Technical Lead

Family Description
Applied R&D (AR) consists of target-oriented research either with the goal of solving a particular problem / answering a specific question or for multi-discipline design, development, and implementation of hardware, software, and systems including maintenance support. Supplies techno-economic consulting to clients. AR work is characterised by its detailed and complex nature in order to systematically combine existing knowledge and practices to further developing and incrementally improving products, operational processes, and customer-specific feature development.
Subfamily Description
Integration, Verification & Testing (IVT) comprises the integration of SW and / or HW or system components into system, platform, product releases, or networks and verifies the integrated entity or network against particular requirements and specifications. Covers setup and maintenance of laboratory and associated equipment, tools, and devices.

NIFN2026

• Works effectively in a mixed environment and uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services. 
• Has in-depth business knowledge and uses understanding of how relevant areas integrate to achieve objectives.
• Uses advanced analytical skills to solve complex problems or problems that do not have routine solutions and takes a new perspective.
• Shares initial ideas for professional direction of own organisational unit.
• Acts as a professional advisor and mentor for staff / workteam / taskforces.
• Analyses, designs, develops and tests products / services / improvements / bug resolutions for integrated hardware / software systems as per customers' requirements.
• Reproduce customer trouble tickets. Diagnoses complex problems / issues (EG hardware, software, combination) and provides resolution or recommend corrective actions. 
• Applies and maintains quality standards. Participates in process and tools evolutions and improvements. 

You have:

• Bachelors or master's in engineering between 6-8 years of experience in Automation testing.
• Networking domain à Switching technologies/DSL is more preferrable
• End to End Manual testing experience at L2 products 
• Design and execute manual and automated tests to ensure high-quality products while gaining hands-on experience in both areas.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Expertise in testing and automation of L2/L3 any Access protocols (Layer 2 Forwarding VLAN, QoS, Multicast, DHCP, PPPoE, 802.1x, Radius, CFM, ERPS, xSTP, LLDP, LACP, ANCP, etc.,)
• Test protocols, interfaces, and network components (e.g., SNMP, NETCONF, REST, TCP/IP).

It would be nice if you also had:

• Contribute to test automation using tools like Robot Framework, Python, and Java, enhancing technical automation skills.
• Take responsibility for testing the products with a focus on quality, managing end-to-end testing while maintaining product standards.
• Experience in developing automation tools using advanced technologies is a plus.