SENIOR 4G LTE (RAN) OPTIMISATION ENGINEE
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Job Reference Number |
14575304 |
Client ID: |
RI/EDEN PF003 |
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Posted On: |
Mar 2 2012 |
Location: |
DUBLIN CITY CENTRE |
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Job Type: |
Permanent
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Salary: |
NEGOTIABLE |
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Benefits: |
- TRAINING / EDUCATION
- PENSION / PRSA
- EXPENSES
- BONUS
- HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE
- PERM. HEALTH INSURANCE
- LIFE ASSURANCE
- RELOCATION PACKAGE
- VHI
- TRAVEL TAX INCENTIVES
- PAID HOLIDAYS
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Senior 4g LTE (RAN) Optimisation Engineer
Permanent Job based in Dublin, Ireland with a high level of International Travel.
Eden Recruitment is working closely with a Telecoms OEM which is looking to recruit a team of LTE and 3G Optimisation /Integration Engineers for on-site deployment with their International clients. Deployment locations can include OpCo’s located in North and Sub Sahara Africa. Other territories supported include the Middle East and Gulf Region.
IMPORTANT: Suitable applicants must be flexible to spend long periods of time Consulting /Working on client OpCo sites (Up to 3 months at a time). Successful applicants should expect to spend up to 75-85% of their time deployed.
Job Description:
- As part of the LTE Optimisation Team (based in Ireland), the RAN Optimisation Engineers will support clients in “under-resourced regions” to ensure service delivery projects (implementations and optimization) are fulfilled on time to agreed SLA’s.
- These roles will suit Senior Technical Engineers with strong end-to-end Technical knowledge within the the RAN area, with demonstrable Communication and Consultative skills.
Duties:
Senior Optimisation Engineers (acting as technical lead working with local resources) will be tasked with optimizing customer networks and proposing necessary solutions for improving performance.
- Must have a high level of customer interaction at multiple levels working through full lifecycle of the project (full lifecycle: Implementation, Optimisation, Realisation & Handover phases).
Main Responsibilities:
- Study customers coverage expansion requirements and work out Node B Plan on the planning tool
- Perform Network wide nominal planning for LTE/3G/UMTS rollout
- Perform LTE/3G/UMTS coverage and capacity planning and pre launch tuning
- Plan the Node Bs in a 3G RF planning tool with optimized antenna azimuths, antenna types, antenna heights, tilts etc
- Perform CPICH and channel power allocation
- Assign Node B RF parameters
- Define optimal neighbour relationships
- Scrambling code planning
- Formulate capacity upgrade and/or plan new site/s to address capacity issues region wide
- Study traffic and resource utilization figures and make suggestions
- Dimensioning of RAN Network (CEs, Channel Cards, Node Bs, RNCs) for coverage and capacity and quality requirements
- Analysis of site performance after integration using drive test measurements.
Required Skills, Certification and Education:
- Education to degree level
- Excellent WCDMA Radio Knowledge (Radio Propagation, Air Interface and Protocols, Cellular NW principle, Interference, Traffic estimation)
- Excellent understanding of RAN features and parameters
- Good knowledge of Planning tools
- Knowledge of Propagation Model Tuning Knowledge of all 3G Network elements and their main characteristics
- This position will probably be most suited to engineers with greater than 6 years telecom experience, including at least one significant LTE project
- Good track record in engaging with customers
Applicants from outside the EU Zone are welcome to apply for these positions.
CV applications MUST be presented in a Microsoft Word Format (English). Please include a breakdown of your current and expected salary. Please note that Salaries will be paid in Ireland (Roles are not TAX FREE). Package will include relocation, and a healthy per diem when deployed overseas on client sites will be paid.
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