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Senior Principal Wireless Architect

Job title: Senior Principal Wireless Architect
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Singapore
Specialisation: Information Technology
Salary: $150 - 200 k
Reference: en-63976
Job Reference: 51747
Contact details: Dawn Han
Contact email: dawn.han@jac-recruitment.com
Job published: February 26, 2021 16:29

Responsibilities

  • Be a technical leader on in-depth RF, Wireless, and RAN topics, provide technical guidance for next generation products and solutions, working closely with related architecture, design, engineering and deployments teams.

  • Lead 3GPP RAN or O-RAN Alliance standards participation and contribution

  • Lead prototype and proof-of-concept development on forward-looking products and solutions internally or in partnership with lead customers

  • File patents and/or author publications on innovative RF, Wireless, and RAN topics

  • Analyze customer needs as it relates 5G NR and RAN solutions and then communicate product requirements and communicate them to the product management and engineering teams

  • Work closely with business units and solutions teams on in-depth study of  5G

  • NR Radio Access Network design, configuration, implementation and optimization 

  • Responsible for integration, validation and implementation of 5G NR RF and RAN functional, load, performance, optimization and assurance use case-based solutions. 

  • Develop and communicate use case scenarios for Non-Stand Alone (4G-5G) and Stand Alone (5G) including beamforming, RF test and measurements, RAN optimization and assurance.

  • Educate the business unit, customers and partners on VIAVI’s 5G RF and RAN solutions 

  • Present strategic thought-leadership to our customers and industry forums and standards bodies

 

Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant experience in RF and RAN telecommunications role, experience working in 5G RAN and RF system deployment and planning role with a network equipment manufacturer or 5G operator is a plus

  • MS degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/Computer Engineering (Ph.D preferred) with major in RF, wireless, or networking or similar. 

  • Expertise in wireless technologies e.g. 5G, LTE/LTE-A, O-RAN, IoT a must

  • Experience in attending and contributing to wireless standards bodies, e.g. 3GPP RAN/SA, O-RAN Alliance, and filing patents related to such work

  • Experience with RF and RAN test, measurement, configuration, optimization, and performance tools, including; eNB, gNB, UE emulators, Drive test tools, Spectrum/signal analyzers, Signal sources, Network analyzers

  • RAN optimization tools and assurance tools (scanners, UE based logging, triggers, RRC traces, etc.)

  • Planning tools such as Atoll or Planet.

  • In depth knowledge of major vendors of 5G NR network solutions and how they are  configured and optimized – including Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), NSA, SA Radios, beam directivity and numbering schemes for coverage and user beams, excess UEs/scheduling issues, propagation modelling and fading issues, multipath, antenna alignment, PIM etc.

  • Understanding of mobility management including the configuration and optimization of timers and other mobility parameters for intra-beam, intra-cell, inter-cell, inter-carrier and inter-RAT options.