# Sr. Principal Device Validation Engineer

AST SpaceMobile and our global partners are building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible by standard smartphones. Called SpaceMobile, this ultra-powerful network is being designed to provide connectivity at 4G/5G speeds everywhere on the planet - on land, at sea and in flight. Position Overview We are seeking a Sr. Principal Device Validation Engineer to lead device readiness and validation activities for direct-to-device wireless communication services. This role is responsible for ensuring commercial mobile devices operate successfully across the network by working closely with chipset manufacturers, device OEMs, and mobile network operators to validate performance, troubleshoot issues, and drive device certification efforts. The ideal candidate combines deep mobile device and modem expertise with strong customer-facing capabilities, serving as a trusted technical advisor during device validation, field testing, onboarding, and commercial launch activities. Key Responsibilities Own device validation strategy for operator onboarding programs, including device selection, test planning, certification requirements, and compatibility tracking Lea

- **Id**: 3535260
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ast-spacemobile-sr-principal-device-validation-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dallas, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-30T15:36:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-30
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T00:18:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 12
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7117
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Retirement plans, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Satellite Manufacturing, Mobile Networks

## Company

- **Id**: 2057930
- **Name**: AST SpaceMobile
- **Domain**: ast-science.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ast-science>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 88
- **Open postings**: 227
- **Ghost share**: 0.119
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 114
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 104000
- **Max usd**: 211000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1961

## Technologies

- **Confluence** — Optional: yes
- **Jira** — Optional: yes
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Wireshark** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 11

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-30T17:23:13Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 12 · green card filings: 3; Filings 12m: 12

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 11
- **Expected fill days**: 114
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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