Product Development Quality Assurance Engineer - II

America Networks is a leading sensor and networking solutions partner for companies in any Industrial, Manufacturing, and Waste management space.
We design and manufacture sensors for storage tanks, water metering, energy metering, gas monitoring, and asset management.

Our founders are hardcore telecommunications engineers with combined 200 + years of experience in designing, optimizing and performance engineering; for several mid – large wireless carriers internationally - that saw a need to provide low power, cost efficient sensors to collect data, create alerts, and predict needed actions. We have combined these sensors with low power, wide area (LPWA) networking technologies to provide clients various options to decrease re-occurring costs associated with operating an IoT network of sensors and connected devices.

We specialize in design, deployment, optimization, and support of these Networks. Whether an off-the-shelf or custom solution is needed, we’ll create a solution and push the data on the best cloud platform to fit your needs, including your own.

Quality Test Technician 
Responsibilities 
The Supply Chain Quality Management team is looking for a self-driven individual to perform hands on testing of various FiOS Equipment including Set-Top Boxes, Broadband Home Routers and Optical Network Terminals. The role will ultimately be a key stakeholder who provides recommendation for test changes required prior to new product launches and for the lifecycle of current products. 
The person shall have the strong ability to positively impact Supply Chain metrics such as Returns and Repair, NTF, bounce rate etc. Scope is to significantly improve OEM and 3PL product quality. 
The candidate is expected to: 
• Perform testing and full lifecycle support of FiOS products (STB, ONT, BHR) 
• Develop and/or enhance existing lab test architecture including equipment procuring & setups 
• Designing test measurement techniques to characterize critical test parameters 
• Review & contribute to product test documentation and design documentation 
• Establish lab test setups with limited information 
• Provide test support to replicate customer experienced failure, track and troubleshoot issues and help drive solutions 
• Applying best practices and contributing to the ongoing improvement of lab test procedures 
• Support Quality Management team on lab studies and other quality assignments 
• Provide clear and concise results of all testing to management team 
• Manage and facilitate the movement of Verizon products that require quality control testing to be performed 
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. 
Candidate skills & knowledge are expected to include the following: 
• Understand how to troubleshoot using OSI model 
• Experience with Home Networking and Fiber Optics products 
• Ability to use test equipment such as spectrum analyzer, MPEG analyzers, oscilloscope, RF signal meters 
• Desire to succeed and to do things right the first time 
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills 
• Good understanding of verification test plans, test execution, results collaboration and bug reporting 
• Basic understanding of hardware concepts 
• GPON & MoCA Experience 
• Electronics experience (Communication Signals and Circuits, Digital Transmission Techniques) 
• Video experience (Digital Video Systems, Video Compression Technology, Video Output & Signaling)
Education & Experience: 
• Associates/Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Technology 
• 1-3+ years of testing and troubleshooting experience in consumer CPE (Routers, Set-Top Boxes, etc.) 
• Accredited certifications in Electronics Technology

Vivek Salvatore

vivek.salvatore(@)americanetworks.com

(973) 582-3458