Senior RAN Engineer

SENIOR RAN ENGINEER

ORGANIZATIONAL INTEGRATION AND REPORTING LINE

- Reports to Senior Manager RAN Engineering

GOAL OF THE JOB

- Define radio network design strategy
- Define radio planning rules

TASKS AND DUTIES

- Define national radio network frequency layer strategy (which technology on which frequency)
- Define business rules for radio network design (new sites or upgrades deployment, default antennas, features eg MIMO)
- Lead and provide radio network design studies
- Define national frequency/SC plan
- Provide general radio planning guidelines (RSRP, capacity target, link budget, etc.)
- Provide radio capacity dimensioning guidelines
- Provide special planning guidelines (eg indoor planning guideline)
- Define input parameters such as traffic and cluster maps, usage patterns etc. for Monte Carlo simulations to provide service area maps
- LTE planning knowhow transfer within Radio department

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES

- Radio network design studies
- Business rules for RND
- Frequency layer strategy
- Radio planning guidelines
- General Radio planning rules
- Input parameters for traffic maps, usage patterns, service area/capacity calculations

DIFFICULTIES, PROBLEMS, CHALLENGES

- Keep up-to-date with new RAN technologies
- Find compromise between costs, quality and time
- Big spectrum of know-how and fast learning skills
- Deal with several groups and interfaces
- Fulfill parallel tasks and stick to deadlines
- Profound radio planning and radio planning tool knowledge
- Being able to transfer knowledge to a group of radio planners

IMPORTANT RELATIONSElectrical Engineering, Computer Science.
- Minimum five years of experience in general radio planning
- Minimum two years of experience in LTE planning
- Profound experience with radio planning tools
- English and one of Swiss spoken language skills

NICE TO HAVE

- Education
- Practical experience
- Languages
- Telecommunication operator experience in a similar position.
- Other Swiss spoken languages
- Profound experience with Forsk Atoll 3.x radio planning tool

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/COMPETENCE

- Analytical
- Communicative
- Social
- Profound knowledge in radio propagation and with GSM,UMTS LTE technology (radio related)
- Experience with Huawei RAN equipment
- Analytical problem solving abilities
- Working in teams, initiative, flexible

OTHER SKILLS

- Ability to teach others