Certification Lead

Job Title: Certification Lead
Location: Fremont
Onsite/ Remote: Day 1 Onsite at customer location

The pay range for this role is $100k- $130k per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience, and location of the candidate.

Key Responsibilities

Wireless Device Certification

• Own PTCRB, GCF, and carrier certification activities from planning and scope definition through submission, approval, and closure.

• Develop and maintain certification plans, requirements matrices, schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, and approval status.

• Coordinate carrier certification with operators such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and other applicable carriers.

• Work with Lab Managers to communicate certification scope, test priorities, prerequisites, milestones, and deadlines. Day-to-day lab operations, equipment, staffing, and capacity management remain with the Lab Managers.

• Serve as the certification interface among engineering teams, Lab Managers, external laboratories, carriers, certification bodies, and chipset/vendors.

• Track test progress, failures, retests, waivers/deviations, submissions, open questions, and certification blockers.

• Drive certification issue resolution across modem/baseband, RF, antenna, hardware, software/telephony, system validation, and QA teams.

• Coordinate required DUTs, software builds, SIM requirements, configurations, logs, technical documents, and test evidence through the responsible teams.

• Assess certification impact from hardware, software, modem, RF, band, and feature changes.

• Provide weekly status reporting and timely escalation of issues that may affect certification approvals or product launch schedules.

• Obtain and review certification-lab quotations; coordinate SOW and PO creation or changes for authorized certification activities.

• Review invoices against approved quotations, SOWs, POs, and completed certification activities; resolve discrepancies with Lab Managers, procurement, finance, and suppliers.

Required Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in wireless/mobile device development, testing, certification, or technical program management.

• Minimum 5 years of direct experience in device/carrier certification or certification program management.

• Demonstrated experience with PTCRB, GCF, and carrier certification programs.

• Strong understanding of LTE and 5G NR, with working knowledge of RF, RRM, protocol, OTA, interoperability, and carrier-specific testing.

• Experience working with wireless carriers, certification bodies, external laboratories, chipset/vendors, and cross-functional engineering teams.

• Strong program management skills covering schedules, risks, issues, dependencies, actions, escalation, and stakeholder communication.

• Experience with quotations, SOWs, POs, budgets, invoice validation, and supplier coordination.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification experience with AT&T, Verizon, and/or T-Mobile.

• Experience with smartphones, tablets, wearables, IoT devices, CPE, modules, or other cellular-connected products.

• Working knowledge of 3GPP specifications and Qualcomm diagnostic tools such as QXDM, QCAT, and QPST.

• Experience managing multiple device variants or certification programs concurrently.

Key Deliverables

Certification master plan and schedule; PTCRB/GCF/carrier trackers; certification requirements matrix; issue, retest, risk, and action tracker; weekly status report; submission and approval records; and certification SOW/PO/budget/invoice tracker.

Core Skills

PTCRB | GCF | Carrier Certification | LTE | 5G NR | 3GPP | RF | RRM | Protocol | OTA | Certification Program Management | Stakeholder Management | SOW | PO | Invoicing | Budget Tracking | Vendor Management

"Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at ."