Photonics | Lab Tech | Semiconductor | Hardware Lab | Silicon Test
Quick facts
- Pay
- $35.00 - $40.00 per hour
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
- Background
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Skills
- Linux
- Industry
- Engineering — 240 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Visa: US citizen - Green card - Green card-EAD - TN - H-1B - E-3 - H4-EAD
Job Overview
This is an Engineering Lab Technician – Datacenter Systems & Board Design role. The strongest candidate should have hands-on server/system assembly, hardware validation/debug, oscilloscope/signal testing, Linux, board bring-up, and lab operations experience.
Responsibilities
- System Assembly & Installation: Assemble, build, and install bench top development platforms and large server systems.
- System Testing & Validation: Run system tests. Collect and report on testing results. Screen modules and boards as part of validation testing and debug.
- Signal Data Collection: Connect oscilloscope probes to boards and collect signal waveform data.
- Board & Mechanical Rework: Prepare boards for detailed solder reworks to be completed by skilled technicians. Perform mechanical reworks involving power tools such as a Dremel.
- Lab Logistics & Inventory: Support lab shipping & receiving logistics and manage inventory of equipment and materials.
- Lab Operations: Maintain and organize the lab equipment for efficiency and continuously look for ways to improve lab processes.
- 3D Printing (Nice to Have): Help 3D print plastic parts for quick service modifications to setups/fixtures.
Requirements
- Diploma/Certification, Associate or Bachelor's Degree in related field (or equivalent experience).
- Min 2+ years of hands-on experience in an electronic or testing lab in the areas of silicon bringup, board-level design/validation, or system design/validation.
- Fundamental knowledge of computing architectures and relevant hands-on hardware/software debug experience.
- Experience with lab test equipment setups for signal measurement using oscilloscopes and understanding of schematics.
- Experience with Linux command line operation.
- Solid system-level debugging experience & familiarity with board bring-up and customer support.
- Good attention to detail, as well as clear written and verbal communications.
Ways to stand out
- Experience with BMC, server management processors.
- Experience with thermal validation.
- Proven basic networking knowledge and server maintenance.
- Competence to perform simple solder reworks.
- Experience with lab test equipment setups for signal measurement using oscilloscopes and understanding to follow a schematic.
- Experience with x86/ARM architectures and accelerated GPU computing.
- Show interest in tinkering/building electronics.
Pay: $35.00 - $40.00 per hour
Benefits: Health insurance
Work Location: In person
Visa sponsorship record: Cloud Destinations Inc
Sponsors actively| Fiscal year | H-1B LCAs | USCIS approvals | USCIS denials | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — |
| FY2025 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — |
| FY2024 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — |
Roles they sponsor most
- bi analyst2 LCAs · median $82k
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Which visas can work for this job
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.