Wireless Test Engineer

Location: Ottawa
Job Type: Permanent
Salary/Rate: Open
Start Date: ASAP
Travel Required: Not Required
Educational Requirements: Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Chemistry
Languages Required: English

Description of Program

EION requires a test engineer to work with verification team working on a hardware/software development project in the area of Wireless. The candidate should have a degree either in Computer science or Science with broad knowledge of Computer systems software, hardware, experience with WiMAX and Wi-Fi technology and background in Chemistry and material science.

The candidate should typically have 3-5 years of experience in IT infrastructure and Lab support, developing test plans, writing and implementing test cases at the unit, functional and system level testing, and background in Chemistry and/or material science for verifying and assisting in various regulatory certification compliance testing. The candidate will work very closely with the design/development team and interact with independent certification lab.

To succeed in this position, you must be a team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following set of tasks:

• Administer and Support EION IT infrastructure and network which involves Desktop computers, EION Voice and data network, WiMAX/Wi-FI lab, data servers, network security, and data backup restore
• Be a member of WiMax/Wi-Fi verification team to test and verify EION products from customer perspective
• As part of verification team verifies and assist in FCC,ETSI, CE, ROHS regulatory Certification compliances testing
• Interact with independent certification lab to ensure above certification.

Qualifications

• A Degree or diploma in Electrical/Computer engineering, Computer Science, or Science (major in Chemistry or Material science).
• Background in Chemistry and material science must for certification program

Experience

• Computer systems hardware
• Operating systems, specifically all Windows versions and Linux
• Data server technology and administrations
• Networking principles and familiarity with communication protocols including: TCP/IP, UDP, ARP, ICMP, SNMP, RTP, switches, routers, circuit-switched and packet-switched networks, subnets and gateways
• Security administration, VPN, firewall and access configurations
• Experience with WiMAX technology
• Experience with Wi-Fi technology
• Background in Chemistry and material science must
• One requires background and knowledge in Chemistry and material science to understand and evaluate impact of different materials on electromagnetic emissions.
• Background in analyzing chemical compositions of different components used in the product to ensure restricted elements (e.g. lead content) do not exceed the regularity compliance requirements.

Product Knowledge

Candidates must have experience and strong knowledge in the following products:

• Tidal products
• Ranger Products
• Libra MAX
• Wi-LAN Ultima
• Wi-LAN VIP

Please send your resume and a cover letter to careers@eion.com, indicating the position in the subject field. EION Wireless would like to thank all applicants - we will only contact those that are selected for interviews.