Verification Engineer

Fortinet

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $110,400–$184,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 92 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Fortinet

Fortinet is a US-based cybersecurity company best known for its FortiGate next-generation firewalls. It sells a broad security platform spanning network security, SD-WAN, endpoint protection, cloud security, and SIEM/SOC operations.

Fortinet currently has 102 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,000–$183,000 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Verification Engineer

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The Early Careers: Verification Engineer joins a cross-functional team of software, hardware, and ASIC engineers to ensure the quality and reliability of current and next-generation products. This role involves building and running verification frameworks, test environments, and automation infrastructure for ASIC drivers and networking software. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing and maintaining test scripts, executing test plans, performing coverage analysis, and conducting root cause analysis across software, driver, and hardware layers. The position requires proficiency in Python, Ruby, and the Linux command line, alongside a foundational understanding of TCP/IP, routing, and switching. Candidates will use AI coding assistants and tools for network traffic generation and performance measurement. The work focuses on validating networking software functionality, performance, and reliability within complex ASIC environments.

Skills

Python Ruby C Linux TCP/IP Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Wireshark BGP OSPF VXLAN IPv6 TLS Ixia Spirent GitHub Copilot Prompt Engineering

What you'll do

Develop and maintain verification automation and test scripts in Ruby and Python for ASIC drivers.
Build and run test environments and suites to validate ASIC driver and networking software functionality.
Execute test plans and perform coverage analysis to ensure product reliability.
Reproduce customer-reported issues and perform root cause analysis across software, driver, and hardware layers.
Participate in code reviews for verification code to ensure engineering best practices.
Maintain tools that generate network traffic and simulate test scenarios to measure performance.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
0 to 2 years of software development or verification engineering experience, including internships, co-ops, and academic projects.
Programming experience in Python or a similar scripting language, with a willingness to learn Ruby.
Foundational understanding of TCP/IP, routing, and switching.
Working knowledge of the Linux command line and experience developing on Linux.
Solid programming fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and clean code practices.
Experience using AI coding assistants to accelerate development and debugging, with the judgment to review and validate output.

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