Product Development Engineer
Sprint
Overland Park, Ks
Assisted with the designs, modifications and activities for a specific product or group of products from product definition and planning through production and release. Served as a resource with design, process, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing as the product(s) moved to completion and distribution. Involvement lasted throughout all stages of a product's life cycle, from product release through maintenance of the product and end of life decisions.Directly dealt with product vendors to verify they follow Sprint specifications and met Sprint specific external testing requirements prior to Lab entry.Managed workload and team of testers with the use of JIRA in order to verify devices met Sprint internal testing specifications. Also, reviewed test results and device logs, both internal and exteral, in order to verify compliance and device performance.Managed organization of travel to Sprint markets in order to test new release devices in areas of New Sprint Network Technology (FIT Testing)Negotiated future technology implementation between device vendors and third party mobile hardware vendors in order to keep costs down for both.Consulted with multiple Sprint teams to provide appropriate testing methods for cross-functional testing.