Tata Elxsi offers comprehensive services in Media and Communications, including research, strategy, design, software development, validation, and deployment. With global presence and deep expertise, we specialize in 5G services, Edge computing, and connectivity solutions.

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Broadband Gateway Test Engineer to join our Media & Communications BU.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand product specifications, network architecture, and customer requirements.
• Design test plans, test cases, and scenarios for broadband features.
• Setup test environments including broadband CPEs, access networks, and traffic generators.
• Perform functional, performance, interoperability, and regression testing.
• Validate data throughput, latency, jitter, and packet loss under different load conditions.
• Verify broadband features across firmware versions and hardware revisions.
• Develop and maintain test automation scripts.
• Analyze issues and debug problems, collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Participate in cloud certification testing and vendor coordination.
• Prepare reports and documentation for testing activities.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software testing experience across platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac).
• Strong broadband testing experience (OpenWRT / RDKB / Prpl).
• Expertise in Wi-Fi & Easy-Mesh standards, TR181 & TR369 protocols.
• Experience with debugging tools, issue triage, and test documentation (STDs/ATPs).
• Proficiency in automation scripting and programming.
• Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Ability to stay calm and composed under pressure during incident responses.

Preferred / Optional Skills:

• Experience with frontend and backend testing of cloud-based services.
• Familiarity with GCP cloud, Kubernetes, MySQL, REST APIs, and AI-based testing.