Palo Alto Networks
Senior Principal Engineer Test
$159K–$257K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · No · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 12–15+ years
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- No immigration sponsorship; the company will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
About the job
Owns test architecture and strategy for networking products, leading validation, automation, debugging, and manufacturing quality efforts.
What you'll do
- Define system- and platform-level test architecture and long-term test strategies; identify and mitigate quality risks.
- Lead scalable test automation, regression infrastructure, and cross-domain root-cause analysis; use data and AI-assisted tools to improve test efficiency.
- Guide manufacturing test strategy and yield improvement, align lab and factory coverage, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- 12–15+ years of experience in test, validation, systems, or hardware/software integration roles.
- Deep expertise in hardware circuitry and system architecture; extensive experience in Linux-based systems and networking technologies and protocols.
- Expert-level Python or JScript skills; experience building and maintaining large-scale automation frameworks and debugging complex cross-domain issues.
Nice to have
- C/C++
Pay
$159,100.00 - $257,400.00/yr USD base salary
Tools
Python, JScript, C/C++, Linux, PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, DDR
AI focus
Use data, analytics, and AI-assisted tools to improve failure detection and test efficiency.
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