Job Title: AEC Regression & Interoperability Validation Engineer
Location: Middletown, PA – 100% Onsite
Duration: 6 months with possible extensions
Pay: $132/hr.
Shift: Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm est
Job Overview
- Our client is seeking a technically recognized Senior R&D/Product Development Engineer to provide technical leadership for interoperability, validation, and regression automation activities supporting next-generation active connectivity products.
- This role serves as the technical authority for validation methodologies, interoperability strategy, regression infrastructure, and ecosystem qualification.
- The Senior Engineer will drive cross-functional initiatives spanning product development, firmware, systems architecture, customer engagement, qualification, and manufacturing readiness while defining validation strategy for emerging technologies and future product generations.
Key Responsibilities
Technology Leadership
- Define validation and interoperability strategies for next-generation products supporting 800G, 1.6T and future high-speed networking platforms.
- Establish enterprise-level regression frameworks and test methodologies.
- Lead validation architecture for new products and technology platforms.
- Drive long-term roadmap planning for automation, AI-enabled validation, and lab modernization.
Interoperability Leadership
- Establish qualification strategies with major ecosystem partners and hyperscale customers.
- Lead customer escalation investigations and interoperability root-cause analysis.
- Define qualification standards for new network architectures and product introductions.
- Represent validation organizations during customer and executive reviews.
Automation & Infrastructure
- Architect scalable automated validation frameworks.
- Define CI/CD validation pipelines and quality gates.
- Guide deployment of AI-assisted test generation and intelligent analytics.
- Lead implementation of data-driven quality monitoring systems.
Cross-Functional Influence
- Influence roadmap decisions through risk analysis and validation insights.
- Partner with Product Management and Architecture teams on technology direction.
- Mentor senior engineers and establish engineering standards.
- Lead strategic technical initiatives across global teams.
Innovation
- Drive improvements in validation efficiency, coverage, and scalability.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, industry standards, and customer requirements.
- Champion adoption of advanced automation and intelligent testing solutions.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline.
- Master’s Degree preferred.
Required Experience
- 8 to 10+ years of experience in product development, validation, systems engineering, interoperability, or test automation.
- Strong experience with modern programing languages such as Python, React, Java, C# or similar
- Experience working with Embedded/Firmware applications
- Experience with version control systems such as Git (CLI), GitHub, GitLab, software testing, debugging, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Jira and Confluence using Agile Software Development Lifecycle management
- Demonstrated technical expertise and working relationship with cross-functional engineering programs.
- Experience influencing organizational strategy and engineering roadmaps.
Technical Expertise
Deep knowledge of:
- Automated test systems and regression frameworks
- Ethernet networking architectures
- High-speed serial communications
- PAM4 signaling
- AEC, ACC, AOC, DAC, and optical interconnect technologies
- CMIS and management interfaces
- Network operating systems and switch architectures
- CI/CD and DevOps methodologies
- AI-assisted engineering automation
- Development of custom software tools and applications
Desired Competencies
- Strategic planning and execution.
- Cross-functional influence without direct authority.
- Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills.
- Coaching and mentoring capabilities.
- Pro-active mindset with desire to positively impact project outcomes with best possible quality standards
Preferred Qualifications
- Recognized industry expertise in optical/active electrical/active copper interconnect validation.
- Experience working directly with hyperscale cloud providers and networking OEMs.
- Experience establishing global validation organizations or large-scale regression infrastructures.
- Contributions to industry standards or technical working groups. (CMIS, TIA, IEC, IEEE etc.)
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