✦ Luna Orbit — QA & Testing

R&D SW Quality Engineer

at VMware

📍 USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive Unknown 💰 $120K – $192K USD / year Posted April 14, 2026
Salary $120K – $192K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 8+ years (or 6+ years with a Master's)
Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field and 8+ years of relevant experience or Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field and 6+ years of relevant experience
Category QA & Testing

Build and execute automated Software Quality Assurance tests for advanced networking chips and systems. Own complex regression testing for software release cycles, troubleshoot failures, and coordinate schedules across global teams.

  • Develop new test cases and plans from PRDs and functional specs
  • Manage software release regression testing and prioritize results
  • Coordinate execution schedules and priorities with global QA and program teams
  • Identify offending commits and debug regression failures to root cause
  • Review and improve peer test libraries and regression suite maintainability

Hands-on automation and regression testing for L2/L3 and data center networking features including warmboot and ISSU, with API validation and performance/scale coverage. Test development uses Python, Go, TCL, and data formats (HTML/XML/JSON) with MySQL, integrated into CI/CD workflows using Jenkins, JIRA, and Git, leveraging Ixia test equipment.

The ideal candidate is a senior QA engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience building automated Software Quality Assurance tests for networking products. They are strong in L2/L3 and data center networking technologies, have proven experience with Ixia test equipment, and build maintainable regression test suites using Python and CI/CD tooling like Jenkins with JIRA and Git.

automated Software Quality Assurance testsregression testingSoftware Quality Assurance testing networking productsPythonJenkinsJIRAGitStrong knowledge of L2/L3 Technologies (VLANSTPSwitchingRoutingNATMulticastECMPACL)Experience with Ixia test equipment
WarmbootISSUAPI validationOptimization of long-term maintainability of regression suites across various software branches and device variantsReview test libraries written by peer team members
JenkinsJIRAGitMySQLCI/CD systemsbug trackingPRDsIxia
automated Software Quality Assurance testsregression testingtest casestest planswarmbootISSUAPI validationL2/L3VLANSTPSwitchingRoutingNATMulticastECMPACLVxLANBGPeVPNMPLSIxia test equipmentPythonGoTCLHTMLXMLJSONMySQLCPerlUnix ShellCI/CD systemsJenkinsbug trackingJIRAGit
L2/L3 technologiesVLANSTPSwitchingRoutingNATMulticastECMPACLData Center technologiesVxLANBGPeVPNMPLSIxia test equipmentPythonGoTCLHTMLXMLJSONMySQLCPerlUnix Shell programmingCI/CD systemsJenkinsbug trackingproject management toolsJIRAversion control systemsGitautomated Software Quality Assurance testsregression testingPRDsfunctional specswarmbootISSUscaleperformanceAPI validationtest case developmenttest planningregression suite maintainabilitybuild compile errors analysis
coordination with global developmentQAand program teamsadjusting execution schedules and prioritiescommunicating build failuresdebugging regression failuresreviewing test libraries written by peer team memberscross-team collaborationanalytical thinking for root-cause analysis
Industry SaaS
Job Function Design and run automated regression testing for networking hardware/software quality
Role Subtype Automation QA Engineer
Tech Domains QA & Testing, Python, VMware, Jenkins, Linux, MySQL, Networking / TCP-IP, CI/CD
R&D SW Quality EngineerSoftware Quality Assuranceautomated Software Quality Assurance testsregression testingregression suitetest casestest plansPRDsfunctional specswarmbootISSUAPI validationL2/L3VLANSTPSwitchingRoutingNATMulticastECMPACLVxLANBGPeVPNMPLSIxiaPythonGoTCLHTMLXMLJSONMySQLCI/CDJenkinsJIRAGitCPerlUnix Shell

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field and 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, Professional experience in Software Quality Assurance specifically testing networking products, Strong knowledge of L2/L3 Technologies and data center technologies (VLAN/STP/VxLAN/BGP/eVPN/MPLS), Hands-on experience with automated test development and CI/CD systems like Jenkins

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