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Sr. Wi-Fi Test Engineer

  2026-05-11     W3Global     Philadelphia,PA  
Description:

Job Description:

  • Perform exploratory testing of Wi Fi features across CPE devices (Gateways, Routers, Extenders).

  • Validate Wi Fi functionality including:

  • SSID creation and management

  • Security modes (WPA2/WPA3, WPS)

  • Band steering, client steering, mesh behavior

  • Roaming, handoff, and multi AP scenarios

    Test real world usage scenarios such as:

  • Multiple client types (mobile, laptops, IoT, smart TVs)

  • Dense client environments

  • Interference, channel congestion, and environmental variations

  • Identify edge cases, race conditions, and intermittent issues through investigative testing.

    Perform performance and stability validation:

  • Throughput, latency, packet loss

  • Long duration soak and stress testing

Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and product teams to:

  • Share exploratory findings

  • Reproduce complex customer reported issues

  • Suggest test ideas based on system design

  • Execute limited scripted/regression testing, with primary focus on unscripted exploratory testing.

  • Log high quality defects with detailed observations, logs, and reproduction steps.

  • Analyze logs, packet captures, and system traces for issue triage.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong understanding of Wi Fi fundamentals:

  • 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (Wi Fi 4/5/6)

  • 2.4GHz / 5GHz / 6GHz basics

Hands on testing experience with:

  • Broadband gateways, routers, mesh/extenders

  • Linux based embedded systems

Familiarity with testing tools:

  • iPerf, Wireshark, tcpdump

  • Wi Fi analyzer tools (mobile/desktop)


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