Wi-Fi Senior Test Engineer

Vivid Soft Global; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vivid Soft Global in the United States is seeking an experienced Networking & Wireless Engineer to reinforce product teams with deep Wi-Fi expertise. You will translate requirements into testable specifications, drive architecture decisions, and champion robust verification across new products.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, debugging, and collaboration with product and development teams to resolve defects and improve performance in high‑speed networks.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• Experience in networking and wireless technologies.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Product & Development teams to identify requirements.
• Develops strategies and characterizes Wi-Fi behavior for new products.
• Leads investigations to identify, reproduce, and resolve defects.
• Reviews design specs for validity and testability.
• Assists in QA test philosophies and methodologies and test strategies.

Skills

Wi-Fi Fundamentals

Product Requirements

Test Strategy

Defect Resolution

QA Methodologies

Scripting Basics

Communication

5+ years exp

Education

BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

IEEE standards

Test Automation Frameworks

Networking Protocols

Automation Testing

Job description

Experience/ Technical Skills

• Strong understanding on Wi-Fi Fundamentals. Knowledge on 802.11 Wi-Fi protocols(a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
• Collaborates closely with Product & Development teams to identify product and technical requirements
• Develops strategies and characterizing Wi-Fi behavior in our new products; leads and able to resolve engineering investigations which includes identifying, reproducing, and resolving product defects
• Reviews and verifies requirements and design specifications for validity in overall product design, with an emphasis towards product architecture requirements, testability and verification
• Assists in developing Quality Assurance test philosophies and methodologies; assists in identifying
• viable test strategies to support testing product functionality
• Familiar with advanced Wi-Fi test automation frameworks and industry trends from IEEE, WFA, WBA, IETF
• Assist in the identification and resolution of problems and defects; able to initiate investigation processes, identifies and reproduces bugs or defects and drives issues and improvements to resolution
• BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related technical field
• Solid understanding of Wi-Fi antennas, frequency coordination, 802.11 WLAN technologies and IP protocols.
• Excellent communication skills
• Moderate level knowledge of scripting
• Troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills.
• 5+ years of experience in networking and wireless technologies.
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance; variable schedule(s) as necessary

Optional:

• Experience in home networking protocols and technologies such as Bluetooth, Matter, Wi-Fi, and other
• Experience with broadband product test including DOCSIS, Ethernet, Cable modem standards
• Hands-on experience with device/consumer products test, ideally in high performance applications
• Background on automated product test environments and able to assist in test automation/maintenance when necessary
• Ability to work with technology partner/vendor teams to drive architecture decisions and troubleshoot problems
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
• Languages: Good knowledge of data science tools, scripting, and programming languages