Handset Validation Engineer – 5741
Handset Validation Engineer – Southern California or Seattle
Contact: Steve Eddington Ref: 5741
Company Description:
Our client designs, manufactures, and markets a globally expanding portfolio of mobile and internet products designed to be as individual as the people who use them. Our client is currently the fastest growing of the world’s top ten mobile phone manufacturers, is part of a billion dollar Corporation, and one of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for creation and execution of test cases to verify the behavior of mobile devices conform to the specifications.
- Development of test cases for new features and maintain test plans.
- Work with R&D closely for escalated issues and drive for solutions in a timely manner.
- Work closely with Technical Account Managers to ensure on-time lab entry and carrier approval.
- Maintain and manage testing schedule for project deliverables.
- Able to lead and guide test engineers for timely completion of test execution.
- Able to do risk analysis for management review.
- Attend weekly R&D project meetings.
- Generate test status report and issue status reports.
- Manage issues reported by Carriers, Technical Account Managers, Quality Managers, and Customer Care Managers.
- Facilitate and coordinate with 3rd party labs on scheduling and test sample submission.
- Participate in interoperability testing (IOT) which involves the testing the handsets in different network vendors lab setups.
- Be the escalation point and prepare to mentor other testers in the team.
- Up to 40% travel within US/Canada required; some international travel may be needed.
Qualifications:
- BS degree or higher, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.
- 5-10 years of experiences in testing cellular technologies (GSM/GPRS/UMTS/LTE or CDMA/1xRTT/EvDO, etc…) and/or mobile devices.
- Solid understanding of wireless network concepts, roaming partnerships, frequency bands, handoffs.
- Strong experience in lab testing on different chipset platforms.
- Strong experience in testing Android OS handsets and tablets.
- Have experiences in testing hot spots devices and data cards.
- Deep understanding and experiences with T1 carrier test requirements and process.
- Have experience in field testing using Metrico equipment and have the ability to analyze the test results.
- Have testing experiences with other OEMs.
- Have scripting and software programming experience is a plus.
- Familiar with software development life cycle and associated testing methodologies.
- Excellent ability and methodology to troubleshoot and identify the root cause of issues.
- Ability to retain composure under stressful conditions and effective communication with a wide array of functional groups for a quick resolution turnaround time.
- Timely delivery and completion of projects.
- Self-motivated and energetic.
- Team player that enjoys working with other technical resources and project members.
- Fluent computer operation skills, including data compilation and reporting (Microsoft Office, Powerpoint, Microsoft Project).
Compensation: Based on Experience