Software Test Engineer (SONIC)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Professional development

Unconditional inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bengaluru seeks an experienced network tester to validate SONiC and Junos on Broadcom-based switching platforms. You will design and run tests for L2/L3 features, validate SAI integration, and drive automation using Python and Robot Framework.

The role involves deep-dive debugging across ASIC and control/data planes, collaborating with the open-source SONiC community, and validating optical modules and transceiver protocols to ensure robust platform performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in network software or hardware testing.
• Strong understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols and switch/router architecture.
• Hands-on experience with SONiC NOS and SAI-based architectures.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with test automation frameworks such as Robot Framework.
• Solid grasp of SONiC architecture: SAI, FRR, Redis DB, Docker, Minigraph.
• Familiarity with Broadcom SDKs such as SDKLT or OpenNSL (preferred).
• Experience with traffic generators like Spirent or IxNetwork.
• Proficient with Git, Jenkins, Docker, and lab-based testbed environments.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and documentation skills.
• Contributions to SONiC or other open-source networking projects (highly valued).
• Exposure to telemetry, gNMI, OpenConfig, and YANG/Netconf/REST API testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans to validate SONiC & Junos functionality on Broadcom-based switching platforms.
• Validate advanced L2/L3 features including BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, QinQ, and multicast.
• Test and verify SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) integration and ASIC driver behavior.
• Automate functional, regression, scale, and performance test cases using Python and Robot Framework.
• Perform deep-dive debugging across ASIC, NOS, and control/data plane layers.
• Collaborate with the SONiC open-source community to contribute fixes, enhancements, and upstream improvements.
• Validate optical modules across various speeds, breakout configurations, and transceiver management protocols (e.g., CMIS, DOM).

Skills

Python

Robot Framework

SONiC NOS

SAI-based architectures

Broadcom SDKs

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Networking L2/L3

Open-source contributions

Debugging

Traffic generators

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics/CS/related field

Tools

Spirent

IxNetwork

Job description

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

What you’ll do:

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans to validate SONiC & Junos functionality on Broadcom-based switching platforms.
• Validate advanced L2/L3 features including BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, QinQ, and multicast.
• Test and verify SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) integration and ASIC driver behavior.
• Automate functional, regression, scale, and performance test cases using Python and Robot Framework.
• Perform deep-dive debugging across ASIC, NOS, and control/data plane layers.
• Collaborate with the SONiC open-source community to contribute fixes, enhancements, and upstream improvements.
• Validate optical modules across various speeds, breakout configurations, and transceiver management protocols (e.g., CMIS, DOM).

What You Need To Bring:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in network software or hardware testing.
• Strong understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols and switch/router architecture.
• Hands-on experience with SONiC NOS and SAI-based architectures.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with test automation frameworks such as Robot Framework.
• Solid grasp of SONiC architecture: SAI, FRR, Redis DB, Docker, Minigraph.
• Familiarity with Broadcom SDKs such as SDKLT or OpenNSL (preferred).
• Experience with traffic generators like Spirent or IxNetwork.
• Proficient with Git, Jenkins, Docker, and lab-based testbed environments.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and documentation skills.
• Contributions to SONiC or other open-source networking projects (highly valued).
• Exposure to telemetry, gNMI, OpenConfig, and YANG/Netconf/REST API testing.

Additional Skills:

• Cloud Architectures
• Cross Domain Knowledge
• Design Thinking
• Development Fundamentals
• DevOps
• Distributed Computing
• Microservices Fluency
• Full Stack Development
• Security-First Mindset
• Solutions Design
• Testing & Automation
• User Experience (UX)

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

Job: Engineering

Job Level: TCP_03

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