OTA Validation Engineer

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