Description
Great Positions available for Network Planning Optimisation Engineers based in Prague, Czech Republic for a Market Leading Telecommunications company. The contract will be 3 months initially. Competitive rates. English and Czech/Slovak Speakers required
Job Purpose
- Based in Prague, The Optimization Engineer will responsible for overseeing the design, deployment, and optimization of wireless telecommunications networks. Managing the design phase will include overseeing pre-deployment equipment analysis, technology assessment, radio network planning, access planning, and interference analysis, demand planning, test and measurement of the equipment, and interfacing with the market development team.
- In the optimization stage, will supervise optimal network performance, KPI and network statistics analysis, and parameter optimization.
- The Optimization Engineer will answer technical questions as well as day to day operational questions.
Key Experience:
- Bachelors Degree or above in wireless, microwave, radio transmission, antenna, communications and electronics, or related fields.
- Proficient knowledge of mobile communications and principles of GSM/WCDMA/LTE products, signalling flow and protocols, electromagnetic theory, radio transmission, antenna system, and so on.
- Ability to implement and supervise optimization project.
- Person who has relative project experience is preferred
- Some experience in radio network planning and optimization
- Excellent command of both written and spoken English; Czech/Slovak
Responsibilities:
- Perform the following RF network design, planning and optimization activities as required:
- Fully proficient in set-up, calibration, utilization, and data post processing of drive-test hardware and software products
- Comprehensive understanding of RF channel environment (fast fading, slow fading, time dispersion, scattering, diffraction, wave length/frequency dependence, etc.)
- Good knowledge of system topology and air interface parameters of at least one of the main technologies (GSM/GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, LTE, etc.).
- Understanding of system topology and air interface parameters of at least one of the main 3G technologies (UMTS, etc).
- Good knowledge of at least one of the main equipment vendors (Nokia, Ericsson, Nortel, Lucent, Motorola, etc).
- Knowledge of system features and parameters for optimal network performance.
- Analyze network performance reports and good understanding of KPIs.
- Carry out optimization techniques (proper antenna selection for optimal horizontal/vertical performance, mechanical/electrical tilting, appropriate transmit power setting, antenna clearance, neighbor list analysis, etc.) for optimal site/cluster performance.
- Good understanding of antenna theory (aperture, gain, beam width, dipole vs. isotropic), antenna performance (return loss, impedance matching, etc.), and engineering tools (spectrum analyzer, site master, etc.).