Facebook

Wireless Carrier Certification Technical Program Manager

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Redmond, WA

Job Description

The Wireless HW Module & Subsystem Technical Program Management (TPM) team at Facebook Reality Labs is responsible for developing and building devices and experiences that bring Facebooks products and technologies to new areas. We are looking for a Wireless Carrier Certification TPM to play a key role in integrating future hardware products with mobile network operators around the world. You will lead multidisciplinary programs through the product development process and play a key role in interfacing with our cross-functional partners, carrier engineering teams, contractors, and mobile network operators. You will drive and manage the carrier device development plan, guiding execution through the planning of device requirements, manage certification schedules, collaborating with the wireless and carrier engineering stakeholder on feature scope and compliance, and identifying and mitigating risks.

Wireless Carrier Certification Technical Program Manager Responsibilities

* Closely collaborate with carrier engineering, certification, and product management teams to drive, track, and deliver Cellular and other wireless technology features for the certification of AR/VR/Portal/Wearables products across multiple mobile network operators worldwide

* Create development, delivery, and compliance schedules based on device requirements, technical challenges, lead-times and business needs provided by carrier engineering and certification teams

* Deliver HW, SW/FW and support logistics for required testing, user trials, telecom carriers for certification

* Issue triage - identify nature of issue, allocate affected HW to the appropriate HW or SW/FW teams, provide issue disposition, enable rapid turn time before lab entry and same-day fix

* Create, collaborate with HW and SW stakeholders, communicate program status, and deliver on validation schedules

* Demonstrate bias for action: pro-actively seek out and correct inefficiencies, contribute to resource planning

* Anticipate: see around corners, identify/address potential setbacks

* Drive device prescan and work with compliance team for final certification

* Up to 20% travel

Minimum Qualifications

* BS in engineering, telecommunications, or equivalent technical experience

* Familiar with carrier certification process and preparation for feature delivery from the development, familiarity with carrier features, certification specifications and industry cellular standards

* Understanding of mobile network operators business models and incentives

* Familiarity with carrier features, wireless systems and technologies in consumer products

* Knowledge of phase gate approach to technology development projects

* Experience operating autonomously in ambiguous and complex environments

* Experience with RF conducted and radiated measurements

* Familiarity with cellular network infrastructure, radio access network technologies, and/or carrier certification specifications and industry standards

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About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

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Facebook

Menlo Park, CA

Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.