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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