Standards Architect - Automotive & Intelligent Transportation Systems in Berlin bei Verizon

When you join Verizon

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What you’ll be doing:

As a member of Verizon’s Technology Strategy, Architecture & Planning team, you will drive standardization in the automotive and intelligent transportation ecosystems. As an external-facing standards delegate, you will shape and be the “Verizon Voice” in automotive industry groups (5GAA, ETSI ITS, SAE, GSMA Automotive ID, etc), and closely collaborate with experts in related standards groups (3GPP, ITU-R/ITU-T, Open RAN). This is a high visibility role with direct opportunity to contribute to improving road safety, efficiency and sustainability in collaboration with top auto-OEMs, tier-1s and other innovators while leveraging Verizon’s world-leading 5G Network.

You will:

• Represent Verizon as an external industry (standards) delegate.

• Improve utilization of 5G Network capabilities in automotive standards to improve road-safety, road efficiency and sustainability.

• Actively partner with internal teams (corporate & tech strategy, public policy, business development, product, etc) to steer alignment with business objectives and direction

• Analyze and define technology architectures to match strategic priorities and objectives, using data insights, and Verizon 5G capabilities (uRLLC, mMTC, C-V2X platforms, etc)

What we’re looking for:

• Advanced degree in relevant field (e.g. EE/CS)

• 4+ years of professional experience

• Experience developing 4G/5G solutions for automotive, Connected Mobility or Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in a R&D, product, or engineering capacity

• Experience with C-V2X, for example: SAE [J3161, J2735], IEEE 1609/WAVE, 3GPP Rel-14+ C-V2X

• Extensive 4G/5G wireless network technology experience

• Strategic mindset with ability to quickly interpret and extract insights from data

• Ability to clearly document, propose and iterate on technology architectures

• Excellent communications skills

• Excellent time-management and organizational skills

• Collaborative mindset rooted in professionalism and integrity

• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25-50% of the time (including international).

Even better if you have experience or knowledge in the following:

• Experience as a wireless industry delegate or standardization engineer

• IoT/Telematics certification groups: OmniAir, GCF, Global Platform, PTCRB

• Automotive Wireless chipset and eSIM technology

• 5G Network slicing

• 5G “Advanced” capabilities and architecture

• Understanding of AI/ML fundamentals and ability to architecturally leverage

• Python, R, or modern scripting languages

• Regulatory and public policy for intelligent transportation systems and C-V2X

• ASN1/ISO X.680

• Negotiation skills

• Public speaking

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification.

Where you’ll be working

Scheduled Weekly Hours

Diversity and Inclusion

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