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Washington - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

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Job Title: SME RF Engineer IBW Consultant Senior (ONSITE)
Location: Washington DC
Duration:12 Months

Job Description:
The Contractor shall provide a RF Engineer / InBuilding Wireless Consultant with at least five years of experience working in operational public safety communications systems The RF Engineering Consultant will be responsible for working with LMR radios software and programs. In addition the RF Engineering Consultant will also be responsible for the design testing and implementation of Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) that support FirstNet and P25 public safety radio communications.

The RF Engineering Consultant will perform technical work in the field of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) and wireless communications system engineering design testing and implementation. The consultant will be responsible for program review compliance with licensing regulations requirements gathering design review change management and final acceptance of wireless systems. Duties will include testing and acceptance of DAS systems FCC licensing support and radio system coverage testing to include antennas link budget and working with equipment vendors to implement feature upgrades. Furthermore the consultant will conduct short and longterm planning to meet current and future communications requirements. The consultant will also be responsible for performing hardware / software analysis to provide comparative data of performance characteristics and suitability within the existing systems environment.

Day to Day Tasks:
  • Support various capital project tasks associated with radio system infrastructure subscriber radio deployment DAS systems performance monitoring and interference resolution and the testing and acceptance of client projects associated with DAS and radio systems infrastructure
  • Develop criteria for approval of InBuilding Wireless (IBW) proposals and applications.
  • Review and approve IBW proposals for compliance
  • Review existing guidelines for IBW
  • Update requirements for IBW systems implementation and support when applicable
  • Perform field surveys of new and existing BDA installations
  • Troubleshoot IBW network interference on the Public Safety Radio System
  • Investigate IBW network coverage issues
  • Support / complete agency radio programming requests
  • Manage / coordinate encryption and OTAR upgrades
  • Develop radio training material for internal and external users
  • Develop technical guidelines for radio use
  • Maintain and calibrate Motorola P25 subscriber radios
  • Support client radio operations

Responsibilities:
  • Provides assessments of technical and operational practices associated with upgrades and system changes based on leading industry standards specific to the requested technology.
  • Provides technical SME support for the Public Safety Radio DAS and BDA systems.
  • Plans organizes and conducts research in a variety of areas such as new or existing products for Wireless technology.
  • Searches sources such as reference works literature documents newspapers statistical records and other sources of information. May use Internet Intranet magazines periodicals journals and other media to perform research.
  • Analyzes information and statistical data to prepare reports and studies for use by professionals.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:
  • Bachelors degree in Engineering Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience
  • Certification in related areas (e.g. NICET) is a plus.

Skills:
SkillsRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceSME in complex enterprise level projects11YearsBachelors degree in Engineering IT or related field or equivalent experienceExperience working in public safety radio communications systems and DAS systems5YearsInteroperable radio communications experience3YearsExperience with integration of P25 and 4G / 5G DAS systems Infrastructure3YearsExperience with RF engineering tools to simulate 4G and LMR coverage analysis3YearsExperience in drive testing P25 radio systems and 4G/5G cellular systems3YearsRadio network coverage and interference analysis experience3YearsExperience in developing fleetmaps code plugs and programming radios for public safetyDesired2YearsExperience in Inbuilding wireless systems design implementation testing monitoring and interference management3YearsExperience in troubleshooting wireless systems including LMR 4G/5G and DAS3YearsExperience with LMR and DAS systems infrastructure3YearsExperience with P25 radio network3YearsExperience and knowledge of public safety communications and interoperability3YearsExperience and knowledge with LTE and P25 standard practices1YearsExperience and knowledge of DAS operations3YearsExperience and knowledge of wireless communications combination of theory and practice6Years

Required Experience:

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