Lead Engineer, Software
About The Position
This role involves discussing and reviewing system requirement documents, collaborating with cross-functional teams to analyze system specifications and technical requirements, and designing and developing comprehensive test plans. The Lead Engineer will establish best verification practices for a new team, conduct end-to-end testing of optical transmission systems, and develop/maintain Python-based automation scripts. They will also implement CI/CD pipelines for regression testing, create test summary reports, maintain daily sanity tests, and perform regression testing for software/hardware upgrades. The position requires designing new test cases based on customer findings or new feature requests.
Requirements
- BA or BS in Engineering or Computer Science required.
- 5+ years of experience in communication systems verification test.
- Experience in automated northbound interface testing: Netconf/YANG, CLI, SNMP.
- Experience in testing Linux based embedded systems.
- Experience in Python or other script language for automation test.
- Experience in network protocols such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, OTN.
- Experience with DWDM optical systems, familiar with EDFA, WSS, OCM and OTDR.
- Familiarity with Transponder product, familiar with 100G, 400G, 800G L1 optical module desired.
- Familiarity in lab bench debugging tools oscilloscopes, optical spectrum analyzers.
- Programming languages: Python.
- Familiar with VS code environment.
- The ability to work independently with guidance from supervisor on specific tasks.
- Able to work and deliver on an aggressive schedule.
- Self-starter, highly motivated, dedicated and teamwork oriented.
- Good written and oral communication skills in English.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Chinese is an asset.
Responsibilities
- Discuss and review system requirement documents.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze system specifications and technical requirements.
- Design and develop comprehensive test plans covering functional, performance, and boundary scenarios.
- Create traceability matrices aligning test cases with system requirements.
- Establish best verification practices for a new team, consistent with existing practices and tools used by sister team.
- Validate management interface by testing optical provisioning, alarm, telemetry and software upgrade features over CLI and gRPC interfaces.
- Conduct end to end testing of optical transmission systems including signal integrity validation, network resilience testing (protection switching, failure recovery), L1 performance benchmarking (BER, Q-factor, latency measurements, etc.) and L0 performance (optical power, spectrum and OSNR).
- Develop/maintain Python-based automation script.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for regression testing using Jenkins/Gitlab.
- Create test summary report for each release.
- Maintain daily sanity tests and run regression tests in each software load.
- Perform regression testing for software/hardware upgrades.
- Design new test cases based on customer findings or new feature requests.
Benefits
- Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
