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VIAVI is also a leader in light management technologies for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, government and aerospace applications.\nWe are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are passionate about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company - to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.\nDuties & Responsibilities:\nWe are looking for a highly versatile and self-driven Verification & Validation (VnV) Engineer to join our Test Engineering Group / Verification & Validation. This role covers a broad scope of responsibilities - from automation development, optical validation and verification, remote interface testing, GUI Testing to microscopy and platform testing. The ideal candidate need to thrives in a fast-paced, multi-domain environment and is comfortable being both a developer and a hands-on tester.\nViavi Solutions is looking for a motivated and self-driven individual to join our team in the Ottawa, Ontario office. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplined team where you will bring your Test Engineering experience in either an optical and telecommunications environment along with your strong verbal and written communication skills to the team.\nCandidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining and running the test automation infrastructure via Test Plans and automations and by working with the product team to build Test Cases and Script automation from requirements and other documents (Requirement Analysis). You will collaborate with your peers to ensure success with deliverables and overall results. Candidate will execute the tests according to the test plan, and in cases where automation is not possible, he will assist in manual testing. ­\nAreas of responsibility include but are not limited to: Design, Development and maintenance of Automated Test software and tools written in Python, C++, Visual Studio.\nCandidate will develop automated web-based GUI testing suites, Setup and configuration of Optical Networking Test gear Product Testing, Regression, Verification and Characterization Working closely and collaborating with R&D Developers to help isolate and fix issues and helping to understand customer requirements and expectations to build better products\nYou will be responsible for reporting and improving product quality through testing. Defects and test results will be logged and tracked. 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