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VIAVI is also a leader in light management technologies for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, government and aerospace applications.We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are passionate about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company - to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.\nDuties & Responsibilities:\nVIAVI is seeking a Lead Applications Engineer to join our growing PNT (Position, Navigation, and Timing) Division. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director, Solutions Engineering. The Lead Applications Engineer owns the Assured PNT (APNT) testbed and is the hands-on technical authority on how VIAVI PNT products behave in the lab and in the field. The role verifies new products and firmware releases before they reach customers, validates user manuals and other technical documents by using them as a customer would, trains the post-sales support team on new products and features, and provides level 2 technical support to the customer service team. This position is home office (USA) or based in Germantown, MD, with up to 20% travel.\nDuties & Responsibilities:\nAPNT Testbed\nSet up, configure, and maintain the APNT testbed in Germantown, MD, including GNSS simulators, RF signal generation and distribution, interference and jamming sources, reference timing, and devices under test, with remote access for routine operation\nDesign test cases for performance and resilience testing, including GNSS-degraded and GNSS-denied scenarios, interference, spoofing, holdover, and recovery\nAutomate test execution and data collection with scripting, and maintain the test scripts and configurations as reusable assets\nAnalyze results and write test reports that are accurate, repeatable, and clear enough for Engineering, Product Line Management, and customer-facing teams to act on\nKeep the testbed equipment calibrated, documented, and under configuration control\nParticipate in field test events to test our products in real time in live threat environments, and bring the results and lessons learned back into the testbed and test cases\nProduct and Firmware Verification\nTest the operation and functionality of PNT products at new product release and at each firmware release, using the products as a customer would, as a final quality check before customer delivery\nMaintain a customer-use checklist for each product so that releases are checked the same way every time\nReproduce, document, and report defects to Engineering with the configuration, data, and steps needed to resolve them\nConfirm that reported defects are fixed in subsequent releases\nTechnical Documentation Validation\nValidate user manuals, quick start guides, application notes, and other technical documents by following them as a customer would, on the actual product\nReport errors, gaps, and unclear procedures to the document owner, and confirm corrections\nContribute technical content, procedures, and test results to documents as requested by the owner\nPost-Sales Support Enablement\nTrain the post-sales support team when new products or features are released, so they can support customers from day one\nPrepare training material, demonstration setups, and reference configurations for support use\nContribute troubleshooting tips, known behaviors, and workarounds to the support team's knowledge base\nLevel 2 Technical Support\nProvide level 2 technical support to Customer Service on cases that need deeper product, GNSS, or RF expertise\nReproduce customer issues in the lab, isolate root cause, and either provide the fix to Customer Service or escalate to Engineering with the steps to reproduce and supporting data\nReport findings and resolutions back to Customer Service so they can close out the case with the customer\nFeed recurring issues and customer usage patterns back to Solutions Engineering, Engineering, and Product Line Management\nPre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:\nPre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements: Required Experience:\nBachelor's degree in a relevant technical field; equivalent military or professional technical training or experience\n6+ years of hands-on experience in test engineering, applications engineering, product support, or field engineering for GNSS, timing technologies, SDR, or RF products\nWorking knowledge of GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou), GNSS receivers, and the effects of interference, jamming, and spoofing on receiver performance\nExperience with GNSS simulators or RF test equipment, including signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes\nExperience writing test procedures and test reports\nScripting experience for test automation, Python preferred\nComfortable working directly with customers and internal teams on technical issues, and able to explain findings clearly in writing\nAble to work independently, manage multiple concurrent tests and cases, and keep accurate records\nAbility to travel up to 20%.\nDesired Experience:\nExperience with precision timing products and standards, including IEEE 1588 PTP, SyncE, NTP, and holdover with OCXO, rubidium, or cesium oscillators\nExperience with inertial navigation systems and GNSS/INS integration\nExperience with Iridium PNT, M-code, SAASM, or other assured PNT technologies\nExperience with military or defense test programs, or GPS test ranges\nExperience with network configuration (VLAN, routing, SNMP) as used in timing and network management\nLab skills: RF cabling and connectors, signal distribution, power, basic PCB-level troubleshooting\nFamiliarity with configuration management and defect tracking tools\nAbility to obtain a US DoD Secret security clearance\nIf you have what it takes to push boundaries and seize opportunities, apply to join our team today.\nVIAVI Solutions is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer - minorities/females/veterans/persons with disabilities.\nJob Posting Pay Range:\n103,600to\n192,400Exceptional qualifications, experience and location may impact salary. 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