WiFi Test Engineer

Celona has led the evolution of private 5G from an emerging technology to critical infrastructure across some of the worlds most demanding industries and environments. Celona is now defining a new category of enterprise wireless purpose-built for physical and agentic AI - converging private 5G Wi-Fi public cellular and satellite into a unified wireless fabric with agentic intelligence built in.

The result is a deterministic wireless foundation purpose-built for the AI-native enterprise connecting AI agents autonomous machines and the people who work alongside them.

Celona is seeking a WiFi Test Engineer reporting to Celonas Director of QA Engineering.

• Design and execute test plans for Wi-Fi/private-cellular coexistence interoperability and handoff scenarios
• Build comparative benchmarks (throughput latency jitter roaming behavior client density) between Wi-Fi and Celona deployments
• Set up and maintain lab environments: APs controllers spectrum analyzers traffic generators RF chambers attenuator matrices
• Automate regression and performance suites in Python; integrate with CI
• Triage failures across the stack RF 802.11 MAC IP application and file actionable defects with captures and logs
• Validate client behavior across Windows macOS iOS Android and industrial IoT endpoints
• Support field trials and customer escalations with reproducible lab repros
• Partner with product and systems engineering on requirements and release readiness

What youll bring

• 4 years in wireless test QA or network engineering
• Deep 802.11 knowledge: a/b/g/n/ac/ax (Wi-Fi 6/6E) and ideally 7; roaming (802.11r/k/v) WPA2/WPA3 DFS channel planning
• Hands-on with Wireshark iPerf Ixia/Spirent or similar spectrum analysis tools
• Python scripting and test automation experience
• Solid networking fundamentals: VLANs DHCP DNS RADIUS/802.1X routing QoS
• Comfortable reading specs and turning them into test cases

Nice to have

• Exposure to LTE/5G CBRS or spectrum-sharing (SAS) concepts
• Experience with enterprise Wi-Fi platforms (Cisco Aruba Mist Ruckus)
• CWNA/CWAP or equivalent
• Prior work in manufacturing logistics healthcare or education networks