Principal Engineer, Platform Validation

Hyve Company Overview 

Hyve Solutions transforms complex engineering challenges into production reality for technology innovators building AI, cloud, and connected infrastructure. As a US-based manufacturing partner, the company rapidly delivers fast, agile execution through dep technical partnerships and co-innovation, and supply chain clarity. Hyve’s integrated ODM, CM, and SI capabilities eliminate vendor complexity while accelerating time-to-market with single-partner accountability from design through scale. The company co-innovates with deep engineering expertise, treating customer success as its own while building tomorrow's digital infrastructure.  

Key Responsibilities

Validation Strategy & Architecture

• Define validation frameworks and qualification strategies for server, storage, AI, and rack-scale infrastructure platforms.
• Establish validation requirements and coverage models based on product specifications, customer requirements, and deployment use cases.
• Develop platform validation roadmaps supporting current and future datacenter technologies.
• Drive risk-based validation planning across hardware, firmware, software, and system integration domains.
• Establish best practices for platform qualification and release readiness.

System Integration Validation

• Lead system-level validation for complete datacenter solutions, including:
  • Compute platforms
  • AI/GPU systems
  • Storage platforms
  • Networking infrastructure
  • Rack integration solutions
  • Power and cooling subsystems
• Ensure proper interoperability across hardware, firmware, software, and management components.
• Define validation requirements for deployment readiness, scalability, serviceability, and operational functionality.
• Drive multi-component integration testing across platform ecosystems.

Technical Architecture & Design Reviews

• Collaborate with system architects and engineering teams during product definition and development.
• Review platform architectures to ensure validation coverage and testability.
• Drive Design-for-Validation (DfV) methodologies.
• Identify validation risks early in product development and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design reviews, qualification reviews, and production readiness reviews.

Customer Qualification & Deployment Readiness

• Define validation requirements aligned with customer deployment environments.
• Partner with customers to understand qualification expectations and acceptance criteria.
• Develop customer qualification plans and deployment validation strategies.
• Lead readiness reviews supporting customer sampling, pilot deployments, and production releases.
• Support technical engagements during customer qualification cycles.

Platform Feature Validation

• Define validation strategies for:
  • Platform functionality
  • System management
  • Security features
  • Firmware integration
  • Operating system compatibility
  • Virtualization environments
  • AI infrastructure software stacks
  • Datacenter deployment workflows
• Establish validation coverage for emerging technologies and new platform capabilities.

Automation & Validation Infrastructure

• Define automated validation architectures and test execution frameworks.
• Drive adoption of automation, telemetry, and analytics capabilities.
• Establish scalable validation lab environments supporting concurrent development programs.
• Improve validation efficiency through modern testing methodologies and toolchains.

Manufacturing & Production Readiness

• Support validation activities during EVT, DVT, PVT, and production release phases.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure smooth transition from development to production.
• Define production qualification requirements and validation signoff criteria.
• Support factory build readiness and release qualification activities.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the technical authority for platform validation methodologies and best practices.
• Mentor validation engineers and technical leads.
• Drive standardization of validation processes across product families.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, validation tools, and industry practices.
• Influence product quality and validation strategy across Hyve's datacenter portfolio.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of experience in platform development, validation engineering, system architecture, or datacenter infrastructure engineering.
• 7+ years leading validation efforts for complex server, storage, networking, AI, or cloud infrastructure platforms.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Server architectures
  • GPU and accelerator technologies
  • Networking technologies
  • Storage platforms
  • System firmware
  • Datacenter deployment models
• Experience with system integration validation and qualification methodologies.
• Experience supporting product development through EVT, DVT, PVT, and production release phases.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering or related field.
• Experience supporting hyperscale cloud providers and enterprise datacenter customers.
• Experience with:
  • AI/ML infrastructure platforms
  • High-performance computing systems
  • Liquid cooling technologies
  • OCP-based platforms
  • Rack-scale solutions
• Knowledge of validation automation frameworks and data analytics.
• Experience in customer qualification and production deployment environments.

Core Technical Competencies

Platform Architecture

• x86 and ARM server platforms
• GPU and accelerator systems
• Datacenter storage systems
• Ethernet and InfiniBand networking
• Rack-level architecture
• Platform management and telemetry

Validation Expertise

• System integration validation
• Feature validation
• Firmware validation
• Customer qualification
• OS compatibility testing
• Interoperability testing
• Deployment validation
• Automation framework development

Product Lifecycle

• Architecture definition
• EVT / DVT / PVT execution
• Production release qualification
• Customer deployment readiness
• Sustaining engineering support

Success Metrics

• On-time completion of platform qualification milestones
• Customer qualification success rate
• Platform defect escape reduction
• Validation automation coverage improvements
• Faster product release readiness
• Reduced integration issues during deployment
• Improved customer satisfaction and deployment success
• Increased validation efficiency across product portfolios

Leadership Level

This role operates at a Principal Architect level, providing technical leadership across multiple product families and establishing the validation strategy for Hyve's server, AI, storage, and rack-scale datacenter solutions. The individual is expected to influence platform architecture decisions, customer qualification processes, and validation standards across the organization.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $240,000-$290,000 annually.
Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and business needs.

What’s in it for you  

Benefit Insurance  

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)  

• Health Savings Account (HSA)  

• Mental Health Care  

• 401K with match  

• Paid Holidays, Vacation & Sick Days  

• Tuition Reimbursement  

• Perks at Work 

• LEAP Program  

• MyFlexPay 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.