Technical Specialist
Posted 8 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Senior Technical Specialist”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 3+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyEngineering
Study levelGraduate certificate or higher
The Applied R&D Engineer conducts target-oriented research to directly apply findings to the specification, design, further development, and incremental improvement of products, services, systems, tools, processes, etc. Integrates, verifies, tests, and modifies SW / HW / system components and capitalises on innovative solutions to meet particular requirements and specifications.
Responsibilities
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Apply expertise in IP-based networks and Layer 2/Layer 2+ Access protocols to validate software for the Lightspan family , ensuring it meets required standards.
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Expertise in tools needed for developing automated test cases
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Leverage customer feedback to continually refine and enhance product features, ensuring robustness in live deployments.
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Collaborate closely with R&D, product management, and customer support to ensure a seamless development process and timely feature delivery.
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Deepen expertise in a subset of L2 & L2+ Access protocols, including but not limited to Ethernet, Layer 2 Forwarding VLAN, QoS, Multicast, DHCP, PPPoE, 802.1x, Radius, CFM, ERPS, xSTP, LLDP, LACP, ANCP, etc., and stay updated with emerging network technologies.
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Mentor and guide junior team members, gaining leadership experience and overseeing projects with limited risks.
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Enhance troubleshooting skills by diagnosing and resolving complex hardware and software issues across customer environments.
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Continue to innovate and enhance the product’s software architecture and development processes, learning new tools and methods to improve efficiency
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Architecture and design experience . Abstraction Layer design and development
Qualifications
You have:
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Graduate or Postgraduate in the Engineering stream with 3+ years of Excellent programming skills in C/C++.Experience in Linux/RTOS Internals (VxWorks is preferred)
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Experience with Software Upgrades, Database Migration
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Experience in Broadcom/Marvell SDK programming will be a major plus.
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Development with Real-time OS, Embedded Linux
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Multi threaded environment development experience
It would be nice if you also had:
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Experience in the development of Highly Available systems