Wireless QA Engineer (WiFi 6 / WiFi 7 Testing)
SonicWall
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We are looking for a Wireless QA Engineer with 3–5 years of experience in WiFi 6 (802.11ax) and WiFi 7 (802.11be) tesIng. The ideal candidate should have strong experIse in wireless networking, test planning, automaIon, and performance validaIon. The candidate should possess hands-on programming/automaIon skills and experience in wireless performance, capacity, and scalability tesIng using VeriWave or equivalent traffic generaIon tools.
Key Responsibilies
- Design, develop, and execute test plans and test cases for WiFi 6 and WiFi 7.
- Perform funcIonal, regression, interoperability, performance, scalability, stress, and stability tesIng of enterprise wireless.
- Validate wireless features such as WPA2/WPA3, 802.1X authenIcaIon, RADIUS, VLANs, QoS, Mesh, OFDMA, MU-MIMO, BSS Coloring, MulI-Link OperaIon (MLO), and seamless.
- Execute wireless performance, throughput, capacity, roaming, and scalability tesIng using VeriWave (or equivalent tools such as Spirent/Ixia).
- Develop, maintain, and enhance automaIon frameworks and test scripts using Python or similar programming.
- Analyze packet captures using Wireshark and debug wireless protocol and networking.
- Collaborate with Development, Product Management, and Support teams to reproduce, analyze, and resolve product.
- Participate in CI/CD-based test automation and continuously improve test coverage.
Required Skills
- 3–5 years of experience in Wireless QA/TesIng.
- Strong understanding of WiFi 6 (802.11ax) and WiFi 7 (802.11be) technologies and IEEE 11 standards.
- Good knowledge of enterprise wireless networking, including WPA2/WPA3, 1X, RADIUS, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, and QoS.
- Hands-on experience in automation and programming using Python (preferred) or other scripting.
- Experience in wireless performance and scalability testing using Veri Wave, including throughput, latency, roaming, and capacity validation.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking.
- Experience with Wireshark for packet capture and protocol.
- Familiarity with Linux environments and shell.
- Experience with defect tracking and test management tools.
- Strong analytical, debugging, problem-solving, and communication.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with enterprise wireless Access Points and Wireless.
- Familiarity with automation frameworks such as PyTest, Robot Framework, or others.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab.
- Knowledge of REST APIs and network.
- Exposure to traffic generators such as Spirent Test Center, Ixia, or Octo Scope.
- Knowledge of Firewall and Network Security concepts is preferred.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electronics, Information Science, Telecommunications, or a related engineering.
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Summary
Design, execute wireless test plans, automate testing, analyze protocols, improve product quality.
Job title
Wireless QA Engineer (WiFi 6 / WiFi 7 Testing)
Experience level
3-5 years
Minimum experience
3+ years exp
Industry
cybersecurity
Location requirements
Bengaluru, India; hybrid remote work allowed.
Salary
Not specified
Visa sponsorship
H-1B sponsor history
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India