Engineer – In-building RF Design and Deployment

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Evaluate and enhance current iBwave DAS designs to ensure compliance with carrier standards, including band plans, sectorization, and head-end layout.

• Adjust designs to satisfy coverage, capacity, zoning, and venue limitations.

• Generate and oversee mobile submittal packages from inception to final approval.

• Develop project-specific signal source bills of material that align with technical, operational, and financial goals.

• Document radio and IP networking designs while creating comprehensive rack and wiring diagrams.

• Collaborate with field teams to guarantee correct installation and cabling of sites for signal source commissioning.

• Work alongside onsite System Performance Engineers and fulfill the SPE role as needed.

• Commission signal sources in collaboration with carriers and OEM personnel.

• Aid in optimizing DAS by adjusting gains/AGC, balancing uplink and downlink, managing noise floors, and reducing PIM, oscillation, and pilot pollution.

• Organize and supervise acceptance testing, which includes e911, functional call testing, and walk testing.

• Coordinate data collection after installation.

• Create close-out packages and address any outstanding issues.

• Ensure that KPIs, such as design-area coverage, session retention, and throughput targets, are achieved in close-out reports.

• Collaborate within a disciplined project management team to oversee deployments and tackle performance challenges.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

• No employment-based visa or immigration sponsorship is available.

• Demonstrated iBwave proficiency, with Level 2 certification or equivalent qualifications.

• Experience in reviewing, enhancing, modifying, and optimizing iBwave DAS designs.

• Background in creating or reviewing mobile operator submittal packages.

• Comprehensive understanding of mobile operator design requirements and expectations.

• Experience in in-building wireless across DAS OEMs, including ADRF, Corning, Andrew, JMA, and SOLiD.

• Familiarity with operator-grade small cells, such as those from Ericsson, Nokia, and Andrew.

• Experience with commissioning and optimization of systems.

• Proficient in using extensive project management tools.

• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time effectively, and organize workloads efficiently.

• Proven ability to execute projects in multi-site programs with remote field teams.

• Excellent documentation skills and stakeholder communication.

• Capacity to identify and complete tasks independently without direct oversight.

• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.

• Capability to troubleshoot network issues and perform under pressure during business hours and, if necessary, outside of regular hours.

• Preferred: Experience in cellular network operator integration with AT&T, Verizon, and/or T-Mobile.

• Preferred: OEM certification from ADRF, Corning, CommScope, JMA, or SOLiD.

• Preferred: Experience with DAS-alternative neutral-host architectures like Ericsson Radio Dot and Andrew OneCell.

• Preferred: Experience in creating CIQs and configuring cellular radio systems from providers like Ericsson, Nokia, or Andrew.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in RF/DAS systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• 401(k)

• Long-term disability insurance (LTD)

• Short-term disability insurance (STD)

• Life insurance

• Paid Time Off

• Paid Holidays

• Periodic travel for essential deployments and escalations