Sr. Wi-Fi Test Engineer

Philadelphia, PA, US • Posted 14 hours ago • Updated 1 hour ago
Full Time
On-site
USD120000.0/ANNUAL - USD120000.0/ANNUAL
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Job Details

Skills

  • Management
  • WPA
  • IBM WebSphere Process Server
  • Affinity Propagation
  • Laptop
  • IoT
  • Stress Testing
  • Collaboration
  • Systems Design
  • Regression Testing
  • FOCUS
  • Exploratory Testing
  • IEEE 802.11
  • Access Control
  • Microsoft Dynamics AX
  • Broadband
  • Routers
  • Linux
  • Embedded Systems
  • Testing
  • WebKit
  • Wireshark
  • Tcpdump
  • Change Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Content Management
  • SANS
  • Wireless Communication

Summary

Job Description:

  • Perform exploratory testing of Wi Fi features across CPE devices (Gateways, Routers, Extenders).

  • Validate Wi Fi functionality including:

  • SSID creation and management

  • Security modes (WPA2/WPA3, WPS)

  • Band steering, client steering, mesh behavior

  • Roaming, handoff, and multi AP scenarios

    Test real world usage scenarios such as:

  • Multiple client types (mobile, laptops, IoT, smart TVs)

  • Dense client environments

  • Interference, channel congestion, and environmental variations

  • Identify edge cases, race conditions, and intermittent issues through investigative testing.

    Perform performance and stability validation:

  • Throughput, latency, packet loss

  • Long duration soak and stress testing

Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and product teams to:

  • Share exploratory findings

  • Reproduce complex customer reported issues

  • Suggest test ideas based on system design

  • Execute limited scripted/regression testing, with primary focus on unscripted exploratory testing.

  • Log high quality defects with detailed observations, logs, and reproduction steps.

  • Analyze logs, packet captures, and system traces for issue triage.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong understanding of Wi Fi fundamentals:

  • 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (Wi Fi 4/5/6)

  • 2.4GHz / 5GHz / 6GHz basics

Hands on testing experience with:

  • Broadband gateways, routers, mesh/extenders

  • Linux based embedded systems

Familiarity with testing tools:

  • iPerf, Wireshark, tcpdump

  • Wi Fi analyzer tools (mobile/desktop)

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 10365788
  • Position Id: W3GEXT-57411
  • Posted 14 hours ago
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