Wireless Test Engineer

Description:
Brief Description
-802.11ac software test experience
-4+ years of Wireless, 802.11a/b/g/n hands-on test experience

Education - BS EE/CS required

Scope of Responsibility
-This position will perform testing of Wireless LAN (WLAN) switching/access point products employing advanced security.
-Design, develop and execute network test solutions for wireless infrastructure products, including scripts for automated regression testing.
-Identify, reproduce, characterize and log bugs. Verify fixes for bugs and plan/execute additional tests needed for fix verification.
-Execute performance, interoperability, and system level tests. Analyze failures and defects, and recommend corrective actions.
-Proactively work with engineers debugging software and hardware solutions during new product development. Engineer must have good interpersonal communications and be able to understand a technological problem set and describe the situation under test to fellow software team members.
-Candidate must be able to learn new technologies quickly. Set up customer configurations and test at System and Solution level.

Required Skills
-Knowledge and hands on experience with 802.11ac
-Must have strong experience in WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-Knowledge of L2/L3 (Ethernet, TCP/IP), SNMP, HTTP, Linux/UNIX/Windows operating systems.
-Must have experience of Functional/Feature Testing as well as System Testing.
-Demonstrate experience of using network monitoring and analysis tools to debug Ethernet/Wireless/IP layer problems.
-Good oral and written communication skills are required.

Good to have
-Knowledge of 11w, 11u, 11i and related protocols
-Ability to automate is required. Solid automation experience (Perl/Tcl)

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.