Broadband Test Engineer
Matchtech · Suffolk, England
Broadband Test Engineer at Matchtech, based in Suffolk, England, paying £300 per day. This is a contract role.
- Salary
- £300 per day
- Location
- Suffolk, England
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 6 days ago
- Closes
- 2 Dec 2026
Reference 609866
About the role
Broadband Test Engineer
£350 per day 6-Month Contract Ipswich | 3 Days Onsite
We're supporting a leading UK telecommunications organisation undergoing significant investment across its customer connectivity platform.
We're looking for an experienced Broadband Test Engineer to join a specialist engineering team responsible for investigating and resolving complex issues across Home Hubs, Wi-Fi platforms and broadband customer equipment.
This is a highly technical role focused on fault investigation, root cause analysis and defect resolution rather than traditional support.
Required Experience
- Home Hub, gateway or broadband CPE troubleshooting
- TCP/IP networking
- Wi-Fi technologies and RF fundamentals
- Packet capture analysis
- Linux environments
- Python scripting
- FTTP and broadband technologies
- IPv4 / IPv6
- Core dump and crash analysis
- Technical log analysis
- Root cause investigation
Technical Environment
- Home Hubs
- Broadband CPE
- Digital Voice
- TR-069 / TR-369
- Linux
- Python
- Git
- GitLab
- Jira
- Wireshark
Responsibilities
- Investigate complex customer-impacting technical issues
- Reproduce faults within laboratory environments
- Analyse logs, telemetry and packet captures
- Work with firmware development teams and suppliers
- Produce defect reports and technical evidence
- Validate fixes before live deployment
- Drive issues through to root cause resolution
Package
- £350 per day
- Initial 6-month engagement
- Long-term programme potential
- Exposure to large-scale broadband platforms
- Hybrid working
- Ipswich based
Reference: 609866 · Posted 6 days ago · Closes 2 Dec 2026 · Listed via Matchtech
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