Device Technical Standards Specialist

Job Description

Career Grade: D

Internal Closing Date: 30/5/26

About the role

This role is an opportunity to Lead BT’s device standards strategy within 3GPP and focusing on customer experience e2e. You will influence the industry and key stakeholders on innovation across a breadth of technologies.

You will focus on device capabilities and UE parameter definition along with working collaboratively across Chipset manufacturers, OEM’s, RAN INFRA and design, as well as Core Network.

What you’ll be doing

• Work closely with key partners across the globe from chipsets, OEM, Infra partners and simplify complex networks to deliver best in class customer experience.
• Own the end to end roadmap of device capabilities, ensuring alignment with BT/EE network strategy, deployment plans, and customer experience objectives.
• Own and maintain the UE parameters, ensuring traceability from requirements through laboratory validation and field test plans.
• Analyse modem Logs and provide e2e guidance and collaboration across multiple functions
• Define, maintain, and promote the UE capability set for BT/EE across multiple RATs, including carrier aggregation, power classes, RRM aspects, and features such as VoLTE, VoNR, RedCap, NTN, positioning, IMS profiles, and relevant timers and behaviours.
• Provide deep technical expertise on mobile technologies, with strong 3GPP knowledge, the air interface, and core network signalling.
• Translate strategic BT/EE roadmaps and 3GPP standards features into clear, testable UE requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Leadership to closely coordinate with RAN, Core, Security, and Device teams to ensure consistency between UE parameters, network features, and operational constraints.
• Engage with OEMs, chipset vendors, and OS partners to identify gaps, agree enablement plans, and secure delivery timelines aligned with BT/EE priorities.
• Produce concise executive level summaries from detailed technical specifications and test evidence, clearly highlighting impacts, risks, and decisions required.
• Communicate effectively across the organisation to articulate and promote the BT/EE device and network vision, engaging a wide range of stakeholders.
• Maintain a forward looking perspective to anticipate standards evolution, market readiness, and emerging use cases, keeping the UE capability roadmap updated and deliverable.
• Availability to travel as required to support vendor engagement, testing activities, standards, and cross team alignment.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Technical Writing skills
• 5G SA, 5G NSA, LTE, VoNR, VoLTE, VoWiFi, NTN and Mission Critical services (MCX) including MCPTT, MCData, and MCVideo, with understanding of their performance, resilience, and QoS requirements
• Integration, validation, and troubleshooting of mobile devices, taking ownership of complex, end to end issues through to resolution
• Strong hands on expertise with platform tracing, logging, and diagnostic tools such as QXDM, STT, ELT, and Accuver, including analysis of mission critical call flows, latency, prioritisation, and service continuity
• Demonstrated experience working directly with mobile device OEMs, chipset vendors,

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience with invention disclosures, or contribution to intellectual property.
• Experience with quality management including ISO aligned processes, audits, and continuous improvement activities
• Ability to share knowledge and upskilling of the wider teams.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.