Senior Telecommunications Network Designer to support various In-Building Radio-Frequency (RF) Design projects for a telecommunications client

Our valued telecommunications client is seeking a Senior Telecommunications Network Designer to support various In-Building Radio-Frequency (RF) Design projects!

Initial 1-year contract in Bedford, Nova Scotia (hybrid - 3 days a week on-site: Monday to Wednesday), with strong possibility of extension. 7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday.

As the successful candidate, you will use strong technical and leadership skills to collaborate across teams and within an agile zone team to ensure sites are built according to plan, on time, and provide maximum benefit to customers.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer state-of-the-art radio frequency (RF) network designs for 5G and LTE deployments, ensuring optimal coverage, capacity, and customer experience performance that will keep us ahead of the competition
• Conduct thorough RF Performance analyses to identify network problem areas and evaluate/deploy solutions to improve customer experience, network quality and performance
• Conduct site surveys and RF measurements, providing critical insights for assessing existing infrastructure and to identify optimal deployment locations
• Plan and design new sites based on simulated RF coverage analysis using RF propagation tool (Atoll) to maximize RoI and customer experience improvements
• Design antenna configuration for new sites & site upgrades (antenna selection, elevation, orientation, tilt, and SC6 compliance)
• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including Planning, Construction, Real Estate, Field Operations, Zone Operations to ensure cohesive network integration
• Assess post in-service impacts using network KPIs, customer experience metrics and other key indicators to demonstrate benefit to customers
• Produce required technical documentation to demonstrate impact on customer experience from introduction of new site(s) / site upgrade(s)
• Create Installation Work Orders to enable implementation of site solution
• Analyze existing network performance and initiate improvements where required
• Identify automation opportunities, and liaison with right team members to deliver automation capabilities to improve efficiency within Wireless Engineering and Operations

Must Have Skills:

• 5+ years' experience in radio network / radio frequency (RF) design and optimization focused on 5G and LTE technologies
• In-depth knowledge and hand-on skills on Network Management Systems (Nokia NetAct, Ericsson ENM, Huawei U2020)
• Deep working knowledge and experience on different RAN technologies: HSPA/UMTS, LTE, 5G NSA/SA
• Knowledge of radio network hardware (antennae, radios, basebands)
• In-depth knowledge and hand-on skills using Actix Analyzer and DriveTest Analysis Tools
• Proficient using RF propagation tools such as Atoll

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Certification(s) in Agile framework and/or SAFe
• Excellent communication skills in both English & French