A globally leading consumer technology company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is seeking OTA Validation Engineer to join their Wireless System Engineering team. You will work on radiated system characterization/algorithm validation across different cellular technologies for wireless products.
You will be responsible for validating wireless performance across product portfolio. Working hands-on at OTA test stations, you will translate carrier and industry requirements into test cases, execute OTA validation plans and debug wireless performance issues alongside engineering teams — building deep expertise across wireless technologies and RF systems alongside some of the best engineers in the industry.
Responsibilities:
- Drive wireless performance validation across carrier and industry certification test setups, ensuring products meet the highest conformance standards.
- Translate carrier, regulatory, and industry requirements into actionable test cases, ensuring product validation covers all certification, performance, and compliance criteria.
- Define and execute validation plans for custom software features.
- Own and continuously improve test setups, ensuring lab environments are calibrated, reliable, and ready for next-generation product testing.
- Contribute to evolving wireless characterization methodologies as new cellular technologies emerge.
Required Qualifications:
- 5-10+ years of experience
- BSEE degree
- Hands-on working experience with antenna design and testing
- Working experience with antenna and wave propagation, and radiated system performance validation such as TRP, TIS, EIRP, EIS, and spherical coverage
- Working experience with RF lab equipment and chambers: anechoic chambers, network analyzers, signal generators, signal analyzers, and call boxes/radio communication testers (e.g., CMW, CMX, UXM, MT8000A)
- Solid understanding of cellular communications such as UMTS, LTE, NR FR1
Preferred Qualifications:
- MSEE or PhD in Electrical Engineering
- Familiarity with OTA test standards and methodologies (e.g., CTIA, 3GPP)
- Exposure to AI tools and workflows (e.g., LLMs, AI coding assistants, automation platforms) to boost productivity and engineering efficiency
- Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills, with the ability to multitask across various disciplines
- Analytical curiosity and a structured approach to diagnosing complex RF and wireless performance issues
Job Type: Contract (W2)
Duration: 12 months, with extension
Location: Cupertino, CA (onsite)
Pay range: $92.00 - $107.00/hr (DOE)
No 3rd party agencies or C2C
