Wi‑Fi Architect: Exploratory Testing & Performance Engineer

PDSSOFT INC.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PDSSOFT INC. is seeking a quality assurance tester to perform exploratory testing of Wi‑Fi features across CPE devices, including gateways, routers, and extenders.

The role emphasizes hands‑on verification of SSID management, security modes, and overall reliability. You'll collaborate with developers, architects, and product teams to share findings, reproduce customer‑reported issues, and log high-quality defects with detailed observations, logs, and reproduction steps.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Wi‑Fi fundamentals including modern standards.
• Hands-on testing experience with broadband gateways, routers, and mesh/extenders.

Responsibilities

• Perform exploratory testing of Wi‑Fi features across CPE devices (gateways, routers, extenders).
• Validate SSID creation and management.
• Assess security modes (WPA2/WPA3, WPS) and related configurations.
• Evaluate band steering, client steering, mesh behavior, roaming and handoff.
• Test interference, channel congestion, and environmental variations.
• Identify edge cases, race conditions, and intermittent issues via investigation.
• Collaborate with developers, architects and product teams to share findings and reproduce issues.
• Log high-quality defects with detailed observations, logs, and reproduction steps.
• Analyze logs, packet captures, and system traces for issue triage.

Skills

Wi-Fi fundamentals

802.11 standards

Broadband gateways/routers

Job description

PDSSOFT INC. is seeking a quality assurance tester to perform exploratory testing of Wi‑Fi features across CPE devices, including gateways, routers, and extenders.

The role emphasizes hands‑on verification of SSID management, security modes, and overall reliability. You'll collaborate with developers, architects, and product teams to share findings, reproduce customer‑reported issues, and log high-quality defects with detailed observations, logs, and reproduction steps.