GSM and UMTS Optimization Engineers (nationwide)

On behalf of our global telecom client, we are searching for GSM and UMTS Optimization Engineers (post service) across the United States (location does not matter).

These engineers will serve directly with Tier 1 Carriers in contact and regular full-time positions.

For immediate attention and placement email resume and salary requirements to: dennis@worldlink-us.com.

We are moving fast as this requirement will be filled quickly, but there are multiple (yep, MULTIPLE) positions.

I'll be working on this all weekend, so don't hesitate to get in touch.

Head of Marketing Communications - Sony Ericsson, NC

Sony Ericsson is on the cutting edge of one of the most dynamic areas in modern technology. Our devices are multiple award winning, “WOW” devices that make even grizzled hardware reviewers do a double take.

We are seeking an individual to join our incredible team of talented individuals to help us define the next generation in wireless and convergence devices. If you think you are up to the challenge and have the qualifications, drive and innovation required, read on.

Head of Marketing Communications

This Marketing Communications (Marcom) Manager will develop the marcom strategy for our North American Market ensuring a consistent, vibrant and unique approach to attain our goals for market share and brand. This will also be a key position in providing advisory services to the Head of Marketing.

The person in this role is part of the marketing team reporting to the Head of Marketing and works in close co-operation with our phone and Global Customer Unit resources, as well as the sales and customer service groups.

You will identify the market needs and translate them into the marcom strategy.

This is a unique industry and position. Our customers are typically large carriers such as AT&T but there is no denying that we are in a cutting edge consumer marketplace. Because of this our Head of Marcom will participate in account management to ensure identification and implementation of relevant marketing campaigns and strategies with our partners and internal sales and marketing people. We have national and global brand and marketing strategies and in some cases our customers have the same thing. We need to maximize our efforts with theirs and give the end customer a unique but consistent brand experience.

So…. to do that you'll have to develop, coordinate and implement media planning and campaign strategy by working with various media agencies.

You'll serve as the key contact for all regional and local media agencies and you'll need to stay abreast of international and local media developments.

To be successful you'll need a MINIMUM of 3-5 years successful marketing experience in a B2B2C or FMCG environment, proven experience making winning presentations at an executive level in a highly competitive environment, experience with mobile communications technologies and experience working with or at an advertising and/or media agency.

For more information on the details of this job and to apply, go to our web site, www.sonyericsson.com.

If you qualify we’ll be in touch to tell you much more, including a summary of our benefits, which we believe to be some of the best in any industry. FULLY paid family health, dental and vision care premiums, educational reimbursement, company contribution to your 401k whether you contribute or not, sick and kin care days, really too much to mention here.

Head of Marketing Communications - Sony Ericsson, NC

Sony Ericsson is on the cutting edge of one of the most dynamic areas in modern technology. Our devices are multiple award winning, “WOW” devices that make even grizzled hardware reviewers do a double take.

We are seeking an individual to join our incredible team of talented individuals to help us define the next generation in wireless and convergence devices. If you think you are up to the challenge and have the qualifications, drive and innovation required, read on.

Head of Marketing Communications

This Marketing Communications (Marcom) Manager will develop the marcom strategy for our North American Market ensuring a consistent, vibrant and unique approach to attain our goals for market share and brand. This will also be a key position in providing advisory services to the Head of Marketing.

The person in this role is part of the marketing team reporting to the Head of Marketing and works in close co-operation with our phone and Global Customer Unit resources, as well as the sales and customer service groups.

You will identify the market needs and translate them into the marcom strategy.

This is a unique industry and position. Our customers are typically large carriers such as AT&T but there is no denying that we are in a cutting edge consumer marketplace. Because of this our Head of Marcom will participate in account management to ensure identification and implementation of relevant marketing campaigns and strategies with our partners and internal sales and marketing people. We have national and global brand and marketing strategies and in some cases our customers have the same thing. We need to maximize our efforts with theirs and give the end customer a unique but consistent brand experience.

So…. to do that you'll have to develop, coordinate and implement media planning and campaign strategy by working with various media agencies.

You'll serve as the key contact for all regional and local media agencies and you'll need to stay abreast of international and local media developments.

To be successful you'll need a MINIMUM of 3-5 years successful marketing experience in a B2B2C or FMCG environment, proven experience making winning presentations at an executive level in a highly competitive environment, experience with mobile communications technologies and experience working with or at an advertising and/or media agency.

For more information on the details of this job and to apply, go to our web site, www.sonyericsson.com.

If you qualify we’ll be in touch to tell you much more, including a summary of our benefits, which we believe to be some of the best in any industry. FULLY paid family health, dental and vision care premiums, educational reimbursement, company contribution to your 401k whether you contribute or not, sick and kin care days, really too much to mention here.

Who Introduced You to LinkedIn?

Do you even remember who sent you the very first invitation to join LinkedIn?

I didn't.

The invitation seemed so inconsequential at the moment, I'm not sure I even gave it a second thought.

Until recently.

Without question, LinkedIn has been the most prolific recruiting tool in the last 12 months of my career. Yet, the idea of not knowing who sent me the first invitation just kept gnawing at me (it's the same feeling I have every year the Sooners lose in a bowl game). But I digress.

So I decided to call my friend, George Seiters, who happens to be extremely connected at LinkedIn. Well, he should be - he works there. I figured if anybody could get me a bit of history about my account, it would be George.

Sure enough. A few days later I received an email from George. My reply, "Wow, really?!"

So, here's a big thank you to one cool friend and awesome recruiter, Michelle Balatico-Hayes!

Thanks Michelle! You sent me the very first LinkedIn invitation that made me scratch my head and say,

"Now why in the world would I want to join a network like this?!"

Well, a few thousand connections later, it all makes sense.

So, who introduced you to LinkedIn?



P.S. If you haven't joined my "WirelessJobs" Group on LinkedIn, please accept this invitation! We're growing like crazy and would like to see if you can help us top the 5,000 member mark! In fact, I'll do a special post and recognize the person that becomes the 5,000th member to join!

(Click HERE to join)
Do you even remember who sent you the very first invitation to join LinkedIn?

I didn't.

The invitation seemed so inconsequential at the moment, I'm not sure I even gave it a second thought.

Until recently.

Without question, LinkedIn has been the most prolific recruiting tool in the last 12 months of my career. Yet, the idea of not knowing who sent me the first invitation just kept gnawing at me (it's the same feeling I have every year the Sooners lose in a bowl game). But I digress.

So I decided to call my friend, George Seiters, who happens to be extremely connected at LinkedIn. Well, he should be - he works there. I figured if anybody could get me a bit of history about my account, it would be George.

Sure enough. A few days later I received an email from George. My reply, "Wow, really?!"

So, here's a big thank you to one cool friend and awesome recruiter, Michelle Balatico-Hayes!

Thanks Michelle! You sent me the very first LinkedIn invitation that made me scratch my head and say,

"Now why in the world would I want to join a network like this?!"

Well, a few thousand connections later, it all makes sense.

So, who introduced you to LinkedIn?



P.S. If you haven't joined my "WirelessJobs" Group on LinkedIn, please accept this invitation! We're growing like crazy and would like to see if you can help us top the 5,000 member mark! In fact, I'll do a special post and recognize the person that becomes the 5,000th member to join!

(Click HERE to join)

C++ Software Developer - Cutting-edge Development - Dublin, Ireland

Vero Solutions Ireland is looking for remarkable and highly talented C++ software engineers to join its cutting-edge software development team in Dublin.

We are delivering high-end solutions for leading mobile telecoms service providers. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a young and dynamic company at the forefront of VoiceXML and next-generation media platform technology development.

Responsibilities:

• Design and development of next generation computer telephony system components

• Implementation of W3C (VoiceXML/SSML/SRGS) and IETF (SIP/MRCP) specifications

• Develop network-based media resource control frameworks (speech synthesis/recognition)

• Work closely with VoIP (SIP/RTP) and PSTN (SS7/ISDN) telecommunications paradigms

Requirements:

• 5+ years industry experience

• Bachelors degree (or higher) in Computer Science or Electronic Engineering

• Strong server-oriented, multi-threaded, scalable system development experience

• Strong analytical problem solving skills

• Experience in cross-platform C++ development on Windows, Solaris, and Linux

• Experience implementing IETF, ETSI, or W3C specifications

• Experience in telecommunications, speech recognition, or media processing is an advantage

• Experience with Internet protocols and programming paradigms is an advantage

If you are interested, please email leticia.lukacs@vero.ie

or call Leticia on +0 353 12056709

www.vero.ie

Validation Engineer - Hillsboro, OR (12 Week Contract)

Location: Hillsboro, Oregon

Validation Engineer

Testing, Wireless, PC Skills, Validation

12 WEEK CONTRACT - DAYS 8a-5p

One of the world's largest IT organizations is seeking Software Quality Engineer for a 12 week contract position.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Perform platform validation of mobile components these components are mainly wireless components that go into a notebook platform.

Conduct tests, log results, work with engineers on test results analysis
This is an estimated 12 week position through Volt Technical Resources, a member of the Volt family of companies and a publicly traded, nationally recognized leader in providing staffing and information services.

VTR is an Equal Opportunity Employer operating under the strictest code of business ethics.

Required Skills for this Test Engineer position include the following:

1. College courses (preferably graduate degree) in computer architecture and systems analysis
2. Able to handle both hardware and software easily
3. Able to learn new technologies fast
4. Good communication skills

Additional Requirements:
1. Good written and oral skills 2.Be able to present findings in a logical manner
2. PC experience required – Wireless experience highly desired

Since this position is urgent you will be given immediate consideration should your resume meet the job requirements.

Special Instructions to begin the process:

• Please email your resume to Volt at: amiller@volt.com

• Please use the entire job posting title in your subject line to ensure it gets routed to the correct Recruiter: Validation Engineer

Please include on the subject line the website where you saw this posting

Software Engineer, Mobile Applications Development - San Jose, CA

Global wireless client is looking for talented and passionate developers to define and develop innovative mobile solutions for smartphone devices based on Windows Mobile.

Areas of interest:

~ Windows Mobile Applications (phone dialer, PIMs, Alarm, Task Manager)
~ UI (graphic UI's animation, Flash, user I/O mechanisims)
~ Multimedia (codecs, camera application, music player)
~ Network solution (client/server apps, bluetooth, wifi)

Qualifications:

We are looking for candidates passionate about development on mobile devices and have strong knowledge in the following areas:

C/C++, native Win32 programming, one year of experience in commercial software product development, and experience in graphics programming (pocketPC/Smartphone a big, big plus)

Email resumes to: dennis@worldlink-us.com

Retail Sales Trainer - Denver, CO (24seven)

Retail Sales Trainer - Denver, CO
Contact: Patricia Beasock - pbeasock@24seveninc.com
Company: 24seven

As a Retail Sales Trainer, you'll have the opportunity to travel and train extensively within your division. You will be facilitating instructor-led and Web-based training courses delivered to retail employees in order to prepare them for being the connection for our customers.

Your schedule will be based on market needs that encompass retail store visits and will require 75% travel (telecommuting the remaining 25% will be considered). Our best Sales Trainers have dynamic facilitation and presentation skills and are equally comfortable with both small and large groups. A sound knowledge of the wireless industry and retail management experience are desired in this role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

-Build strategic partnerships with field leadership and front line employees

-Coach for content and skill improvement of employees on the front line

-Facilitate effective training which incorporates traditional instructor-led training, co-facilitation, virtual classes and on-the-job-training (OJT)

-Participate as a subject-matter-expert (SME) on teams that create tools or training solutions to address and bridge gaps in knowledge, competency and skills

-Use positive reinforcement and adult learning techniques to promote learning and skill improvement

-Access reports on key sales success factors (i.e., quota, service excellence, audit scores, etc.) and make related recommendations for training or performance improvement solutions

-Develop as a professional training by completing internal and external trainer certifications

QUALIFICATIONS

* 3-5 + years of retail management exp; 2+ years of field sales training exp required
(exp must be w/in a formal training department)

* Bachelor's Degree required/successfully complete and pass background check

* Working knowledge of MS Office applications, including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

* Thorough understanding of Adult Learning Principles

* Ability to model values of the organization

* Talent for facilitating effective and engaging presentations in a variety of delivery formats

* Superb written and verbal communication skills

* Knack for multi-tasking and organization under pressure

*Ability to work effectively both independently and with a team

* Strong work ethic

* Effective management of group process and dynamics, including the ability to smoothly manage group conflict

**Qualified applicants must have training experience**

*** Must live in or near Denver in the region***

Femtocell IP Design Engineer - Dallas, TX

The positions will be a key contributor for IP based CDMA product.

Candidate will be responsible for IP Network design and will also be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the IP functionality of the product. Primary responsibilities involve, but not limited to:

product design, algorithmic network design, operator network design and Patent filings. The main output of this position requires capture customer requirements, design proposals, vendor product selection and compliance, oversee product quality, and customer presentations.

The candidate must be detailed oriented and also must have and eye for quality as the job requires taking products from infancy to commercial readiness.

Position requires being on a multi- functional team of CDMA system Design, testing, field engineering, installations and product demonstrations. Will participate in technology trials, launch and support commercial operation of a new wireless system with multiple Major Wireless Operators.

Qualifications:

Must: Experience with IP and IPSec product design and implementation.

Must: Product Dev experience and knowledge of Linux kernel, system calls and CLI

Must: Hands on experience with development stacks such as DHCP, DNS, ARP, L3 Routing tables, IP routing, VLAN, Ethernet drivers, QoS port priority

Must: Development experience with IKEv1, IKEv2, DES, 3DES, AES, EAP-AKA, IPSec NAT traversal

Must: Working experience with RADIUS authentication interface, RTP, TCP, UDP, ARP Cache, MAC address forwarding table

Must: Performed hands on activities including Firewall Rules, ACL, Cisco router/switch configuration, VLAN, static routers, port physical settings

Must: Knowledge of various IP related IETF RFCs

Must: Software development with C, C++

Should: Knowledge of SIP, MPLS, IPv6, RTCP, ROHC, SNMP

Should: Working knowledge of VoIP networks and Femto Cells is preferred

General Qualifications

Must: 5+ years relevant industry experience with BSEE or BSCS or 3+ years with MSEE or MSCS

Must: Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Must : Some travel required for customer presentations, design reviews and onsite debugging

Should : CDMA, 3GPP2 knowledge and experience

Should: Hands on ability to establish and demonstrate new technology

Please forward your resume to amy@worldlink-us.com.

Mobile / Handset Test Engineers - Herndon, VA

Do you have 3 years of technical knowledge of wireless device (GSM/CDMA/UMTS) experience?

Can you speak fluent Chinese and English?

Are you comfortable working in a lab testing environment?

This is an awesome job and won't be available for long.

Email us at sandra@worldlink-us.com.

Our client is a large handset manufacturer who is growing within the Dallas market.

Sandra Horowitz
Worldlink Inc.

3 Questions for Software Engineers

3 QUESTIONS:

1. Are you a guru in embedded development on mobile handsets?
2. Are you an A student in "C"?
3. Do you know what DM/DS is all about?

If you answered "yes" to all of these questions, I want to talk to you about joining my client, a leading telecom company in Richardson, TX. You'll get paid a good rate, and sure there are full benefits available on a contract (wow!) AND possibilities for direct hire but as an added bonus, they are a STABLE company with a catchy name…(contact me to find out).

THIS IS WHAT THE JOB ENTAILS:
Design and implement embedded client software for our handset products. Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to successfully take the software through the entire development cycle (design, implementation, maintenance).

"OOH... THAT SOUNDS FUN!"

If you are interested in learning more or know a cousin or a friend or a colleague or even a vague acquaintance you never talk to except to get tickets to a sporting event... please contact me with your/their life story... okay- maybe just a resume- with job/salary history to lacy@worldlink-us.com.

Network Lab Technician - Chicago, IL

Job Title: Network Lab Technician

Location: Chicago, IL

Contact: Anthony Miller (amiller@volt.com)

About you:
You seek part time work as a Network Technician and enjoy building and maintaining servers and love working in a lab setting.

What we have available:
A 6-9 month contract position with Volt working onsite at the client in Chicago, IL.

What you will do:
Assemble, build and configure servers and test machines (desktops, laptops, peripherals, etc.), troubleshoot and serve as the primary contact for software and hardware questions.

What you need to have:
- Network and server administration in a lab/testing environment

- Provided advanced support to MS Server, Apple or Unix/Linux

- Wireless AP config and network setup

- R&D break / fix

- VOIP experience

About my company:
Volt Information Sciences, Inc, a Fortune 1000 company, was founded in 1950, and has current annual revenues of over $2.1 Billion. Volt is an internationally renowned leader in recruitment services and workforce design solutions. Sought out by industry leaders in Technical, IT and Engineering firms, Volt Technical Resources, the largest business segment of Volt’s staffing division, seeks to gain access to “the best of the best” in today’s workforce and meet our client needs.

How you can apply:
Please send in your resume to me at amiller@volt.com.

Project Manager - Wireless Applications, Cox Communications

Location: Alpharetta, GA
Contact: Trevor Harding (trevor.harding@cox.com)

The Project Manager will work with New Product Development, Marketing, Customer Care and the IT teams to create and implement new products/product enhancements including support of the same. The PM will coordinate efforts between development, infrastructure engineering and operations teams to assess the impact of products and/or enhancements, and changes required to enable these products/enhancements. The PM will create, implement, monitor and close out project plans including budget creation and tracking.

The candidate will have a strong analytical and technical background in the field of software development and have demonstrated capability of understanding and implementing new technologies in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment coupled with the ability to manage multiple deliverables.

The candidate will work closely and interact directly with technical staff to identify, rationalize and document business requirement and translate them into functional specifications which detail the approach to address and resolve the business needs. Preferred candidates will have hands-on experience in successful production launches of internal and external customer facing wireless applications and be a subject matter expert in various components of wireless technology such as WAP, J2ME, SMS etc.

This is a high profile position requiring the individual to interact with business sponsors and stakeholders as well as facilitate meetings and presentations. This position requires a high level of professionalism and an excellent subjective presence.

Qualifications:

Must have outstanding interpersonal skills, as this position will interact with business sponsors frequently facilitating meetings/presentations.

5+ years experience in the telecommunications industry, preferably with one of the big four wireless carriers in the US.

Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills with a focus on documentation (business use case and functional requirement documents).

Experience with documenting integration needs between internal applications.

Wireless and wireless web applications project development experience.

MUST have experience in FULL project lifecycle ¿ From Discovery to Implementation with focus on the early stages.

Demonstrate knowledge of company functioning and departmental relationships.

Create, implement, monitor and close out project plans including budgeting.

Assign and coordinate work of cross-functional team members to accomplish project goals.

Act as a liaison with various inter and intra department constituents.

Manage projects > $1 million or 1 year in duration.

5-7 years of experience managing technical projects and business analysis in a software development shop.

4 year college degree required.

Wireless Database Administrator - Cox Communications

Job Title: Wireless Database Administrator
Company: Cox Communications
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Contact: Trevor.Harding@cox.com (404.269.0874)

SUMMARY OF POSITION:
This position is a hand’s on senior DBA responsible for support of architecture, development and test efforts to meet project requirements. The ideal candidate will haven an expert level understanding of ORACLE RAC environments and associated skills necessary to develop, deliver and support Oracle 9I and 10G RAC implementations.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design of relational database models for J2EE and J2ME applications.
- Data warehouse modeling and implementation.
- Participate in standards bodies.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Seven to ten years with Oracle database design and tuning
- Seven to ten years experience with shell scripting
- Seven to ten years experience with PLSQL
- Seven to ten years experience in data modeling
- Ability to define and articulate style standards
- Work independently with development teams on multiple inter-related projects
- Five to seven years experience working in Unix environments, preferably Solaris
- Excellent communication and peoples skills required
- Masters degree or combination of undergraduate degree and equivalent work experience required

Web 2.0 Must Have's in 2008

Actually, this is the Web 2.0 that Arrington (as in TechCrunch) can't live without, and it's worth a look whether you are a Web 2.0 Geek or not.

He's noted his Web 2.0's faves since 2006, and it's interesting to see what's survived and what has gone by the wayside.

Gone: Bloglines

Gone: Feedburner

Survivor: Amie Street, Netvibes, Skype, Digg

Back: Delicious

My faves on the list: TechMeme , Facebook, and Google Reader.

Arrington's complete web 2.0 list HERE.