New Job Opportunity: Carrier Technical Approval Manager – 6154
New Job Opportunity: Carrier Technical Approval Manager – WA, GA, Kansas City or Southern California
Contact: Steve Eddington Ref: 6154
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.
Job Description:
- Ensure products meet carrier requirements: Performance; Feature; Technical specifications
- Overall ownership of the Project schedules for carrier’s devices – from engineering, to lab entry, to technical approval, and through FAI/Launch – including initial technical approval and subsequent reviews
- Manage the Packaging/Collateral schedule in support of device FAI/launch
- Manage one or more carrier device projects at any given time
- Manage project activity related to 3rd party Labs (AVL, IOT, Apps, Accessories, RF, Performance)
- Ownership of Quality Center (QC) related activities, deliverables, and communications in support of pre-lab and lab entry
- Manage/oversee R&D engineering resources that work in the US on project missions in support of carrier device approval
- Act as company’s NA liaison between carrier and internal departments (R&D, Validation, Quality, Factory, Supply Chain, Sales): Anticipate Launch Plans; Anticipate Customer Requirements; Negotiate with customer(s) and 3rd party vendors/labs/suppliers; Resolve technical issues; Cost reduction; Waiver requests/approvals
Requirements:
- Extensive travel (40% minimum) is involved with this position and you must be ready, willing and accommodating to travel both domestically and internationally – at times on very short notice.
- You must have no international travel restrictions.
- Willingness to be flexible with workday schedule
- Occasional/regular evening (weekend) calls with local team and/or R&D in China (as required per project status/schedule)
- Early morning customer calls (as required per project status/schedule)
Compensation: Based on Experience