Entry Level] Network QA Engineer - Cell Phone Network Field Testing
JND
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Job Title: Network QA Engineer
- Education: Associate's degree in technical related field
- 0-3 years of experience in 3G, 4G, 5G, LTE preferred
- Job Type: Full-Time, Hourly
- Plano, TX / Bellevue, WA / Englewood Cliffs
- Medical Insurance (Health, Dental & Vision)
- 401(k)
- Paid Time Off
- H1B/Green Card Sponsorship for qualified employee
- Hands-on experience at global industry leader Samsung
- Opportunities for career advancement
- Detailed oriented Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to be involved with all Quality Assurance activities including LTE and 5G Field Protocol, SIM OTA activation testing
- The main function of a QA mobile engineer is to develop and executing test strategies, plans, and validating 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
- Able to work in mobile work environment (80% time working in vehicle/field, 20% in office)
- Analyzing the customer requirements, converting then into system requirements and capturing of detail design for the development team
- Aid in product & feature performance analysis, evaluation of new product & SW releases
- Responsible for analyzing and troubleshooting issues reported from customer labs, field sites and production network
- Review and provide recommendations to improve UE performance by evaluating and trending key KPIs, performing trials and providing optimization guidelines
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with minimal supervision
- Set up test plans to meet deadlines based on given request by project lead
- Able to determine risk items based on issues found during the test
- Able to travel 25% of the time
- Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills
- Basic ability to work independently and manage at one time
- Have a solid understanding of the end-to-end LTE and 5G Network Architecture
- Strong knowledge in 4G and 5G air interface and call processing technologies and network architecture specifically focused on Radio Access Network
- Familiarity or expert in utilizing UE log post processing tools (QXDM, QCAT, Wireshark, ShannonDM) with good understanding in OTA signaling messages
- Able to analyze and debug IMS related features including but not limited to registration, VoLTE/VoWiFi/ViLTE/Conferencing/SMS/MMS/RCS
- Previous experience in post processing UE logs and analyze various KPI's
- Previous experience in LTE and 5G NR field test experience in live network
- Good knowledge and familiarity in 5G NSA and SA
- Previous test experience with SIM OTA Activation