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You will join a dynamic team responsible for qualifying Bluetooth and wireless connectivity on the latest company products. You will test the complete system, from software to firmware to radio, dig deep to understand and validate issues, and write the code that drives our testing. Your work will have a direct influence on product quality and user experience all over the world.\nWe are looking for a proactive, assertive team member who takes initiative, drives activities forward, and inspires and leads others toward shared quality goals.\nDescription\nTest Bluetooth (Classic and LE) features and connectivity end to end, from the application layer through the firmware, on real devices and in real-world scenarios.\nRun manual and automated tests, analyze the results, and report quality status and risks.\nInvestigate failures and performance degradation using logs, protocol traces, and sniffer captures. 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