Software Engineer, Professional I

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For:

Your Team and Mission:
As a WLAN Testing and Solutions Engineer in Holtsville, NY, you will join the Connectivity team within the Zebra Enterprise Mobility and Visibility organization. Our mission is to deliver seamless, robust voice and data network connectivity solutions to our enterprise customers worldwide. These wireless configurations act as the critical lifelines powering mission-critical business applications, ensuring warehouse personnel, healthcare workers, and retail staff can run their operations globally without interruption.
Your Impact:
You will play a vital role in validating, designing, and testing complex customer use cases for our next-generation WLAN and Bluetooth solutions. By maintaining and updating our core lab environments and developing automated test suites, you directly contribute to the quality and reliability of the connectivity modules inside millions of Zebra devices globally. Your work will directly expand our value proposition, ensuring that our mobile hardware remains the industry benchmark for wireless performance and seamless enterprise-grade roaming.
Location: Role is based in Holtsville, NY - Hybrid/3 days onsite

Responsibilities:

• Establishes requirements for less complex Android networking software components and network protocol stack designs.
• Works on Completing all phases of software engineering design and WLAN testing projects.
• Works on analysis of test processes and delivers results to necessary stakeholders.
• Analyzes test results and recommends solutions for wireless performance.
• Works on developing expected results on a variety of Zebra mobile products.
• Develops documentation for new projects (including functional test plans and requirements) and reviews previous results.
• Works with latest technologies and new approaches in automated and manual WLAN testing.
• Reviews changes or upgrades to existing designs or tests.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions on assignments.

Qualifications:

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering - Computer Science/ Electrical Engineering/ Electronics Engineering.
• Solid understanding of WiFi 802.11 principles and functionality. Must be able to speak to topics including Wi-Fi roaming logic, security protocols, TCP/IP, DHCP, etc.
• Experience with embedded systems and Android Automation using Python, Perl etc

Preferred:

• Basic understanding of machine learning concepts (training, validation, overfitting, evaluation metrics)

• Proficient in defining the Wi-Fi solution test setup, installing, and configuring to meet multiple enterprise use case.
• Familiar with Android debugging capability and able to pull logs, read logs and narrow down the area of problem.
• Capable in handling Wireshark and omni peek wireless sniffer tools to capture wireless packets and analyze the network and device problems for various 802.11 protocols.
• Proficient in installing and configuring different Wi-Fi infrastructure access point and wireless controller from Cisco, Aruba, Extreme, Ruckus etc.
• Quantitative and problem-solving skills. 

Location: Role is based in Holtsville, NY - Hybrid/3 days onsite

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Pay Range:

$68,400.00 - $102,600.00 Annual

Incentive Compensation:

In addition to base pay, Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive, at a target equal to 5% of base pay, in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

Zebra Total Rewards:

Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings. We offer community service days, in addition to the traditional insurances, compensation, parental leave, employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.

Salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.

Additionally, all Zebra roles are eligible for cash incentive programs. For example, sales roles have additional opportunity to earn substantial variable compensation tied to quota achievement. In most other roles, the Zebra annual cash incentive program links Company and individual performance together. Some roles may also be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.

Benefits:

We understand the importance of work-life balance and wellbeing, which is why we offer flexibility for our teams including: hybrid work, adaptable hours, Summer Flex Fridays, Focus Fridays, and an annual companywide well-being day to promote revitalization and success.

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