RF Optimization SME
Onsite Baltimore MD / St. Louis MO / Minneapolis MN / Denver CO
12 months contract
Video Interview
A true Subject Matter Expertise on Ericsson RF Optimization features and performance.
Needs to have outstanding customerfacing and technical skills. Description:
These are customerfacing SME/Lead roles sitting in the customer office.
Positions need to be filled quickly so please ensure candidates meet ALL the requirements.
- Minimum ten 10 years experience with BSEE/BSCS or applicable experience.
- Recent experience in LTE and 5G tuning/optimization systems is required.
- Leadership experience is required for five projects.
- Two projects must be the leader for all technical activities in a large scale (major metropolitan area or statewide geographic area) and responsibilities must include technical organization and oversight of work and demonstrated excellence in communications with team project manager and customer
- Experience in working with different services including 5G NR Massive MIMO mmWave LAA (License Assisted Access) 4G LTE
- Prior experience with Nokia RAN is desirable but not required.
- Understanding of layer 3 messages for 4G and 5G
- Able to perform event analysis and address accessibility retainability and HO success rate issues 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 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
- Knowledge on how IRAT procedures can affects the overall network quality
- Understand the impact of adding additional carrier(s) on the network including 5G.
- Optimization (Extensive experience is critical)
- Has the competence to implement and experiment on RAN features relative to traffic analysis
- Understands the relationship between Handovers and Network Capacity and how to optimize both
- Detailed knowledge of the Ericsson ENM and how to operate the optimization tools
- Detailed knowledge of KPIs and able to make recommendations to improve them
- Understand how enhance uplink tuning is performed
- Detailed understanding and experience in LTE/5G optimization especially for improving VoLTE AFR and DCR traffic management and load balancing and managing intervendor borders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to operate with 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.