Field Test Engineer # 26-26873
US Tech Solutions
Plano, TX0–3 yrs57m agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
- Detailed oriented Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer involved with all QA activities including LTE and 5G Field Protocol testing.
- Main function is to develop and execute test strategies, plans, and validate UE functionality on 4G/5G air interface and call processing technology.
- Ensure UE (user equipment) meets QA and Carrier requirements.
- Responsible for detailed analysis of 4G and 5G protocols, including field testing with mobile handset devices in a live network.
Key Responsibilities
- Able to work in a mobile work environment (80% time working in vehicle/field, 20% in office).
- Analyze customer requirements, convert them into system requirements, and capture detailed design for the development team.
- Aid in product & feature performance analysis, evaluation of new products & SW releases.
- Responsible for analyzing and troubleshooting 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 travel 25% of the time.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- 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.
- Familiarity or expertise in utilizing UE log post processing tools (QXDM, QCAT, Wireshark, ShannonDM) with a good understanding of OTA signaling messages 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 a live network is a plus.
- Previous test experience with 5G SA, NSA, NTN is a plus, including carrier official field test plans (VZW DFIT, ATT AVDFT, TMO F4L, etc.).
- Able to analyze and debug IMS related features, including but not limited to registration, VoLTE/VoWiFi/ViLTE/Conferencing/SMS/MMS/RCS, is a plus.
Qualifications
- Associates degree or higher in a technical related field preferred.