Broadband​/Wifi Architect

Job Title:
Wi‑Fi Architect
Location:

- Philadelphia, PA
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.

• 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)