Systems Test Engineer

About the position

Tellabs, the world leader in the Passive Optical LAN marketplace, is defining the future of networking across enterprise and government. We're focused on expanding on that leadership and keeping people connected today and, as the world continues to change, tomorrow. You will be responsible for the development and ongoing maintenance of test strategies, specifications, and plans. You will contribute to the design, build and implementation of test automation suites that provide testing of the Tellabs products. As part of a small team, your creative product test will directly support the customer experience and advance our leadership in this growing market.

Responsibilities

• Development and ongoing maintenance of project test strategies, specifications and plans
• Contribute to the design and build of a test automation suite that provides daily rigorous testing of the product
• Timely execution of test plans and test cases either manually or using test automation
• Report hardware and software defects and proactively work with the development engineers to debug and correct them.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent technical training with 3+ years related experience
• 3 or more years of previous work experience in WAN/LAN/OLAN testing or equivalent experience in technical training and or continuing education
• Working experience of Networking (OSI model and protocols) with a focus on L2 (e.g. LLDP, xSTP, ACLs, MAB, 802.1x)
• Participated in automated test development with a preference to using Quali Systems Cloudshell/Testshell automation development tools
• Expertise in Python programming language and script generation
• Hands on experience using traffic generators such as IXIA or Spirent test Center

Nice-to-haves

• Strong technical, analytical and testing skills
• Self-motivated and able to manage multiple tasks with little supervision
• Be a fast learner who quickly assimilates the Tellabs products and testing environment to become a team player who immediately adds value to the evolving automation test environment
• Knowledge of overlaying GPON, XGPON and NGPON services onto a single fiber would be beneficial