4G/5G RAN Test Engineer III

Job title: 4G/5G RAN Test Engineer III

Location: Plano, TX

Duration: 3 Months

Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for development of product validation, feature validation, systems and performance analysis, customer review sessions for LTE & 5G RAN products focusing on Air interface, E2E performance, and Call Processing.
Responsible for Test execution in customer lab , Report creation and customer presentation.
Analyzing the product and feature requirements, converting them into system test cases and execution to ensure product meets customer spec.
Aid in product & feature performance analysis, evaluation of new product & SW releases
Perform detailed analysis of 4G& 5G Wireless Protocols
Responsible for analyzing and troubleshooting the issues
Responsible for Inter-vendor radio testing.
Responsible for Vitualization system bringup and test bed setup.
Educate our customers on Client's new products and services both individually and in a team environment.
Ensures that customer commitments are achieved according to plan.
Works closely with various support organizations, logistics, and cross- functional teams from Client HQ to achieve successful new product roll-outs and developments.

Success Criteria:
Technical Acumen
Validation expert in driving the technical solutions to customer through complex organizational dynamics

Presentations Skills
Leveraging your ability to communicate effectively with all levels of organization as well as HQ partners on initiatives

Excellence Dealing with Ambiguity
Bringing your experience in problem solving and ability to navigate complex organizations with pivotal shifts

Background/Experience required:
Good understanding on 4G & 5G concepts such as DL/UL scheduling, LTE power control, Beamforming fundamentals, MIMO,ENDC.
Undergraduate Degree in engineering with 8-10 years of directly related experience is required. A Masters with 6+ years' experience is preferred
Bachelor's Degree is EE/CS is required
Experience with ongoing 3GPP Rel activities is beneficial
Experience with system testing activities such as feature validation, test description documentation, parameter optimization, performance analysis, test strategy creation, problem troubleshooting
Strong knowledge in 4G& 5G air interface and call processing technologies and network architecture specifically focused on Radio Access Network
Good understanding of overall Wireless systems with emphasis on PHY, MAC, RLC, RRC and PDCP layers
Working experience in Lab testing and IOT testing is preferred
Working experience on inter vendor radio tesing.
Working experience on kubernetes and Virtualization system integration.
Working experience on ORAN product validation
Understanding of IOT technologies including eMTC, NB-IOT,S1 & X2 Interface
Experience in EMS systems, managing network elements, software upgrades, MOP verification
Experience with SW development is beneficial
Understanding of 3GPP systems: Core and RAN networks
Understanding of HW as well as SW architecture
Experience with test tools including protocol analyzers, XCAL/QXDM, Wireshark, Channel Emulator, Spectrum Analyzers, Signal Generators, etc.
Ability to travel sporadically during the project