6643-1, Telecom - Network QA Engineer

Please ensure the submitted resumes meet the requirements and candidate can answer following questions, please attach pre-screening question with resume submittal:
Be as technically specific (write down all the jargon, acronym that candidate uses) and as detailed as possible in answers. Do not prompt the answers to candidate, instead expect these acceptable response from them
Has to be verbal questions during pre-screen session with the Supplier, do not sent questionnaire to candidate to fill in and return

Updated Pre-Screen Questions
1. Which protocol layer 4G/5G is your area of strength?
a. Acceptable answers - PHY/MAC/RLC, call processing (some may refer to Layer 2 and Layer 3)
i. Provide detailed response on these topics
b. If candidate has not worked in any of these 4 areas, pass on candidate.

2. Have you had any experience doing lab, field testing or feature evaluation? What tools did you use to test and analyze the results?
a. Acceptable answers - QXDM, QCAT. XCAL, XCAP (or RAN vendor proprietary logging tools)
i. Provide response on how you used any of tool in great detail
b. If answer is no, pass on candidate.

3. Are you experienced in feature trial and/or optimization to improve system performance (not RF optimization candidates that use TEMs, Actix)
a. Provide details on what you have done, feature trial areas, results, was it successful.

4. Have you had any experience in end to end issue debugging? If so, example of the issue and tools used.
a. Tools used shall include wireshark, truecall, irisview
b. Have you had any experience in eNB logs analysis during any issue debugging? If so, example of the issue and tools used.
Acceptable answers: (Nokia - Emil & TTI Ericsson - UETR or CTR)
c. Internal/proprietary logs (mandatory) wireshark (optional)

5. What aspect of 4G/5G technology have you worked on?
a. Preferred answers - Feature Design (not RF design), Analysis &Troubleshooting
b. Write down candidate answers

6. Do you interact with customers? With which cross functional customer organizations do you typically interact with? If they are candidate from an operator, they must belong to one of the organization listed below
a. Provide teams you worked on (Example Below)
i. T-Mobile - RAN Architecture
ii. Sprint/T-Mobile -RAN Design
iii. T-Mobile - Technology Development & Strategy
iv. T-Mobile - Advance RAN Technology
v. Verizon HQ RAN Planning
vi. Verizon HQ System Performance

7. Can you devise a test plan for a feature/product and drive it to execution? Provide an example.
a. If yes - provide example feature name and details on what you did to successfully deploy the feature

8. Have you been engaged with new product introductions or new software features rollouts (i.e. FFA/FOA/FSA/FIT activities)?
a. If yes - provide example activity involved and feature worked on

9. With whom do you work for issue resolution? Provide examples
a. If yes - provide example of teams (acceptable answers below)
i. R&D
ii. Development teams

- Top 3 must-have skills/requirements:
Must have RAN Protocol Knowledge at the PHY, MAC & RLC layer. Must have experience using DM tools such as XCAL, QXDM. Must be able to review and debug UE and eNB logs. Must have working experience on 4G LTE and 5G SA/NSA. I don't want core experience to be construed as RAN experience.
- Additional Notes: Local candidate, if good candidate, will look to convert in future
- Education: Masters in EE
- Years of experience is required: 5-10 years

If you have ambitions to be a part of a Best in Class organization, Samsung's Wireless Networks team is the place to be. The role of the Wireless Networks Team is to support our carrier customers through innovative technology road map. The dynamic culture at Samsung offers both great challenge and great reward. If you want to work among the very best talent in the industry, working on the most innovative products in the world, Samsung is the place to be.

We are looking for a 4G/5G Call Processing RAN SME to join our Wireless network team. You will be a key contributor as a subject matter expert 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 requirements, feature requirements, systems and performance analysis, conduct deep-dive customer sessions on 4G/5G Call processing related features and air interface technologies.
Analyzing the customer requirements, converting then into system requirements and capturing of detail design for the development team for all Samsung product features.
Responsible for leading all technical discussions on Samsung products/scheduler related features with several customer vertical organization including 4G/5G RAN Development groups and RAN performance groups.
Author technical proposals, Technical research and white papers, design documents, Operator network design, RFI/RFP, and Patent filings.
Aid in product & feature performance analysis, evaluation of new product & SW releases and third party product evaluation to build product synergies.
Provides expert technical support in the pre-sales process and creates compelling technical and commercial solutions in order to help achieve the assigned sales goals and business objectives.
Translates and communicates complex technical design considerations between the Samsung sales team and carriers' network business
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 rollouts and developments.
Accountable for leading field integration testing efforts (FFA/FIT/FSA) of all 4G/5G key features with customers, including test plan development, reviewing test plan with customers, driving cross-functional teams to execution, review of test results, issue identification, analysis and quality proofing until software acceptance is achieved.
Responsible for Tier3 support, analyzing and troubleshooting scheduler related issues reported from customer labs, field sites and production network.
Review and provide recommendations to improve LTE RAN network performance by evaluating and trending key KPIs, performing trials and providing optimization guidelines.

Background/Experience required:
Undergraduate Degree in engineering with 8-10 years of directly related experience is required. A Masters with 8+ years of experience is preferred
Must have 4G/5G Call Processing experience with In depth knowledge of RRC, S1-MME, S1-U and X2 protocols and understanding of concepts such as Hybrid Beamforming, Massive MIMO, New Waveforms, LTE-NR interworking & co-existence, 5G Numerologies etc .
Experienced and fluent with 3GPP RAN product architecture, design, implementation and performance improvements (KPIs). Good understanding of scheduler functionality is beneficial.
Strong Programming skills in C desired, experience with memory optimizations, multi-Core programming, assembly language debugging preferred.
Experience with system engineering activities such as feature requirements identification, feature description documentation, parameter optimization, performance analysis, test strategy creation, problem troubleshooting is desirable
Thorough understanding of 3GPP specification for LTE/LTE-A/5G features and Protocols, experience with ongoing 3GPP Rel-15/16 activities is beneficial
Working knowledge of various RF antenna technologies & network optimizations.
Ability to travel sporadically during the project

Necessary Skills and attributes:
The ability to plan, organize and prioritize multiple projects, sales and simultaneous performance objectives. Work independently in determining one's personal work schedule to be productive. Work in a team environment, in order to achieve personal and team project milestones and to complete assignments within established time frames. Accept tasks and problems/situations that differ, requiring creativity to search for optimal solutions, when only broad and general guidelines exist for solving problems. The ability to utilize implied knowledge of task alternatives and to make spontaneous decisions using past experience and the guidance and/or successful experiences of others. Demonstrated ability to interact at multiple levels within customers organizations. Negotiate with and convince others, in a potentially adversarial environment, including customer directors, managers and staff with opposing views to accept/approve plans, technical and project recommendations. Make professional technical sales presentations in writing, through email, reports, or orally, to an audience of high technical skills, management and operational experience. Ability to achieve results within established time frames and requirements. Develop accurate proposals and designs to meet customer needs.

Physical/Mental Demands:
Work is generally performed in an office environment. Operate a computer keyboard and view a video display terminal between more than 50% of work time, including prolonged periods of time. Requires considerable work utilizing high visual acuity / detail, numeric / character distinction and moderate hand / finger dexterity. The movement and transportation of equipment, most of the time is under 25 pounds. Performs work under time schedules and stress which are normally periodic or cyclical, including time sensitive deadlines, intellectual challenges and project management deadlines. Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids include PC's, printers, copiers, faxes and other equipment commonly associated with an office work area. May require working additional hours beyond normal schedule. Travel varies depending on position. Consistently demonstrates a commitment