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POSITION SUMMARY
Using sound engineering principles and tools, this position leads the RF Engineering team in assessing an engineering requirement, breaking the requirement down into its component parts, identifying the constants and variables to address the overall requirement, considering all the trade-offs, assessing the practical and strategic impact of potential solutions and be able to propose a viable solution in a timely manner.).
This position will lead/support all PROW and Venue activities in their assigned region/projects and will become involved at the very inception of each assigned project and remain actively involved throughout the entire site lifecycle. This individual must interact with a wide variety of internal and external customers and requires the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
This individual needs to be experienced with a mastery of designing PROW and Venue for Cellular applications and it requires experience in developing efficient systems that offers customers an excellent value proposition.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the proposal and RF team in assessing the network engineering requirements for opportunities and provide accurate and detailed proposal documentation.
- Meet budgeted goals for respective RF Tasks (technical, financial, duration).
- Lead the troubleshooting efforts for any Operations trouble ticket.
- Lead RF Engineering team in the design of indoor and outdoor systems to meet coverage objectives using software planning tools.
- Provide/support the planning, coordination and testing of networks (can include CW, Benchmark, Commissioning, Integration, and Optimization).
- Tune propagation models using empirical data.
- Coordinate, oversee or perform system optimization of multi-node indoor and outdoor systems.
- Work closely with customer personnel regarding system design, performance and optimization.
- Use a variety of measurements to confirm system designs including test equipment, power density and power meter, spectrum analyzer, pilot scanner, fiber testing, reporting and troubleshooting. Coordinate and perform ongoing system testing, test analysis, test reports and recommendation for changes and upgrades.
- Provide mentoring and training for junior engineers • Responsible for managing vendors and contractors
- Establish and maintain relationships with carrier engineering staff to minimize design revisions.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of BSEE; MSEE preferred
- Minimum of five (5) years of RF engineering experience
- Expertise with RAN and DAS OEMs required.
- Expertise with Wireless Technologies (LTE,CDMA, UMTS required; 5G preferred)
- Expertise with prediction and Mapping tools (Atoll, iBwave, MapInfo, Windcatcher)
- DAS design, 5-Step Commissioning, and optimization expertise required
- Expertise with PIM/Sweep test gear and troubleshooting
- Ability to apply RF Engineering experience and expertise to assess administrative items such as contracts, responses to RFQ/RFI to ensure alignment with company strategy, cost model and National RF guidance.
- An in-depth understanding of the various aspects of the RF Engineering elements that affect the decisions they are making or recommending.
- An end-to-end understanding of the systems they are making decisions on and the technologies that are driving them.
- A firm grasp and hands-on knowledge of the tools they are using as well as understand the range and limitations of those tools.
- Collaborate & Communicate Effectively with Cross Functional Partners
- Experience holding all parties accountable for driving active projects to ensure an internal/external “customer obsessed” experience.
- Ability to deliver results under conditions of ambiguity
- Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
- Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.
- Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
- Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
- Communication, Written – Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
- Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
- Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
- Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
- Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
