Aaron Bevans
San Jose,CA
Summary
Results-driven engineering professional specializing in hardware and software development, focusing on troubleshooting x86 and ARM architectures. Successfully executed PCIe validation tests, ensuring enhanced system reliability and performance in high-volume environments, contributing significantly to operational efficiency.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Technician
Ampere Computing
Santa Clara, CA
05.2022 - Current
- Brought up and tested ARM/AArch64 silicon systems in lab and data center environments.
- BMC configuration and debug.
- Enabled PCIe hardware validation equipment such as BERT and LeCroy protocol analyzer.
- VMware and UTM hypervisor configuration.
- JIRA tickets support system.
- OpenOCD and T32 Lauterbach tool enablement.
- Keysight oscilloscopes calibration
- BIOS/UEFI flashing and configuration on test systems.
- IPMItool for system management.
- Linux, macOS, and Windows system administration.
- Debugged and configured and DHCP and TCP/IP networking.
- Validation Python script development logging, and execution.
- post-silicon validation and system bring-up and support
- Hardware set up and debugged DIMM, PCIe, NVMe, Ethernet, and USB devices.
- Lab equipment maintenance and hardware inventory.
Engineering Technician
Intel Corp.
Santa Clara, CA
11.2021 - 05.2022
- Executed x86/x86_64 PCIE validation tests on silicon devices to assess performance, functionality, and reliability.
- Identified and debugged signal integrity and functional errors to ensure device reliability.
- Configured thermal devices for post-silicon platform validation testing to support performance assessments.
- Enabled, configured, and calibrated OpenOCD and T32-Lauterbach debuggers for effective validation processes.
- Assembly, bring up and configuration of validation board in lab environments.
- Keysight Oscilloscopes Configuration.
- Configured BIOS/UEFI settings to enable Linux OS booting.
- Linux & Windows Systems Administration Tasks; File systems management, TCP/IP Networking configuration, SSH.
Computer Hardware Technician
Apto Solutions
Milpitas, CA
11.2018 - 06.2020
- Installation of new and used computer hardware components; desktops, motherboards, solid-state and hard disk drives, graphics cards, IoT devices & data center server hardware.
- Reconfigured, maintained, repaired, and debugged computer hardware components to ensure optimal functionality.
- Diagnosed and resolved hardware issues, including faulty components and connectivity problems, enhancing system reliability.
- Implemented hardware upgrades to improve system performance.
- Maintained detailed records of hardware installations and maintenance tasks to streamline future troubleshooting.
- Documented troubleshooting steps and solutions for future reference.
Education
Associate of Science - Computer Science
Southern New Hampshire University
Skills
- Firmware flashing
- Test execution
- Debugging techniques
- Failure analysis
- Lab Environment Setup
- System configuration
- Networking protocols
- Systems administration
- Technical support
- Technical documentation
Timeline
Engineering Technician
Ampere Computing
05.2022 - Current
Engineering Technician
Intel Corp.
11.2021 - 05.2022
Computer Hardware Technician
Apto Solutions
11.2018 - 06.2020
Associate of Science - Computer Science
Southern New Hampshire University