Sr. Staff Engineering Technician - Santa Clara, CA - Hybrid

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations.

Gigamon is seeking a Sr. Staff Engineering Technician to work with the HW engineering team on introducing new leading edge network security appliances to the market. The role will involve prototype planning, bring-up, validation, and helping coordinate JDM/ODM/OEM projects. Post product launch, support of the sustaining team will be part of the role. The Sr. Staff Engineering Technician will be part of a small, dynamic team and must be comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment.

What you’ll do

• Provide support in components selection, procurement and qualification during prototype and post product launch phases.
• Provide support during product bring up and qualification.
• Manage prototypes across cross functional teams along with ensuring they are all at the latest revision.
• Perform basic rework in the lab and/or coordinate product rework through contract manufacturers and/or third parties.
• Work with engineering to support environmental and compliance testing and help ensure compliance certification is current.
• Support in creating all product related documentation, including compliance certificates, MTBF and product manuals.
• Provide support with product sustaining by helping create test setups and scripts to help triage failures.

What you’ve done:

• Associate degree or higher
• Basic board-level test and debug skills
• Soldering skills
• Basic OS/Linux and automation scripting skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities effectively to meet deadlines without compromising quality.
• Ability to work effectively with cross functional teams, including HW, SW and manufacturing.
• Willingness to learn and help in any area of product development and bring up beyond the ones listed in the responsibilities section.

Who you are:

• Strong engineering technician with an associate degree and 6-8 years of lab experience looking to grow into a broader, more technical role, or an entry level with a degree in electrical engineering and hands on lab experience.

The base salary compensation range targeted for this role is expected to be between $92,000 - $115,000 (subject to terms and conditions of the plan). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.

Employees in this position are eligible to participate in the Company’s standard employee benefit programs, which may include health and other insurances such as life and disability, and savings accounts such as a retirement plan with company matching contributions or similar, paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick), tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program (EAP), business travel accident insurance, employee discounts, and employee referral program. Additionally, employees may be eligible to participate in the Profit Interest Units plan.