About the Role
We are looking for a QA Engineer specializing in servers and server components to ensure quality, performance, reliability, and compatibility for purpose of modern server platforms.
In this role, you will work closely with hardware, firmware, system, services, and application teams to validate server architectures and components across the full product lifecycle - from early prototypes to production deployment.

Responsibilities
System & Component Validation
• Qualify complete server system architecture, including compute, memory, storage, networking, and accelerators
• Test and validate interactions between server components: CPU, DRAM, NVMe devices, Network interface cards (NICs), GPUs / accelerators.
• Perform individual component testing to verify performance, stability, and reliability prior to and after system integration
• Execute system-level validation under different configurations, workloads, and use cases
• Evaluate benchmark results against: technical specifications, business and application requirements, historical baselines and previous generations
• Identify performance regressions, instability, and reliability issues under sustained load and stress conditions
• Ensure hardware components and firmware meet business needs, performance goals, and specifications

Firmware, BIOS & BMC Validation
• Test and validate firmware for BMC / BIOS / FPGA
• Validate BMC functionality including IPMI/Redfish, sensors, power, thermal management, and logging
• Perform firmware upgrade, downgrade, and regression testing
• Assess firmware impact on performance, stability, and reliability across different hardware configurations
• Prepare and maintain test cases, checklists, and test reports
• Participate in platform validation for manufacturing and production readiness

Required
• Strong understanding of server system architecture
• In-depth knowledge of server components and their operation:
• Experience with component-level and system-level testing
• Understanding of BIOS/UEFI and BMC fundamentals
• Practical experience with Linux (command line, system tools, logs)
• Scripting skills (e.g. Bash, Python) for test and benchmark automation
• Ability to analyze performance data and identify regressions or anomalies
• Strong debugging, documentation, and communication skills

Nice to Have
• Experience with data center or server-grade hardware platforms
• Familiarity with common bench-marking and stress tools
• Understanding of PCIe topology and system interconnects
• Experience with reliability, power, and thermal testing
• Exposure to production, manufacturing, or fleet-scale validation
• Experience working with early hardware prototypes

The role 

We are building our L3 Support Line from scratch to serve as the datacenter center of expertise for servers, firmware (BIOS/BMC), and deep Linux diagnostics across Europe and the US.

This is a senior technical role focused on deep investigations, cross-site pattern detection, and driving permanent fixes with R&D and ODM vendors. You will turn complex incidents into scalable solutions and elevate L1/L2 capabilities through strong technical enablement.

You’re welcome to work in our office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Your responsibilities will include: 

Deep Technical Investigation (Primary Focus)

• Lead root cause analysis beyond L2 depth (GPU failures, firmware issues, Linux-level faults, HW/SW interactions).

• Detect recurring patterns across sites and convert findings into durable fixes.

• Own technical workstreams during high-severity incidents.

Vendor & R&D Collaboration

• Build evidence packs and drive escalations with ODM and R&D.

• Push for firmware, component, and platform-level resolutions.

• Track outcomes and ensure knowledge flows back to operations.

Firmware & Platform Readiness (BIOS/BMC)

• Support validation and rollout of firmware updates (risk assessment, staging, rollback planning).

• Help operationalize platform standards across datacenters.

Knowledge & Enablement

• Create scalable runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and error catalogs.

• Turn investigations into playbooks that elevate L1/L2 teams.

Hands-on Support (As Needed)

• Travel to datacenters for complex troubleshooting, new platform readiness, or incident containment.

We expect you to have: 

• Strong hands-on experience with datacenter servers and deep Linux troubleshooting.

• Ability to diagnose across hardware, BIOS/BMC firmware, and Linux (logs, drivers, storage basics, performance triage).

• Structured incident response experience and clear communication under pressure.

• Experience driving evidence-based escalations with vendors/R&D.

• Fluent English (written and spoken).

It will be an added bonus if you have: 

• Strong familiarity with GPU server platforms and tooling (for example: nvidia-smi, dcgmi, Linux logs correlation).

• Experience with ipmitool and Redfish workflows, firmware lifecycle, and staged rollouts.

• Scripting skills (bash and basic Python) for log collection, triage automation, and simple reliability analysis.

• Exposure to OCP-based platforms and ODM manufacturing ecosystems.

• Experience supporting enterprise bare metal customers under contractual SLAs.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop mechanical components and assemblies for server and racks hardware
• Create 3D models, detailed drawings, and specifications using CAD tools
• Collaborate with electrical, systems, and manufacturing engineers for product integration (placement of PCBs, power supplies, cooling systems) 
• Perform thermal and structural analysis to ensure system performance and reliability (if required) 
• Support prototyping, testing, and validation of designs 
• Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to ensure design for manufacturability (DFM) and cost efficiency 
• Identify and resolve design issues throughout the product lifecycle 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field 
• 3+ years of experience in mechanical design, preferably in electronics or server hardware 
• Proficiency with CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, Creo, or similar) 
• Strong understanding of thermal management, materials, and manufacturing processes 
• Experience with sheet metal design, plastics, and/or machining 
• Knowledge of data center or server systems is a plus 
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to details 
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment

Nice to have:

• Direct experience designing server, storage, or networking hardware 
• Expertise in thermal design, including airflow optimization, heat sink design, and liquid cooling systems
• Familiarity with data center standards and ecosystems (e.g., rack layouts, cable management, serviceability requirements)
• Experience with simulation tools (CFD/FEA) 
• Familiarity with materials selection for performance, cost, and sustainability considerations 
• Experience with rapid prototyping techniques (3D printing, CNC, sheet metal fabrication)

THE ROLE

Everpure is seeking a Cloud and Data Services Account Executive to accelerate growth of the Portworx and Everpure Cloud across our EMEA (North) accounts. You will own a number of named customers and prospects, build and execute multi year account plans, and drive platform adoption with a focus on business outcomes such as resilience, risk reduction, faster application delivery, and operational efficiency.

You will work closely with cross functional teams across Everpure and the Cloud and Data Services team, including Systems Engineering, Customer Experience, Marketing, Partner teams, Product, and field leadership. This is a high impact individual contributor role with a strong emphasis on strategic planning, disciplined execution, and customer intimacy.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own and grow a portfolio of enterprise and commercial accounts, delivering against annual and multi year revenue targets.
• Build and execute account plans that map buying centres, application priorities, Kubernetes roadmaps, and transformation programmes.
• Develop executive relationships across CIO, CTO, CISO, Head of Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, SRE, and Application leaders.
• Lead complex sales cycles from discovery through close, including security, risk, procurement, architecture review, and legal processes.
• Position Portworx around measurable outcomes: application resilience, ransomware recovery, data protection, regulatory compliance, cloud portability, and modernisation at scale.
• Orchestrate account teams and partner ecosystems, including GSIs, cloud providers, and regional partners, to drive pipeline creation and deal execution.
• Run a rigorous, value based sales process tailored to cloud native software, with accurate forecasting and strong hygiene in Salesforce and forecasting tools.
• Partner with Customer Experience to expand adoption post sale, identify expansion triggers, and build customer advocacy within the Manufacturing and Automotive community.
• Stay ahead of competitive dynamics in Kubernetes data services, backup and recovery, and container storage, using insights to sharpen strategy and messaging.
• Represent Portworx in customer meetings and relevant industry events, with a field first mindset.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Proven enterprise software sales experience, with a track record of closing and expanding high value, multi stakeholder deals in large organisations.
• Demonstrable experience selling into commercial & enterprise accounts, with an understanding of procurement, governance, risk, and security requirements.
• Strong grasp of cloud native concepts and the Kubernetes ecosystem, plus the ability to credibly engage architects and platform teams.
• Experience selling to both technical and executive stakeholders, translating technical capabilities into business value and risk outcomes.
• Disciplined pipeline generation, qualification, deal management, and forecasting, with strong operational habits in SFDC.
• Comfort working in a matrixed environment, influencing cross functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong communication and programme management skills, with clear account planning and stakeholder alignment.
• A customer first mindset and a bias for action, with resilience and curiosity.
• Business proficiency in both local language (Dutch, Swedish or Danish) and English.

ABOUT THE JOB
You’ll own the technical development of large aircraft from white paper sketches and conceptual design through detailed design, build, flight test, transition to production, and sustainment. This includes vehicle layout and conceptual design, airframe and propulsion system design and integration, guidance section development, payload and datalink integration, fabrication and flight test. These projects will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build a team, and drive to completion. The ability to leverage your intuition and prior experience in programmatic level decision will play a key component in making sure the right design/analysis/ and test steps are being completed to ensure success without simply completing steps for the sake of the process that don’t add value. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Work closely with the customer to develop or evolve a large autonomous air vehicle. This will require close coordination with Anduril Growth, Export compliance, technical departments, US and Foreign Suppliers and US and Foreign government subject matter experts and senior leaders.
• The intent is to have a strong technical chief engineer who can become engaged in the design process, gain a deep understanding of the aircraft, and leveraging understanding of export regulations, identify technical development roadmaps including: scope, cost and schedule required to prototype, test, and manufacture exportable air vehicle.
• Lead technical and programmatic execution of new and existing air vehicle systems design, fabrication, test, productization and sustainment.
• Own the technical and programmatic success of your programs, establish technical and programmatic vision assemble teams of internal and external subject matter experts, and communicate that vision to them.
• Candidate will begin with a high level of individual contributor work to initiate a program. Success will result in potential production capability. This will require building a technical and programmatic team around business opportunities.
• Set up trades to enable the exploration of early conceptual designs while working closely with technical SME’s and Business Development teams to find the right solution to current and future gaps in the sovereign capability to ensure the warfighter has the best solution for current and future conflicts.
• Manage the detailed design of the system and subsystems including requirements development, sub-system trades and optimization, risk management etc. to ensure the appropriate consideration of design key performance parameters, schedule, costs and risks.
• Coordinate the fabrication of prototype and low-rate production articles and subsystem/system level test efforts.
• Develop budgetary estimates and schedules working with functional engineering teams
• Work with suppliers and vendors to incorporate relevant capabilities onto the air vehicle.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Software Engineering Degree from an accredited institution
• 10+ years of technical engineering experience in a professional environment
• Deep understanding of unmanned aircraft at and above Group 3 class
• Experience with aircraft system design, prototype and test
• Experience in a senior role leading air vehicle programs from initial concept through test and delivery to customers
• Experience driving strategic direction in competitive landscapes, solving complex system optimization challenges under tight constraints.
• Proven ability to deliver functional capabilities while aligning technical objectives with programmatic outcomes.
• Demonstrated collaboration and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong understanding of the “why” behind Vehicle and Systems design.
• Experience with sovereign military design standards and airworthiness processes
• Experience integrating foreign vendor engineering and manufacturing teams, as well as subsystems and other products
• Must be able to obtain and hold a Dutch government security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with unmanned aircraft system design, prototype and test
• Experience managing technical development programs
• Experience with Foreign Military Sales, Direct commercial sales of defense systems

We’re looking for a Test and Automation Engineer to join our hardware R&D team building long-range HF communication systems. You’ll build and scale the systems that validate and operate our hardware across both development and production, working across test automation, lab infrastructure, and hardware coordination. In this role, you’ll own how hardware is exercised end-to-end, ensuring reliable and repeatable performance in demanding environments.

What you'll do 

As a Test and Automation Engineer, your key responsibilities include:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks for hardware validation and production testing

• Building and maintaining automation for hardware coordination and state control; managing transitions between operational states and integrating with monitoring systems, safety interlocks, and protection mechanisms

• Developing Python-based tooling and test suites to exercise hardware interfaces, including Ethernet, SPI/I2C/Serial, Modbus, SCPI, and custom protocols

• Implementing and maintaining communication with industrial peripherals and test equipment

• Automating lab instrumentation, including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and cable/component testers

• Creating and managing CI/CD pipelines that integrate hardware test results into the broader build and release workflow

• Instrumenting and monitoring test and production infrastructure by collecting metrics, generating reports, and tracking hardware test coverage over time

• Collaborating closely with hardware, RF, and infrastructure engineers to improve system reliability, observability, and testability

Who you are

• Experienced in hardware test automation, production/manufacturing automation, or embedded systems validation

• Strong in Python, with a focus on building clean, maintainable, and scalable automation frameworks

• Hands-on experience communicating with and coordinating industrial devices and peripherals

• Familiar with Ethernet-based systems and protocols (TCP/UDP sockets, network configuration, packet capture/analysis)

• Experienced in automating lab instruments using SCPI, VISA, or vendor-specific APIs

• Comfortable working in Linux environments, including command-line tooling, shell scripting, and service management

• Able to take ownership of systems end-to-end and operate effectively in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment

Nice to Have

• Experience with RF systems, SDR, or HF communication systems

• Familiarity with Protocol Buffers or similar serialization frameworks

• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or Bamboo for hardware-integrated pipelines

• Understanding of network infrastructure concepts such as VLANs, DHCP, PXE/TFTP boot, and SSH tunneling

Who we are

At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.

What you'll get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool.
• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries.
• 25 paid vacation days in your first year, increasing to 30 from your second year onwards.
• Training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, and fully paid first-class commuting expenses.
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, world-class barista coffee, in-house physio and chair massages, organized sports and leisure activities, and Friday afternoon drinks.
• Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.
• Competitive relocation packages and visa sponsorship where necessary for expats.

How to apply

Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via our recruitment inquiry form.

Please note:

• We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role
• We cannot accept applications via email

Diversity statement

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.