Software Test Engineer - Wireless (Meraki)

Software Test Engineer, Wireless

What Youll Do

Looking forward to giving your career a boostYou will bring your outstanding talents to the Cisco Intent-Based Networking group that builds intelligent networking products and platforms for many different applications! We have the charter for all software development across switching (for data center, campus core and access), wireless, network services, routing, optical software, datacenter and cable access.

As a Software Test Engineer, you will participate in the full software development lifecycle for a large system - at scale. You will be part of a large team of engineers working on wireless solutions and based in Bangalore, India.

Your focus is automation, testing and networking. You will contribute to defining, implementing and executing tests for our wireless solutions on network operating systems running on routers, switches, wireless controllers and access points. The role requires learning and understanding customer deployment scenarios and its tasks include:

Reviewing design and functional specifications and providing networking insights, especially from a customer experience perspective;

Designing and developing Python automation;

Planning, designing, operating and improving continuous integration and automated testing systems;

Designing and writing test strategy and test plans;

Building the network infrastructure for test execution;

Testing wireless features on simulated and real hardware in typical customer scenarios as well as stress and scale scenarios;

Collaborating with customers to run Early Field Trials.

Who Youll Work With

Be part of building next generation scalable wireless LAN controller!

As an integral member of this team, you will work with a diverse group of engineers at all career levels. We architect, design, and develop some of the key features that are continuously evolving towards enabling the support of newer and exciting customer business paradigms. You will interact and collaborate closely with some of the finest talent in the industry - work that is both fun and challenging!

Who You Are

Excellent quality is what drives you. We are looking for an engineer with a passion for networking and who is motivated by working in a challenging and innovative environment. You possess the necessary skills to work in a highly collaborative, inclusive, and agile atmosphere in partnership with multi-functional teams.

Education and Experience

University degree in computer science, electrical engineering or equivalent.

Mandatory skills

Ability to write good software in Python and in at least one other language.

Knowledge and understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP and protocols.

Experience in troubleshooting and problem solving that involves coding, testing, debugging.

Ability to analyze user requirements.

Worked on projects focusing or featuring testing and coding

Dedication to customer success is key to this role.

Desired Skills

Experience with real-time O/S and with Unix/Linux development tools.

Understanding of wireless networking technologies and 802.11;

Experience with C or C++;

Strong interpersonal skills are desired. You should be able to multitask with multiple and distributed teams;

Ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks at the same time;

Why Cisco

We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to craft the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren t afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns.

We are leaders with vision, tech geeks, and we even have a few rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers.

We Are Cisco.