Job Overview
Role: Software QA Engineer Location: Bangalore Experience: Freshers (0 Years Experience) Qualification: B.E. / B.Tech / B.Sc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related streams Key Skills: Python, Networking Fundamentals, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, Problem Solving
Job Description
Cisco has announced its 2026 off-campus hiring intake for the position of Software QA Engineer at its premier technology development hub in Bangalore, India. This entry-level track is configured as a Hybrid work opportunity, perfectly matching graduating or recent freshers holding B.E, B.Tech, or B.Sc degrees in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical disciplines. You will be actively involved in testing, breaking, and bulletproofing future-gen software architectures before they launch at scale globally.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Test Execution: Write, update, and systematically execute comprehensive test plans and functional test cases designed to validate next-gen wireless features.
- Script Automation: Develop, expand, and maintain internal test automation frameworks and regression scripts using Python or similar programming tools.
- Result Diagnostics: Review system logs, analyze product automation testing traces, and quickly identify software performance gaps or architectural defects.
- Issue Reproduction: Recreate complex customer-facing issues and multi-tier edge cases within controlled physical lab environments.
- Lab Infrastructure Support: Assist with setting up, reconfiguring, and upgrading software testbeds and physical lab devices (routers, switches, and wireless access points).
- AI Productivity Adaptation: Learn and adopt modern AI-assisted engineering tools (such as GitHub Copilot and Cursor) to optimize code development, script efficiency, and testing velocity.
Skills and Eligibility Criteria
Educational Background: Full-time Bachelor's degree (B.E / B.Tech / B.Sc) tracking Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or an adjacent technical field.
Experience: Freshers (0 Years Experience).
Mandatory Technical Skills:
- Programming Logic: Grounded programming fundamentals built on a strong scripting foundation, preferably utilizing Python.
- Networking Essentials: Practical familiarity with conceptual internet protocols, routing parameters, and infrastructure standards including TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, and routing basics.
Competencies:
- Problem Solving: Sharp analytical debugging skills combined with a proactive, detail-oriented style for analyzing core system behaviors.
- Preferred & Bonus Qualifications: Hands-on academic laboratory, project, or internship exposure configuring real networking equipment like routers, hardware switches, or wireless access points.
- Foundational understanding of core wireless communication structures, specifically Wi-Fi / 802.11 standards.
- Active entry-level professional networking certifications, such as a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or working toward its completion.