Staff Firmware Engineer building software for Samsara’s IoT sensors, gateways, and dashcams. Bringing up hardware and delivering secure, power - efficient firmware for physical operations.
About the role
- Firmware Test Engineer testing and validating firmware for optical products with cross-functional teams. Building test automation and drivers from scratch in Nokia's Ottawa team.
Responsibilities
- Being an integral member of the test team, deliver quality output by executing product Firmware testing with laser focus on quality and adherence to project schedules.
- To scope, plan and execute the test strategy in an Agile environment.
- Execute test activities for sustenance releases to address field issues, feature enhancements, critical defect fixes through mix of white box and black box testing.
- Bring up or manage test automation framework for utilizing various optical instruments (OSA, Oscilloscope, VOA, Optical switch, wave shaper etc.,) using third party vendor libraries and build product drivers, test cases from scratch for optical performance tests.
- Strategize with HW, ASIC, FW, ODVT and SW teams and proactively derive practical fixes which needs to be merged into development code base to create sustenance release(s)
- Perform Root Cause Analysis for customer found defects and enhance test plans to cover the customer scenarios.
- Ensure world-class quality for product and features being tested.
Requirements
- BS/MS with internship/co-op experience in telecom product testing for embedded systems, including DWDM/ROADM and Transponder/Muxponder technologies, with strong knowledge of standards such as OTN, SONET/SDH, and Ethernet.
- Solid understanding of next‑generation client and line‑side coherent optics (QSFP‑DD, OSFP) supporting 100G to 800G traffic.
- Demonstrated experience testing carrier‑class telecom products in cross‑functional, geographically distributed teams, with the ability to define test strategies and test plans and actively participate in requirements, design, and test reviews.
- Hands‑on experience using optical test equipment such as optical spectrum analyzers, power meters, VOAs, wave shapers, EDFAs, optical switches, and traffic generators.
- Strong background in Python (pytest preferred), test automation frameworks, defect tracking systems, and test repositories.
- Familiarity with JTAG debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, Git, and bug tracking tools.
- Proven technical leadership, excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills, and a quick‑learning, self‑starter mindset; experience with AI tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and GenAI applications is a plus.
Benefits
- Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
- Health and dental benefits
- Short-term disability, and long-term disability
- Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
- Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program
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