CPE Validation Engineer

Mandatory Skills-
Consultant will provide CPE validation and automation engineering Services, including but not limited to:
• Perform tasks pertaining to CPE validation & automation
• Write TR-069 related scripts
• Software automation using tools like Python and Expect
• Write new command line tools in Java, Python, or Go
• Write shell scripts to validate CPE (i.e. TR-069 routers) on the network
• Customize scripts per vendor including ports, wifi radios, SSID packets, etc.
• Generate TPut, KPI, and other performance metrics for the devices being tested
• Prior experience with WiFi performance testing is required. Familiarity with Octoscope, Veriwave test equipment is a plus.
• Good knowledge of RF concepts is required: splitters, attenuators, antennas, RF shielded boxes.
• Familiarity with lab test equipment is required: Spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, oscilloscopes.
• Good knowledge of TCP-IP, and L2 networking / switches, wireshark debugging tool is required. Familiarity with L3-networking / routers is a plus.
• Ability to write shell scripts to validate CPE (i.e. TR-069 routers) on the network is required.
• Ability to customize scripts and run experiments per vendor; ports, wifi radios, SSID packets, etc. is required.
• Background in software automation using tools like Python and Expect or other is required.
• Prior experience with debugging tools, and root-cause analysis is required. The candidate must have good problem solving skills.
• The candidate will generate TPut/KPI/other performance metrics and statistics for the devices being tested, compile test reports, to help prepare presentations. Good documentation skills are required.