Intel Ethernet Products Group (EPG) delivers best-in-class Ethernet products and is part of the Connectivity Group which is at the heart of Intel's transformation from a PC company to a company that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing-devices. EPG's compelling Ethernet products move the world's data and are the foundations of cloud service and telecommunications data centers. We are a team of problem solvers, experimenters, and innovators who are dedicated to designing the network technologies that currently lead and continue to transform datacenter ecosystems. As a world-class organization, we're looking for outstanding talent to accelerate our growth during an exciting time in Ethernet networking technologies. If you're ready to be a part of this journey, then we want to hear from you.

We are seeking highly qualified Software Validation Engineers with expertise in a vRAN and/or communication service provider Communication Service Provider (CSP) environment to join our world class Ethernet Product Group (EPG) under Connectivity Group. You will join a best-in-class validation team relentlessly driving the highest quality of EPG products via continuous improvement, learning and a mindset towards customer excellence.

In this role, your daily agenda will be anything but ordinary. On a regular basis, it includes but is not limited to:
- Strategizing test approaches to achieve optimization of the resource and coverage
- Reviewing and analyzing the requirement documents and architecture specifications to understand the product
- Interacting with marketing and architecture teams to understand the scalability and performance aspects and customer use cases
- Define coverage, create, and maintain Test plans
- Develop automation strategy, apply state of the art automation technology to automate and execute test cases
- Manage manual testing via Oversea Development Center (ODC) Debug failures and file defect sightings

Qualifications

Candidates must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Requirements listed below would be obtained through a combination of Industry job relevant experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research

Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in validation and debug of Network centric software
. 6 + experience with software testing and test methodology (i.e., functional, integration, user scenarios/use case, regression, or performance testing)
- 3+ years of Python programming experience

Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in 5G Architecture Technologies (e.g. vRAN)
- 5+ years of experience with DPDK and/or SPDK
- 5+ years of experience with Virtualization, especially SR-IOV
- 5+ years of experience with Real Time OS
- 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes and Containers

The Network & Edge Group brings together our network connectivity and edge into a business unit chartered to drive technology end to end product leadership. It's leadership Ethernet, Switch, IPU, Photonics, Network and Edge portfolio is comprised of leadership products critically important to our customers.

Other Locations

US, California, San Jose;US, Oregon, Hillsboro

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Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.