4G 5G System Test Engineer

Job Title: 4G 5G System Test Engineer

Job Location: Reston, VA 20196

You will be a key contributor as a product validation engineer in a multi-functional team of R&D, Systems engineering, and product validation to introduce Samsung products to Wireless Carrier.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development of product validation, feature validation, systems and performance analysis, customer review sessions for LTE RAN products focusing on Air interface, E2E performance, and Call Processing.

• 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 Wireless Protocols

• Responsible for analyzing and troubleshooting the issues

• Educate our customers on Samsung’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 SEA and Samsung 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 LTE concepts such as DL/UL scheduling, LTE power control, Beamforming fundamentals, MIMO.

• 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 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

• Understanding of IOT technologies including eMTC, NB-IOT.

• 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.

• Undergraduate Degree in engineering with 10-12 years of directly related experience is required. A Masters with 10+ years’ experience is preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree is EE/CS is required

• Ability to travel sporadically during the project