# Wi-Fi QA Engineer

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Richardson, Texas
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $128,600.00 to $184,900.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Cisco Networking’s Wireless Engineering System Integration Test team validates end-to-end enterprise Wi-Fi solutions, spanning access points, controllers, switches, and cloud platforms.

As a Wi-Fi QA Engineer, you will own assigned test areas from requirements review through release. You will design and implement integration plans covering functionality, interoperability, performance, scale, and security. You will build and maintain Python-based automation integrated into our CI/CD pipelines to ensure rigorous, repeatable testing. When issues arise, you will perform deep-dive root cause analysis using packet captures, telemetry, RF data, and system diagnostics.

Responsibilities:

- Design and implement integration plans for Wi-Fi solutions

- Build and maintain Python-based automation for testing

- Perform root cause analysis for issues

- Spearhead the use of AI agents for test generation, log analysis, and defect triage

Requirements:

- Bachelors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field + 5 years of experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience

- Experience in software quality engineering, system integration testing, network engineering, or a related field

- Experience with TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, switching, routing, multicast, QoS, and network authentication

- Expertise in Python or a comparable programming language

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience testing enterprise access points, wireless LAN controllers, and cloud-managed networking

- Knowledge of Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, or Wi-Fi 7

- Expertise with WPA2/WPA3, 802.1X, RADIUS, EAP, identity services, and wireless security

- Experience with high availability, redundancy, software upgrades, large-scale deployments, or system performance

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution

- Paid parental leave

- Short and long-term disability coverage

- Basic life insurance

- Paid time away

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

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## Skills

### Required
- Python
- TCP/IP
- DHCP
- DNS
- VLANs
- switching
- routing
- multicast
- QoS
- network authentication
- software quality engineering
- system integration testing
- network engineering

### Nice to have
- Wi-Fi 6
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Wi-Fi 7
- WPA2/WPA3
- 802.1X
- RADIUS
- EAP
- identity services
- wireless security
- high availability
- redundancy
- software upgrades
- large-scale deployments
- system performance

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