Software Test Engineer (Wi-Fi)

Job Description

Who You ll Work With Arista Networks is aggressively expanding its campus portfolio and Wi-Fi is one of the key focus areas. To be able to take Arista Wi-Fi to its next level, we are seeking an experienced, dynamic and hands-on engineer for our Chennai office who can collaborate with the existing SysTest teams based out of India.You will work with software development engineers, hardware engineers, field support engineers, product managers, and software test engineers to analyse customer requirements and use cases, gather technical details, create software test plans, and validate that the product meets our customer s requirements. You will also work with our customer support and engineering teams to help address escalated customer issues by reproducing, and debugging those in the lab. What You ll Do As we expand our Wi-Fi into campuses with diverse & complex deployments, varied use case scenarios and mission critical requirements, there will be a constant need for doing things differently and in a unique way. We are looking for a few engineers who will help establish our rock solid quality in campuses and enterprises with Wi-Fi products and thus help expand the customer base. The engineer will have a lot of varied responsibilities, ranging from solution based feature/functionality testing to handling customer deployment issues or escalations. Understand the Arista Wi-Fi cloud architecture, its components, and related products. Work with software development, test engineers and field support engineers to gather technical requirements, participate in functional specification and software design reviews, and validate that the product meets our customers requirements. Own the feature and product; be the subject matter expert for your deliverables. Be the first point of contact for field escalations. Reproduce the issue locally and drive them to a resolution by coordinating with Account, TAC, SysTest & Development teams. Build and maintain Wi-Fi labs. The person will be responsible for designing & deploying complex networks that mimic customer environments at scale. Test out end to end solutions that encompass wired and wireless deployments. Interop testing between Arista APs and enterprise grade Clients and custom Wi-Fi equipment Bachelor s/Masters degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science, IT or a related field. 5 - 15 years of experience in troubleshooting wired or wireless networks and debugging complex software; experience with Cloud and virtualiza