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As a member of the Product Verification team you will participate in the system level testing of next generation products, testing involve manual and automated tests. The position includes exposure to technologies including optical transport, platforms, packet OTN and ethernet switching.
Perform product operational test verification assessments as directed by the project verification leader and help resolve complex technical issues.
Develop and execute test strategies and test procedures to evaluate equipment performance against quality objectives.
Part of the Test team,



candidate will fully develop and own the top-level automation scripts and collaborate with the Automation Developers who own the code for infrastructure/building blocks.
Collaborate with hardware, software, and system engineering staff to resolve problems related to specifications and expected customer behavior.
Work with other test groups on all levels of testing groups including system and network management to ensure customer and product quality objectives are met.
Ability to develop and program test automation scripts for operation testing, Python programming language is a plus.
Knowledge of optical networking and associated network level concepts.
Knowledge of packet and network level protocols.
Education/Experience
~ Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent

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