CareerPlan

Senior Principal Engineer Test

Office - USA - CA - HeadquartersFull-time$157k–$254k2026-05-08 → 2026-11-12
On-site · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Define and own system-level and platform-level test architecture across multiple networking products, establish long-term test strategies covering NPI, sustaining, and manufacturing, and drive root-cause analysis across ASIC, hardware, firmware, and OS boundaries.

Role type

Senior Principal Test Architect (Hardware/Systems)

Builds

Scalable automation frameworks, regression infrastructure, and manufacturing test strategies for networking hardware.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Networking Hardware / Systems Engineering

Required skills

System-level test architecture, Hardware circuitry and system architecture, Python (expert), C/C++, Linux-based systems, Networking protocols, Root-cause analysis, Automation framework design

Preferred skills

JScript, High-speed interface debugging (PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes), Memory subsystem expertise (DDR, HBM, flash), Manufacturing test strategy

Technologies

Python, C/C++, JScript, Linux, PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, DDR, HBM, flash

Responsibilities

Define system-level and platform-level test architecture, Establish long-term test strategies covering NPI, sustaining, and manufacturing, Architect and evolve scalable automation frameworks and regression infrastructure, Partner with Hardware, ASIC, Platform, Software, and Manufacturing teams to influence design-for-test, Mentor senior engineers and raise the overall technical bar of the test organization, Guide manufacturing test strategy, yield improvement, and failure triage at CM sites

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight