RF design engineer

FES- Further Enterprise Solutions a leading provider of engineering services, turnkey solutions, and software solutions, Founded in 2002 by wireless industry veterans, FES has rapidly grown to become a leading provider of innovative solutions to leading telecommunications providers and equipment manufacturers. FES is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA with branch offices through the U.S. and Canada to ensure a rapid response and face to face contact with our clients and staff.

The job requires sound knowledge of the occupation and requires exercising judgment in performing tasks. RF Engineer IV is responsible for linking budget analysis, system dimensioning for coverage and capacity, initial system design and dimensioning, scoping, modernization support, frequency planning and interference analysis. The engineer should be able to undertake network performance improvement tasks.  UMTS: The job requires sound knowledge of the occupation and requires exercising judgment in performing tasks. RF Engineer IV is Expert of UMTS protocol, UMTS design and optimization. The engineer should be able to undertake network performance improvement tasks. Main responsibilities include:    Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The area of responsibility will generally cover, several of the following activities -   Perform RF network design, planning and optimization activities   Perform link budget analysis, design criteria and traffic analysis   Ensure data integrity of various morphology/topography databases and drive test data for model calibration   Thorough understanding of RF ancillary equipment and function.  Carry out area and site surveys to identify RF equipment location and antenna orientation   Analyze equipment co-location requirements for multiple operators   Perform inter-modulation analysis   Perform site candidate evaluation   Support leasing/zoning teams as subject matter expert at zoning hearings   Verify RF related site engineering drawings   Perform site build verification and acceptance   Undertake network performance improvement (KPIs) and optimization tasks   Undertake BSS parameter audits, suggest and fine tune parameters   Implement new S/W or BSS parameters for overall network improvement   Log data integrity check (drill-down cluster acceptance KPI)  RAN parameter consistency check and feature implementation.  Consult on IRAT implementation  Review counter and system KPI report (e.g. CST, latency)  Consult on change request, introduce/modify best practice,  Undertake BSS parameter audits, suggest and fine tune parameters   Implement new S/W or BSS parameters for overall network improvement  RAN parameter translation, implementation of parameter change, consult on parameter setting, consult on RAN features  OSS support  OCNS implementation  Familiarity with AISG functionality and interworking.  Thorough understanding of pilot pollution analysis and parameter reconfiguration

Responsibilities:

• UMTS/LTE design for Technical Approval including coverage and KPI analysis
• Issue search ring documents and RFDS
• Scoping
• Assist with other market design tasks as needed

• RF Design Engineer with UMTS / LTE experience preferred
• Need at least 5 years of design experience
• Strong wireless knowledge is also required