Details:
POSITION: Network Engineer - RF Planning & Design-ERCSJP00072701
Pay Rate: $70- 74/hr (Incorporated)
Location: Mississauga - ON
Duration: 1 year with a possibility of extension
Number of Hours/ week: 40
Required:
-7+ years’ experience with BSEE/BSCS or applicable experience
-Recent experience in radio network design, implementation and/or tuning/optimization systems is required.
-Leadership experience is required for four or more projects. One project must involve leading all technical activities in a large scale (major metropolitan area or statewide geographic area).
-Responsibilities must include technical organization and oversight of work, along with demonstrated excellence in communicating with the team, project manager, and customer
-Experience in working with various services, including 5G NR, Massive MIMO, mmWave, LAA (License Assisted Access), 4G LTE, IOT, CBRS and/or multi-vendor environments
-Understanding of layer 3 messages for 4G and 5G
-Able to perform event analysis and address accessibility, retainability and HO success rate issues Design
-Extensive experience in planning tools such as Planet EV and Atoll
-Detailed understanding of the link budget
-Detailed understanding of required inputs, how to create a new project in a planning tool, tilt/azimuth optimization, proposing new site locations etc.
-Has used the ACP (Automatic Cell Planning) tool
-Able to make recommendations to improve a network design (cell plan)
-Detailed understanding of Monte Carlos Analysis
-Able to perform model tuning Identify add-on sales opportunities Tuning
-Able to make recommendations in parameter changes, feature activations on drive test data to improve the system performance
-Detailed understanding of optimization tools such as TEMS investigation, Actix, Agilent and R&S
-Experience in tuning a loaded network, and understand the difference between artificial and real traffic loading
-Detailed understanding of Layer 3 messaging
-Able to collect and analyze drive data and performance statistics, and solve complex issues
-Own planning documentation including a Planning Specification (XLS tracker) and formal change control log, ensuring all site additions and removals are tracked and visible throughout the program lifecycle.
-Conduct quarterly planning reviews with client stakeholders, presenting findings and recommendations to both technical and executive audiences.
-Understand the impact of adding additional carrier(s) on the network including 5G Optimization
-Has the competence to implement and experiment on RAN features relative to traffic analysis
• Proficient with MS Office
• Flexibility of extensive travel within the US
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to operate with a high degree of independence, while managing project and customer expectations
• Ability to coordinate activities with various Ericsson departments, divisions and companies
• Ability to identify and interpret customer requirements, and develop plans to address them