Senior Network Hardware Engineer

Responsibilities

• Translates component-level requirements into clear testable acceptance criteria.
• Contributes data on field performance and inventory health to roadmap discussions.
• Documents environmental and operational constraints for site and region use.
• Executes qualification plans for routers, switches, optics (e.g., 100/400/800G), OLS, timing, and cabling.
• Performs interoperability testing across vendors and software versions; logs and triages defects.
• Validates performance metrics (throughput, BER/FEC, latency, power draw) against targets.
• Collects price/power/thermals data to support make/buy and SKU selection decisions.
• Tracks vendor SLAs and RMA trends; escalates non-conformance with evidence.
• Supports alternate-source evaluations to reduce single-supplier risk.
• Follows lab safety, change control, and security handling procedures.
• Runs repeatable test procedures and captures objective evidence for audits.
• Verifies BOM accuracy, labeling, and regulatory marks prior to release.
• Prepares release packets (test results, known issues, mitigations) for operational handoff.
• Executes A/B or pilot deployments in labs; documents rollback criteria.
• Performs root cause analysis on field returns and drives corrective actions.
• Maintains dashboards for failure modes, MTBF/FRU rates, and burn-in results.
• Proposes minor process/tooling improvements to reduce qualification cycle time.
• Contributes to knowledge base articles and standard operating procedures.

Qualifications

• Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements.
• Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
• Builds and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build and support effective partnerships.
• Identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more complex issues as appropriate.
• Analyzes data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.
• Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team.