Sr. RF Design Engineer

MobileComm, Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in Toronto is seeking a Macro Design SME specializing in 5G and LTE. The successful candidate will leverage extensive experience in RF engineering and planning tools to support network design and optimization. This role involves collaboration with teams to ensure high-quality design practices. Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in engineering and significant leadership experience in LTE projects. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in RF engineering.
• Minimum five years of recent experience in radio network design (LTE or 5G).
• Past leadership experience in at least three LTE projects.

Responsibilities

• Perform solutioning and macro design activities.
• Collaborate with the RAN Design standards team.
• Assist in the development of service proposals.

Skills

Planning tools expertise

5G and mmWave design

Link budget expertise

MIMO design

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Telecom)

Tools

Atoll

Planet EV

ACP (Automatic Cell Planning)

Job description

Macro Design SME – 5G & LTE

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We are looking for a Macro Design SME that will be responsible for performing solutioning and macro design activities. The consultant must be an expert at executing macro design services focusing on 5G and LTE link budget creation, design consulting, design and analysis on planning tools, RFDS creation, PCI planning, neighbor planning, model tuning, etc. You will also be accountable for part of the solution and of the service process, keeping time, performance and quality according to Ericsson requirements and customer contracts. The role focuses on supporting and collaborating with the RAN Design standards team in developing best design practices and deployment guidelines, in addition to supporting RF propagation modeling for 5G and mmWave.

Key Responsibilities

• Extensive experience in planning tools such as Planet EV and Atoll.
• 5G and mmWave design.
• Detailed understanding of the link budget.
• Good understanding of Ericsson products and ability to solution them to solve customer problems.
• Detailed understanding of inputs required, and how to create a new project in a planning tool, tilt/azimuth optimization, proposing new site locations, etc.
• Extensive use of ACP (Automatic Cell Planning) tool.
• MIMO design, propose settings for 5G & LTE in design tool.
• Ability to make recommendations to improve a network design (cell plan).
• Buildout support – antenna separation, EMF evaluation, etc.
• Detailed understanding of Monte Carlo Analysis.
• Ability to perform model tuning and identify add‑on sales opportunities.
• Assist in the development of a service proposal.
• Participate in knowledge sharing activities.
• Collect and document customer requirements.

Key Qualifications

• Academic degree, minimum bachelor level, in engineering (Telecom) or related field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in RF engineering.
• Minimum five years of recent experience in radio network design (LTE or 5G).
• Past leadership experience in at least three LTE projects.
• One project must be the leader for all technical activities in a large‑scale (major metropolitan area or statewide geographic area) and responsibilities must include technical organization and oversight of work and demonstrated excellence in communications with team, project manager, and customer.
• Ability to work on complex technical issues and provide creative solutions valuable to Ericsson’s business.
• Ability to develop and prepare technical documents and develop new processes.
• Extensive experience with Atoll, Planet, ACP tools.
• English skills.

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