Technical QA

**Location: Ottawa, ON (Hybrid)**

**About this opportunity**

**What You’ll Do**
- Design test plans and strategies to conduct full characterization of optical interface products
- Execute test plans to evaluate equipment performance against design requirements
- Document test progress, results and assist with investigations and issue resolution
- Develop, execute, and investigate automated tests
- Explore new methods for software verification and validation
- Continuously contribute and improve test automation framework and team processes
- Participate in technical design document review throughout design and verification cycle
- Provide product and software feature training to cross-functional teams
- Maintain testing environments

**What You Bring**
- Bachelor's degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in optical transport product verification and test automation
- Experience with Optical WDM software, hardware and end-to-end systems testing
- Experience with testing management software for optical Transponders/Muxponders including ROADM
- Experience with optical Ethernet/OTN test sets such as EXFO, Viavi and Ixia
- Experience with Network Management System (NMS) testing using NETCONF/RESTCONF and SNMP
- Good knowledge on NETCONF/RESTCONF XML/JSON-based syntax, schema and validation
- Experience with Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 protocol testing.
- Experience with developing, executing, and maintaining automated regression tests
- Good knowledge of software version control using Git or SVN
- Good Knowledge of Operating Systems (Linux and Microsoft)
- Familiarity with software defect tracking system such as JIRA or Bugzilla
- Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interface with various disciplines/functional groups
- Good team player with strong verbal and written communication skills

Benefits for full-time employees include an Extended Health Care Plan, Dental, Vision, Life, Dependent Life, Disability insurance (STD and LTD), $500 Wellness Benefit, Employee Assistance Program and Paid Time Off.

**Why join Zhone?**

Zhone Technologies Inc. is a privately held innovative startup with its foundation based on a rich legacy, and is a global leader of access, optical and cloud-controlled software defined solutions.

Our software and network innovations are empowering communications service providers to reimagine their EDGE and transform their businesses and network infrastructure to become the experience providers of tomorrow. Zhone solutions are relied upon by over half of the top 25 telecom operators in the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Australia/New Zealand and service over 200 active service providers and enterprise customers.

If you are looking for an opportunity to bring new ideas to life at a company that doesn’t have too much bureaucracy and values thought leaders, this is the place for you

**What happens once you apply?**

Your resume will be reviewed against the requirements listed and if a match a member of our team will reach out to you directly. Hiring top talent is our top priority and we thrilled you chose us.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Kanata, ON K2K 3G4