# Software Engineer II - Network Test Engineer

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Location**: Sunnyvale, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $108,500 - $218,500 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join our Networking & IP Services team. You will work closely with Product Management, Software Engineering, and Hardware Engineering teams to validate next-generation networking platforms and software. Your tasks will include developing test strategies, automating complex networking test scenarios, troubleshooting software and hardware issues, and delivering high-quality networking products.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with Product Management, Software Engineering, and Hardware teams to review product requirements and technical designs.

- Develop comprehensive functional, system, and regression test plans for networking software and platforms.

- Execute manual and automated test cases to validate functionality, scalability, reliability, and performance.

- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks using Python.

- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to improve product quality and release efficiency.

- Identify, reproduce, troubleshoot, and document software and hardware defects.

- Partner with development teams to isolate root causes and verify fixes.

- Validate Layer 2/Layer 3 networking features, routing protocols, and network services.

- Perform hardware qualification and validation testing for new networking platforms.

- Contribute to continuous improvements in testing processes, automation, and product quality.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.

- Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of software testing experience, or Master's degree with 1+ year of relevant experience.

- Experience developing and executing software test plans and test cases.

- Hands-on experience with Python for test automation.

- Strong analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional engineering environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience in several of the following areas is highly desirable:

- 2+ years of software testing experience in networking, IP services, or network operating systems.

- Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking technologies, including Ethernet, VLANs, Quality of Service (QoS), Class of Service (CoS), Load Balancing, OpenConfig Telemetry, P4 Runtime (P4RT), Firewall technologies.

- Routing and transport protocols, including BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, RSVP, Multicast, L2VPN, L3VPN, VPLS.

- Experience working in Linux, FreeBSD, and virtualized environments.

- Hands-on experience with network test equipment such as Spirent or Ixia.

- Knowledge of software testing methodologies including unit, integration, system, regression, black-box, and solution testing.

Benefits:

- Comprehensive suite of benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

- Investment in career development with programs to help reach career goals.

- Unconditional inclusion with flexibility to manage work and personal needs.

Salary: The expected salary/wage range for this position is $108,500 - $218,500 per year.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- software testing
- analytical skills
- troubleshooting
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking technologies
- routing and transport protocols
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- virtualized environments
- network test equipment

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