Job Description
Our Client, an AV Manufacturing company, is looking for a Hardware & Wireless Validation Engineer for their Foster City, CA location.
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Why Should You Apply?
ICONMA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive considerationfor employment without regard to any status protected by applicable law.
Responsibilities:
- Test Infrastructure Development:
- Select, procure, commission, and configure test equipment and software.
- Develop custom test assets such as load simulators, test harnesses, and scripts using Python and TTCN.
- Construct and maintain lab infrastructure, from fixed network test harnesses to RF cabling.
- Protocol & System Validation:
- Develop and execute test cases to analyze the behavior of wireless and fixed networks, including 4G-LTE, 5G-NR, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and IP.
- Collaborate with suppliers to validate network performance and identify the root cause of failures.
- Documentation & Compliance:
- Draft and present detailed documentation, including test plans, design reviews, and data reviews.
- You will also perform or commission conformance testing for international regulatory requirements, such as FCC emission compliance, PTCRB/GCF test suites, and U.S. MNO conformance testing.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, or a similar discipline.
- Experience: 7+ years of professional, relevant work experience in electronics development, including at least 5+ years in wireless system validation.
- Technical Expertise:
- Hands-on experience configuring/programming, developing test cases using wireless test platforms (Keysight, Rohde & Schwarz) and testing/troubleshooting Automotive Ethernet products.
- Expertise in Ethernet standards (IEEE 802.1AS, 802.11), IP network protocols, and 3GPP 4G-LTE / 5G-NR network architecture.
- Experience with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Classic/LE protocol and PHY designs.
- Proficiency with lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, e-loads, VNAs, and spectrum analyzers.
- Experience with regulatory conformance testing and analyzing network diagnostics using tools like Wireshark and Qualcomm QXDM logs.
- Execute test plans targeting LTE, NR-NSA and NR-SA L1/L2/L3 protocol features (PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, NAS).
- Experience with modem log analysis using QXDM/QCAT or ShannonDM tools
- Strong understanding of 3GPP and Carrier specifications for LTE and NR.
- Familiarity with Ethernet lab equipment (Ixia, Spirent) and associated software (IxNetwork, TTworkbench).
- Bonus Qualifications:
- Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Engineering.
- Experience with team/club competitions (e.g., SAE, FIRST, DARPA).
- Foundational knowledge of systems and networking (e.g., systems architecture, memory hierarchy, storage subsystems, routing).
- Experience with specific protocols (PCIe, CAN, SPI, I2C, MDIO) and Ethernet standards (IEEE 802.3x).
- Familiarity with specific chipsets (e.g., Broadcom, Marvell) and signaling (NRZ and PAM-4).
- Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE.
- Experience with data acquisition systems (UEI or Keysight), requirement/test case management tools (Polarion), and Atlassian products (Jira/Confluence).
Why Should You Apply?
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
ICONMA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive considerationfor employment without regard to any status protected by applicable law.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Foster City, CA |
| Industry | Management Consulting Services |
| Salary | $87.68–$89.88 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 2,000 to 2,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | https://www.iconma.com/ |
Benefits
401K, Employee Referral Program, Life Insurance
About Company
ICONMA is a global information consulting management firm providing Professional Staffing Services and Project-Based Solutions for organizations in a broad range of industries.
- Corporate Headquarters in Troy, Michigan; 20+ locations worldwide.
- Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE); certified by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC); and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
- Founded in 2000
- 2000+ Employees
The company was founded on the principle that success is derived from delivering high quality service and resources in the most responsive, flexible, and innovative way. ICONMA invests in people and resources with a single goal: To provide our customers with the highest quality service in the most responsive manner. Through its network of offices, ICONMA provides the resources to help clients maintain their competitive advantage.
Skills
- 4G (4th Generation) Wirelessunmatched
- 802.1unmatched
- 802.11unmatched
- 802.3unmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Apple Macsunmatched
- Atlassian JIRAunmatched
- Audiovisualunmatched
- Automotive Repair and Maintenanceunmatched
- Bluetoothunmatched
- CCIE - Cisco Certified Internetwork Expertunmatched
- CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associateunmatched
- CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professionalunmatched
- Case Managementunmatched
- Chipsetunmatched
- Computer Engineeringunmatched
- Conformance Testingunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Electronicsunmatched
- Ethernetunmatched
- FCC (Federal Communications Commission)unmatched
- Global Certification Forum (GCF)unmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- I2Cunmatched
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)unmatched
- IP (Internet Protocol)unmatched
- IXIAunmatched
- Laboratory Equipmentunmatched
- Layer 3 Protocolsunmatched
- Load Testingunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Memory Hardwareunmatched
- Modemsunmatched
- National Security Agency (NSA)unmatched
- Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
- Network Performance/Analysisunmatched
- Network Protocolsunmatched
- Network Testingunmatched
- Oscilloscopeunmatched
- PCI Express (PCI-E)unmatched
- PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB)unmatched
- PHYunmatched
- Protocol Designunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- Radio Frequencyunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Spectrum Analyzersunmatched
- Spirentunmatched
- System Architectureunmatched
- System Validationunmatched
- Telecommunicationsunmatched
- Test Caseunmatched
- Test Equipmentunmatched
- Test Harnessunmatched
- Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
- Test Requirementsunmatched
- Test Scriptsunmatched
- Test Suiteunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)unmatched
- Validation Planunmatched
- Wi-Fiunmatched
- Wireless Communicationsunmatched
- Wireless Hardwareunmatched
- Wireless Platformsunmatched
- Wireshark (Ethereal)unmatched
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