As wireless technologies are developed, designed and eventually deployed, that process requires the expertise of network test engineers to troubleshoot and fix issues along the way. So what companies have open network test engineer jobs?
With wireless products in use across many verticals, network test engineers aren’t limited to working for network equipment vendors — although companies such as Ericsson (which has more than 1,200 openings for various types of test engineers) and Alcatel-Lucent (has more than 100) are an obvious place to start. Here are some other companies that are looking to fill network test engineer jobs:
Wireless carriers such as T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, who seek candidates to help them trial and test network technologies before and during deployment, and also for ongoing maintenance, repair and optimization.
Semiconductor companies including Freescale — because after all, chipsets must be tested, validated and improved many times before they make it to market and are deployed in trial networks or live networks. Broadcom has network test engineer jobs in Wi-Fi, satellite communications and cellular technologies available.
Device Manufacturers: Apple has a variety of engineering test and validation positions open, both focused on Wi-Fi and cellular technologies. Although overall the company seeks more software engineers than other types, its iPhone products have increased its needs for engineers who are familiar with design, systems integration and troubleshooting for wireless technologies.
Test equipment manufacturers like Spirent Communications are also hiring a number of test engineers for both hardware and software roles, while Rohde & Schwarz’ US operations are hiring as well. Another company doing a fair amount of hiring right now is Keysight Technologies, a new test and measurement company that is being spun off from its parent company, Agilent Technologies, within about a month. The electronic test company has close to 20 engineering positions open in research and development, applications and software testing, among others.
Telematics is an area of increasing growth, as more companies focus on enabling the connected car ecosystem. That’s evident in the job market as well, with companies like Ford Motor Co. looking for experienced wireless engineers and Chrysler seeking people to help it develop connected car systems, and production testing company Intertek looking for people in its transportation division.
Smaller or industry-specific infrastructure companies: LGS Innovations, which was sold by parent company Alcatel-Lucent last year and has primarily served the U.S. federal government, has more than 80 positions open around the U.S. and about half of them are engineering jobs, many of which involve testing. Or there’s Range Networks, which does open-source software for cellular.
