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Field Engineer

ALTEN
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/25/2026
Job Description

  • Required Education:
    • Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 2 years work experience OR Masters Degree in Engineering or Electrical Engineering



  • Required Skills:
    • Experience in Handset testing commercial OEM or Qualcomm devices in Field / Lab Environment across 5G/4G/3G operators
    • Experience in drive testing in field on-site and ability to debug / troubleshoot /analyzing basic device / OTA issues (camping, provisioning) between device and network
    • Experience in testing, debugging and familiarity with Android OS
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Has valid US Drivers License
    • Experience using QC tools like QXDM, QCAT, PCAT etc
    • Understanding of software development and testing concepts for wireless handset for various air interface standards – 5G (SA, NSA, mmW, NRDC), LTE
    • Need to be in field for 8 hrs with Van/drive test as part of Field Engineer Position



  • Preferred Skills/Education:
    • Experience with Stability Testing
    • Experience with air interface performance analysis, characterization and optimization
    • Experience with test planning / test case development
    • Understanding of Physical/MAC layers and Call Processing concepts Exposure to programming in C, Perl, Shell Scripting is a plus

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