Description
*RAN Designer - Contract - Bristol*
£Competitive pwd Ltd Company
The Role
Macro network provides extensive coverage and capacity but in many instances we need to deploy bespoke RAN solutions to meet specific customer requirement. We design and deploy bespoke inbuilding and customer specific RAN solutions to solve coverage or add capacity.
Designs by this team need to ensure they support the cutting edge features, coupled with a high availability for all customers. We are responsible to ensure that our customers have both coverage and sufficient capacity to allow the end user to support services they need from the network. We achieve this by developing high availability designs, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in a mobile network.
Responsibilities:
- Design bespoke, often very complex, RAN indoor and outdoor solutions to meet agreed customer requirements for 2G/3G/4G/5G services as applicable.
- Decide on technology scope of the relevant customer solutions deployed to meet each specified service requirement.
- Decide on existing RAN product range applied to achieve overall customer requirement and to ensure overall solution meets specified contractual obligations.
- Provide input to RAN technology roadmap, based on in-life performance of existing solutions and customer requirements.
- Act as a subject matter technical expert, working with CFU supporting Sales and Service management activities.
- Develop and continually improve processes and methodologies used within the team.
- Support the field trials of new products and initiatives prior to wider deployments.
Essential Skills and Experience:
Experience:
- Experience in Mobile Radio Access Network Design.
- Substantial evidence of delivering and developing market-leading solutions as required by the business.
- Experience of Physical Site Design, experience in developing enclosures for kit, creating guidance how the kit should be installed on the site.
- Reviewing site drawings and providing constructive feedback
- Good understanding of RAN network performance and KPI data.
- Good understanding of mobile device and RAN interaction
- Track record of sucesful delivery based on internal policies and procedures, with the ability to manage interaction with external parties and customers.