus on outcomes, Penguin Solutions is a place to do your best work, grow your career, and make a meaningful impact.\n\nJob Overview\n\nWe are seeking a Test Software Developer in Newark, CA to design, build, and maintain automated testing frameworks for advanced motherboards. This role requires the ability to work with moderate independence, translate hardware validation needs into reliable software tools, and contribute to maintainable team coding practices. Your core focus will include motherboard, chipset, and BIOS/UEFI interaction, with special emphasis on DRAM testing, thermal characterization, and AI inference workload testing. 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