Field Test Engineer

About the Role

A detailed oriented Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to be involved with all Quality Assurance activities including LTE and 5G Field Protocol testing. The main function of a QA mobile engineer is to develop and execute test strategies, plans, and validate UE functionality in on 4G/5G air interface and call processing technology. Ensuring UE (user equipment) is meeting QA and Carrier requirements. The typical QA mobile test engineer will be responsible for performing detailed analysis of 4G and 5G protocols including field testing with mobile handset devices in live network. This role is fully Onsite.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze customer requirements, convert them into system requirements, and capture detailed design for the development team.
• Aid in product & feature performance analysis and evaluation of new product & SW releases.
• Analyze and troubleshoot issues reported from customer labs, field sites, and production networks.
• Review and provide recommendations to improve UE performance by evaluating and trending key KPIs, performing trials, and providing optimization guidelines.
• Set up test plans to meet deadlines based on requests from the project lead.
• Determine risk items based on issues found during testing.
• Able to work in a mobile work environment (80% time in vehicle/field, 20% in office).
• Able to travel 25% of the time.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Quality Assurance
• 5G Technology
• RF Engineering
• Strong knowledge in 4G and 5G air interface and call processing technologies and network architecture, specifically focused on Radio Access Network.
• Good knowledge and familiarity in 5G NSA and SA.
• Solid understanding of the end-to-end LTE and 5G Network Architecture.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Basic ability to work independently and manage one's time.

Qualifications & Preferences

• Familiarity or expert in utilizing UE log post processing tools (QXDM, QCAT, Wireshark, ShannonDM) with good understanding in OTA signaling messages is a plus.
• Able to analyze and debug IMS related features including but not limited to registration, VoLTE/VoWiFi/ViLTE/Conferencing/SMS/MMS/RCS is a plus.
• Previous experience in post processing UE logs and analyzing various KPIs is a plus.
• Previous experience in LTE and 5G NR field test experience in live network is a plus.
• Previous test experience with 5G SA, NSA, NTN is a plus, including carrier official field test plans (Telecommunication DFIT, Telecommunication AVDFT, TMO F4L, etc).
• Associates degree or higher in a technical-related field is preferred.

Pay rate range: $33/hr - $35/hr.