Description

Key Skills: Networking ASICs, Networking switches, Networking, Layer 3, Layer2, QA

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Own the QA strategy and execution for the Network SDK -- including HAL, SAI, platform APIs, and data plane interfaces.
• Design and maintain comprehensive test frameworks and automation suites to validate SDK APIs, hardware integration, and system behavior.
• Lead the qualification process for SDK releases -- including functional, regression, performance, and scalability testing.
• Work closely with SDK developers, ASIC teams, and NOS integration teams to triage and root-cause low-defects.
• Define and track quality metrics, ensuring every release meets reliability, performance, and compliance goals.
• Mentor and guide a small team of QA engineers on test methodology, automation design, and debugging practices.
• Partner with DevOps to integrate automated SDK tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.
• Collaborate cross-functional to validate hardware abstraction, packet I/O, and platform APIs for both standalone and system-level configurations.
• Drive automation coverage expansion across multiple hardware SKUs and software branches.

Skills Required:

• 8+ years in software QA or validation for networking SDKs, NOS platforms, or embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of networking architectures, including L2/L3 forwarding, ACLs, QoS, and multicast.
• Solid experience with C/C++ API testing, Python automation, and Linux-based environments.
• Familiar with hardware abstraction layers (HAL), Switch SDKs (e.g., SAI, DPDK, P4-based platforms).
• Deep debugging skills using packet captures, logs, SDK traces, and hardware counters.
• Proven ability to architect test frameworks, design test plans, and drive complex system validation efforts.
• Leadership experience -- mentoring engineers, driving technical reviews, and managing quality deliverables.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience validating multi-ASIC or chassis-based switching systems.
• Knowledge of platform demons and integration with Network OS layers (SONiC, EOS, NX-OS, etc.).
• Familiarity with traffic generation tools (IXIA, Spirent, TRex) and realistic scale testing.
• Experience with continuous validation frameworks, Jenkins/GitLab CI, or containerized test environments.
• Contributions to open-source SDKs or network software projects (e.g., SAI, SONiC).

Education: Bachelor's Degree in related field

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate