Verification Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable verification frameworks and automation tools in Ruby and Python for ASIC drivers.
• Build and maintain comprehensive test environments, test suites, and verification infrastructure to validate ASIC driver and software features functionality, performance, and reliability.
• Drive verification strategy and planning, including test plan development, coverage analysis, and coverage closure for ASIC drivers and software features.
• Replicate and drive complex customer-reported and internally-discovered issues to resolution, performing deep root cause analysis across the software, driver, and hardware layers.
• Conduct thorough code reviews of verification code, provide constructive feedback, and champion engineering best practices across the team.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers through pair programming, design reviews, and technical guidance, fostering their growth into senior technical contributors.
• Collaborate closely with software, hardware, and ASIC engineers to ensure verification gaps are identified, defects are properly reproduced, and fixes are validated.
• Build and maintain tools to generate network traffic, simulate test scenarios, and measure performance and reliability.
• Serve as the go-to technical authority for ASIC driver verification, resolving the most complex and ambiguous issues that cross software, driver, and hardware boundaries.
• Influence hardware and software teams on verification sign-off criteria, testability improvements, and debug capabilities.
• Lead hiring and growth of the team, raising the technical bar across the team through mentorship, code reviews, and technical guidance.
• Champion innovation in verification methodology, tooling, and process improvements organization-wide.
• Contribute to the overall technical direction of the verification platform, including tooling strategy, technology selection, and long-term roadmap.

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 8 to 12 years of professional software development or verification engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Ruby and Python, with a proven track record of building and maintaining automation frameworks and tooling.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching, and firewalls.
• Deep Linux command line expertise, with experience building test environments, developing on Linux, and troubleshooting complex system-level issues.
• Strong programming fundamentals and software engineering discipline, including data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and clean code practices.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting software, drivers, and networks logically and analytically.
• Fundamental knowledge of Linux operating system internals, kernel, and device drivers.
• Familiarity with advanced networking protocols, security concepts, and Dev Ops/tooling practices.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable verification architectures and make sound technology trade-offs in ambiguous, high-stakes situations.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and conducting effective code reviews.
• Strong communication skills, and ability to work in a collaborative cross-functional environment.
• Ability to take ownership of complex projects, work with minimal supervision, and research and master new technologies quickly.

• Experience developing and owning verification frameworks and test automation platforms at scale.
• Experience building and maintaining ASIC driver software or kernel-space code in
  
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• Experience in using Viavi (Spirent Test Center, Avalanche) or Keysight (Ixia, Breaking Point) traffic generators.
• Experience contributing to open-source networking or Linux kernel projects.
• Track record of driving technical decisions, setting verification standards, and influencing the direction of a team or the broader organization.
• In-depth knowledge of at least 2 of the following areas, with strong proficiency in each:
  • Protocols & Networking: BGP, OSPF, LACP, STP/RSTP/MSTP, ARP, DNS, IPsec, IPv6, TLS, multicast, VXLAN, GRE, SD-WAN, QoS (Quality of Service)
  • Security:
    Cryptography fundamentals, mTLS, PKI/certificate management, network security protocols
  • Dev Ops:
    Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipeline design, infrastructure as code, test automation at scale
  • Performance & Tools: network packet analyzers (e.g., Wireshark), benchmark testing, building tools to generate traffic

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $179,000-$219,000.

Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and comprehensive leave program.

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• 11 paid holidays
• Vacation time
• Sick time
• Comprehensive leave program

Wage ranges are based on various…