16mo ago

Technical Field Specialist - fans of skiing and swimming

United States·San JoseContract Full timemid

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Overview

Working under the Field Operations Manager and collaborating closely with the Operations Lead, the Technical Field Specialist will provide direct technical support in the development, preparation, operation, and post-processing of in-field location data collection experiments and pilots.

Technical Tools

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The Technical Field Specialist will be collecting data while skiing and swimming using specific data collection equipment provided by us.

This role is an exciting opportunity to support leading-edge work being done at a top tier technology company.

Reviewing device configuration requirements (e.g., OS versions, user accounts, settings, installed apps, connectivity, etc.);

Ensuring that devices are configured to run properly based on the requirements and that data can be collected and successfully passed to backend systems;

Obtaining required devices from inventory and configuring those devices for field operators.

Conducting trial runs to assure that devices and connections to backend systems are working properly;

Conducting and leading in-field data collection while skiing or swimming (the activity might differ from day to day);

Providing frequent status updates;

Addressing any technical issues that occur in the field, including extracting device diagnostic logs, opening bugs and escalating to Client Staff as required.

Documenting and reporting on: pilot results and downtimes for different apps, tool issues, and bugs that impact pilot operations;

Verifying that data collected has successfully transferred to backend systems;

Participating in data analysis and extraction as required;

Proactively identifying areas for program and workflow improvement.

BA/BS degree, or min. 2-3 years of relevant testing/support experience is required;

Must have 1+ years of QA testing or technical support experience of Mobile Apps;

Familiarity with Mobile & web technologies organizational tools like Google Spreadsheets/ Excel (SQL, Javascript, etc skills a plus);

Good skiing an swimming skills, physically able to perform these activities for prolonged periods of time

Strong verbal and written English communication skills with the ability to communicate cross-functionally with local and Global teams/stakeholders;

Strong teamwork skills;

Driver's license and ability to drive and use other forms of transportation to conduct pilots at various local venues including client offices, stand alone stores, and shopping malls;

Clean driver's and criminal record.