Position Summary
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Our Perks:
• Flexible Remote Working Environment
• Competitive Salary
• Employer paid Medical and Dental coverage from day one
• Fantastic employee discount on all Samsung products
• Employee Referral program- we want great talent like you!
• Access of Samsung U for 24/7 online learning
• Virtual Pet Care-to ensure the well-being and health of your beloved furry companions
• Additional Well Being Days for better work life-balance!
The Sr. RAN Engineer on the Networks team will be a key contributor in RAN integrating and commissioning (I&C), new configurations or parameters implementation, and troubleshooting. Also, you will participate in the lab testing, field trials and network rollout.
Role and Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform RAN integrating and commissioning (I&C), troubleshooting and acceptance for LTE/5G networks.
- Develop network deployment solution and procedures, deliver the MOP, and support deployment team to complete tasks.
- Tier2 technical support of network activities.
- Coordinate actions and investigation of technical Issues between the local team and Tier3 R&D product line support teams.
- Conduct the lab testing and field trails, test case development, include environment setup, configuration, test execution to verify the LTE/5G features. Generate test report.
- Implement new configurations or parameters in the network and verify network performance.
- Support LTE/5G network elements and new software release rollout.
- Perform software feature validation and ensure proper documentation/test reports will be provided to customer.
- Monitor the main malfunction alarms to ensure the network is running normally.
- Perform RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for RAN malfunctions, alarms and complex issues, communicate with customer until problem is solved and RCA report was accepted by customer.
- Provide follow-up investigation and resolution of radio network elements with R&D product line.
- Customer interface for complex technical RAN issues, new requests, features and software problems and manage internal communication with the local team and HQ R&D team.
- Conduct the lab setup, configuration, lab test and field trial to verify the LTE/5G features and output the correct scripts for network rollout.
- Support rollout activities and coordinate rollout actions, schedules and plans between customer technical team and Samsung Networks Team.
- Take the RAN responsibilities to collaborate with other teams to meet the network acceptance criteria for the customer.
- Provide RAN support for trial/rollout projects plan, process, document, efficiency and quality.
- Participate in regular project review meetings with customers.
- Individual contributions to the team are emphasized and requested.
Skills and Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor Degree or higher education in Telecommunications /Electronics Engineering / IT or equivalent
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of both LTE and 5G, vRAN, RAN architecture and features
- Understanding of 3GPP Standards, network interface protocols, protocol analyzers and network specifications
- Excellent knowledge in gNodeB/eNodeB configurations, commissioning, integration
- Top of the line troubleshooting, analysis and problem solving skills.
- Familiar with site swap/relocation solutions and designs
- Proactive, self-motivated and with good communication skills
- Excellent team worker, particularly in cross – cultural teams
- Stress resistance to manage in multi-cultural and geographically separated teams
- Willingness to occasionally work over-time and travel based on the projects needs
- Proficient in English Essential, French an Asset
Experience:
- 5+ years’ experience in LTE/5G RAN projects in the main LTE/5G vendors or operators
- Experience on Samsung’s radio equipment, experience on Core Network or IP, etc. preferred
The salary range for this role is expected to be between $95,000 to $130,000 and reflects base salary only. Actual pay will be determined based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, competencies, qualifications, relevant skills and experience.
Samsung is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Samsung has an accommodation process in place and provides accommodations for job applicants with disabilities as appropriate. Assessment and selection materials and procedures can be made available in accessible formats and methods as appropriate. If you require a specific accommodation because of disability or medical need, please let us know when selected to take part in our recruitment process so that reasonable arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodations to be in place as you move through our process.
We thank you for your interest in working for Samsung. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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