Test Engineer

Company Description:

Nexthop AI is a team of industry-leading professionals with deep hardware and software expertise spanning silicon systems network operations and cloud development dedicated to building innovative bleeding-edge solutions for large-scale AI deployments. The team culture thrives on collaboration creativity and fun while delivering foundational technologies for next-generation AI infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities:

• Testing of products and solutions - the testing can span platform testing functional testing feature testing solution testing and regression testing.
• Manual testing as well as building and enhancing test automation with scripting
• Design and maintain testbeds qualify software releases and deliver on quality metrics
• Collaborate with POC eng for any customer specific testing efforts during POCs as needed
• Collaborate with and help Eng teams (SW HW Support) in reproducing faults as needed and regularly update test scripts to prevent recurrence of bugs

Qualifications:Were seeking individuals who thrive in a fast-paced collaborative startup and possess exceptional problem-solving skills and a strong aptitude for taking initiative and learning. Additionally we value individuals who practice and instill customer empathy. The following skills are essential for this role:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience in test QA solutions testing roles. Hands-on testing experience is a MUST.

• Proficient in networking technologies software network protocols network designs and deployments with hands-on experience across diverse Network Operating Systems (NOS) such as IOS IOS-XR EOS and Junos
• Proficient in working with well-known Traffic Generators and network test hardware and software solutions

• Experience with SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) or any Open source OS is highly desirable
• Proven ability to write good test plans and effectively debug and troubleshoot complex networking issues (hardware and software)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills is a must
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g. Python) programming languages (C C) automation tools (e.g. Ansible) AI development tools (e.g. Gemini Co-pilot Augment; etc) is a plus
• Familiarity with container technologies (e.g. Docker) and databases (e.g. SQL NoSQL) is a plus

Why Us:

Our company bolsters all the advantages of working at a startup with the expertise of aseasoned team who have successfully built startups into thriving companies. Here youll havethe unique opportunity to collaborate and learn from top-tier engineers while still working onmission critical projects. If you are excited to learn solve hard problems at the forefront ofcomputer systems and be a part of shaping a burgeoning company this is the place for you.

Required Experience:

Manager