
Product Validation Test Engineer
- San Diego, CA
- $85,000-120,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Test, Evaluate and Analyze SW/HW integrated wireless communication systems. Focus on product level validation testing.
- Summarize field test data and drive test reporting reviews to team leaders.
- Support systems engineering of TrellisWare proprietary technologies and standards to design, document, and execute test cases.
- Execution of field interoperability and performance validation testing in both mobile and stationary environments.
- Top level log analysis, debugging and troubleshooting of field functional and performance issues. Responsible for debugging field failures and anomalies via log analysis and issue reproducibility.
- Assessment of performance benchmarking to competitor/reference devices.
- Provide technical analysis to ensure compliance.
- Provide coaching, knowledge sharing, and competence building to Field Test team members.
- Contribute to process improvement and planning for the Field Test Team.
- Support test environment setup, configuration, and automation.
- Support Product Test Lab inventory control and management.
- Travel up to 25%. Mostly domestic and local to San Diego.
- Coordinate Engineering support and triage for field issues reported by the Field Application Engineers and Sales Team.
- Develops relationships with team members built on trust and respect.
- BSEE/BSCE or equivalent military experience in Telecommunication/Wireless Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Tactical Radio Communications
- 3+ Years of relevant test experience.
- 2+ Year of wireless communications experience.
- Fundamental knowledge of RF Technology, Radio Design and RF Test Equipment.
- Knowledge and experience with calculation of rf propagation and field testing of wireless radio transceivers.
- Experience with networking (OSI layer 3 and 4): UDP, TCP/IP networking and transport protocol
- Experience using test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, radio emulators, network analyzers, rf switch matrixes, and multimeters.
- Knowledge of the OSI 7 layers model.
- Test case design, planning, preparation, and execution.
- Troubleshooting techniques utilizing an analytical approach.
- Ability to use Windows, Linux GUI and command line tools for software installation and diagnostics.
- Technical Knowledge of wireless telecommunications and cellular radio systems standards (FDMA,TDMA).
- Detailed Oriented, Analytical, Problem Solving, Tolerance of Ambiguity, Strong Planning and Organizing.
- Able to understand design and customer requirements
- Strong collaborative drive and interpersonal skills.
- Strong initiative, proactive work ethic and prioritization skills.
- Trustable judgement and analytical problem-solving skills.
- Effective execution and decision making.
- Champion of change and promotes innovation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- You can think on your feet. You are analytical, pay attention to detail and are able to communicate your thought process both written and verbally.
- You thrive in a collaborative and team-oriented environment.
- You have a curiosity to know how things work and passion to learn. You want to know why something fails to work and the initiative to fix it.
- You are not easily discouraged when things get chaotic, design doesn't work as planned, and you have to prove whether the product is working right or not.
- It would be extra awesome if you had:
- Experience and/or knowledge of Mobile Ad-hoc Networked (MANET) radio, C4I, and military communications.
- Experience using networking troubleshooting tools: Wireshark, ICMP, SSH
- Experience programming VB.NET, Python, C.
- Experience with LINUX/UNIX command line interface.
- Experience with shell scripting or more advanced programming skills.
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Office Application (Word, Excel, etc...).
- Certifications such as MTA/MCSA, Linux+, Net+.
- Able to frequently sit, stand, walk, use hands to fingers, handle or feel, reach within hands and arm's length, stoop, kneel, and crouch, talk and hear.
- Regularly required to sit for extended periods of time; frequently required to use office equipment such as PC, printer, telephone, etc.
- Able to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency