Field Engineer

Our customer is seeking a Field Engineer for New Jersey, Santa Clara, CA and Baltimore, MD areas.

Overview:

• Perform daily testing tasks and report test results
• The effort will involve multimode operations of handset devices, gaining knowledge in the following technology areas: CDMA2000, 1xEV-DO, WCDMAGSM/GPRS, LTE
• Training will be provided to allow the employee to perform their job function
• The position will require travel in North America 75% of the time and an opportunity to relocate to critical markets for longer durations
• Some overtime work may be required

Responsibilities:

• Testing physical/MAC layers, protocol layers, and data applications implemented on various modem products, handsets and data cards

Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering is required; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience is preferred
• 0-3 years experience in Field Testing or System Optimization role
• Exposure to commercial field test and data analysis tools for wireless telephony product verification
• Handset test experience with UMTS/CDMA operators or with commercial handset OEMs
• Experience using QC tools like QXDM, QCAT, CAIT, etc. is very useful
• Strong communication skills, must be an effective team player and be able to work independently
• Understanding of digital communications systems, RF propagation, CDMA, OFDM, telecommunications concepts
• Understanding of Physical/MAC layers and Call Processing concepts in one or more of the following air interface standards CDMA2000, 1xEV-DO (Rev 0/A/B), GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Rel99/Rel5/HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+, LTE
• Understanding of wire line and wireless data protocol stacks including RLP, PPP, IP, TCP, IPV6, MIPV6, etc.
• Understanding of software development and testing concepts for wireless handsets for various air interface standards
• Familiarity with IP telephony network, SIP, IMS, and IP telephony standards
• Familiarity with air interface performance analysis, characterization and optimization
• Exposure to programming in C, Perl, shell scripting

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