Software Principal Engineer- System Test, Hardware & Firmware Validation (SONiC AI & Enterprise Networking)

About the role

Principal Software Engineer – System Test, Hardware & Firmware Validation (SONiC AI & Enterprise Networking) Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) builds the products that power infrastructure, solutions, and data management our customers need most. Some product builders follow the rules. Ours rewrite them.

What you'll do

• As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for validating the hardware and firmware foundation of SONiC-based networking platforms at system breadth and…
• Execute stability, longevity, failover, recovery, and upgrade and downgrade loops across air-cooled and DLC architectures
• Perform security validation, including secure boot, image tampering tests, PFR (Platform Firmware Resilience), firmware integrity
• Partner with ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) teams on firmware releases, platform bring-up, defect triage
• Analyze firmware logs, telemetry, diagnostics, and crash dumps, and build test plans and Python automation aligned with spec-driven and test-driven development…

What you need

• Hardware
• Networking
• Python
• REST APIs
• Git
• CI/CD
• B.Tech or B.E.

Good to have

• Test cases