Senior Wireless Engineer

• Own PTCRB, GCF, and carrier certification activities from planning and scope definition through submission, approval, and closure.
• Develop and maintain certification plans, requirements matrices, schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, and approval status.
• Coordinate carrier certification with operators such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and other applicable carriers.
• Work with Lab Managers to communicate certification scope, test priorities, prerequisites, milestones, and deadlines. Day-to-day lab operations, equipment, staffing, and capacity management remain with the Lab Managers.
• Serve as the certification interface among engineering teams, Lab Managers, external laboratories, carriers, certification bodies, and chipset/vendors.
• Track test progress, failures, retests, waivers/deviations, submissions, open questions, and certification blockers.
• Drive certification issue resolution across modem/baseband, RF, antenna, hardware, software/telephony, system validation, and QA teams.
• Coordinate required DUTs, software builds, SIM requirements, configurations, logs, technical documents, and test evidence through the responsible teams.
• Assess certification impact from hardware, software, modem, RF, band, and feature changes.
• Provide weekly status reporting and timely escalation of issues that may affect certification approvals or product launch schedules.
• Obtain and review certification-lab quotations; coordinate SOW and PO creation or changes for authorized certification activities.
• Review invoices against approved quotations, SOWs, POs, and completed certification activities; resolve discrepancies with Lab Managers, procurement, finance, and suppliers.

• 10-15 years of experience in wireless/mobile device development, testing, certification, or technical program management.
• Minimum 5 years of direct experience in device/carrier certification or certification program management.
• Demonstrated experience with PTCRB, GCF, and carrier certification programs.
• Strong understanding of LTE and 5G , with working knowledge of RF, RRM, protocol, OTA, interoperability, and carrier-specific testing.
• Experience working with wireless carriers, certification bodies, external laboratories, chipset/vendors, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong program management skills covering schedules, risks, issues, dependencies, actions, escalation, and stakeholder communication.
• Experience with quotations, SOWs, POs, budgets, invoice validation, and supplier coordination.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Certification experience with AT&T, Verizon, and/or T-Mobile.
• Experience with smartphones, tablets, wearables, IoT devices, CPE, modules, or other cellular-connected products.
• Working knowledge of 3
  
  GPP specifications and Qualcomm diagnostic tools such as QXDM, QCAT, and QPST.
• Experience managing multiple device variants or certification programs concurrently.

Certification master plan and schedule; PTCRB/GCF/carrier trackers; certification requirements matrix; issue, retest, risk, and action tracker; weekly status report; submission and approval records; and certification SOW/PO/budget/invoice tracker.

• PTCRB
• GCF
• Carrier Certification
• LTE
• 5G
• 3
  
  GPP
• RF
• RRM
• Protocol
• OTA
• Certification Program Management
• Stakeholder Management
• SOW
• PO
• Invoicing
• Budget Tracking
• Vendor Management