Job Description

As a Senior Test Engineer you will be responsible for validating next-generation Residential Gateway and Beacon devices, ensuring they meet the highest standards of performance, stability, interoperability, and customer-ready quality. You will design and execute comprehensive test plans, identify and resolve technical issues, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to support smooth integration and reliable functionality across diverse network environments. Your work will directly contribute to delivering high-quality connected home solutions.

NIFN2026

• Analyze, design, and develop test use-cases to thoroughly test products, services, improvements, and bug resolutions for integrated hardware/software systems, particularly focusing on ONT (Optical Network Terminal) and Beacon devices, according to customer requirements.
• Test functional and non-functional technical requirements derived from customer needs, integrating test automation scripts into the product's continuous integration framework.
• Reproduce field issues in lab environments and collaborate closely with development teams to validate fixes and ensure product stability.
• Apply and maintain quality standards, participating in process and tool evolutions and improvements.
  
  

• +8 years of hands-on expertise in the field or a related areaGood working knowledge of software testing (functional, regression, and/or non-functional testing) and experience in test design, test bed preparation/setup, test execution, and reporting.
• Solid Networking knowledge and understanding of networking protocols, including Ethernet, L2/L3, TCP/UDP/TLS
• Automation experience with Robot/Python, along with strong debugging skills.
• Familiarity with CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Delivery), Release automation (e.g., Jenkins), system administration, system configuration, and system debugging experience.
• Ability to generate detailed reports, logs, and metrics for protocol compliance, performance, and failure analysis.
• Lab support skills, including setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting test environments for broadband devices
• Proven experience with testing tools (ex. Spirent, Ixia, iPerf)
  

Nice to have:

• Specific knowledge of PON (Passive Optical Network) or DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technologies will be a significant plus
• Understanding of WAN/LAN architecture, routing and switching concepts, subnetting, TCP/IP stack behavior, MTU/MSS handling, and packet flow validation.
• Proficiency with Linux OS and its deployment in virtual environments. Docker experience is an asset for host simulation
• Experience with remote management protocols such as TR-069, TR-369 (USP), OMCI, and solid understanding of GPON standards (ITU-T G.984/G.988), specifically in Residential Gateway and ONT products, Wi-Fi and Mesh
  

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