Senior RF Engineer (Indoor)

Boldyn Networks UK Limited; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Parental leave

Annual leave with volunteering days

Job summary

Boldyn Networks UK Limited is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to lead indoor DAS design and RF planning for large-scale transport hubs in the UK. You will perform RF surveys, model link budgets, and produce detailed low-level designs that align with MNO requirements.

The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, presenting designs to stakeholders, and ensuring projects meet time and budget constraints. A strong DAS background and iBwave proficiency are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience designing indoor DAS for large venues such as major train stations.
• iBwave certification Level 2 (Level 3 preferred).
• Knowledge of UK/IE mobile network architectures and standards.

Responsibilities

• Carry out RF and Design Surveys for in-building DAS infrastructure.
• Perform RF modelling, link budgets and design using iBWave and other planning tools.
• Review results, drawings and reports conducted by others.
• Set design criteria/requirements and perform system dimensioning, link budget and traffic analysis.
• Create low level designs including Bills of Materials, cable schedules and detailed system configuration diagrams.
• Work with other team members to implement an integrated design and ensure scalable solutions.
• Participate in MNO review sessions and present the design with justification.
• Liaise with customers and stakeholders to deliver designs on time and budget.

Skills

DAS design

UK/IE mobile networks knowledge

DAS equipment rooms design

BIM coordination

Optimization & performance tuning

Radio link budgets

Indoor RF design

Tools

iBwave (Cert Level 2)

TEMS

NEMO

Job description

About The Role

As a Senior RF Engineer, the candidate will support the design, deployment and optimisation of our wireless mobile solutions across the HS2 project. The Senior RF Engineer will work in a multi-discipline design team to create solutions that meet customers’ needs. You will create the cellular RF design of major transport hubs serving millions of passengers every year.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Carry out physical and virtual RF and Design Surveys for inbuilding DAS infrastructure.
• Perform RF modelling, link budgets and design using iBWave and other planning tools.
• Review results, drawings and reports conducted by others.
• Set design criteria/requirements and perform system dimensioning, link budget and traffic analysis.
• Create low level designs including Bills of Materials, cable schedules and detailed system configuration diagrams, ensuring costs are closely controlled throughout the design process.
• Understand the wider context of the design and ensure external interfaces are considered working with other team members to implement an integrated design.
• Ensure designs are dimensioned for current demand and scalable to adapt for future growth and changes in MNO requirements.
• Participate in equipment co-ordination sessions with HS2 stakeholders and partners ensuring the needs of the RF design are represented in decision-making and minimise design change.
• Participate in MNO review sessions being able to present the design and provide justification for the design and technical decisions.
• Complete RAMS and abide by company H&S policy.
• Work with project managers and co-ordinators to deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Liaise with customers, presenting designs to clients, stakeholders and project teams.
• Complete any Handover Packs, Post Integration Reports and Design Reports on agreed timescales and report templates.
• Provide estimates on resources required for particular tasks.
• Updating any internal reporting system as required.
• Familiarisation of all company documentation, especially ISO procedures.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience designing indoor coverage solutions including active and passive distributed antenna systems (DAS) especially for large scale high-capacity venues such as major train stations.
• Minimum iBwave certification level 2 (level 3 preferred).
• Knowledge of UK or IE mobile network architecture models and standards.
• Experience of designing DAS equipment rooms, including MNO equipment requirements, dimensioning DAS head end, and defining electrical and cooling loads.
• Knowledge of working with architects & BIM modelling teams to plan spacial co-ordination of equipment.
• Experience of testing methodologies, test tools such as scanners and test phones (TEMS, NEMO etc).
• Advanced knowledge in optimisation and performance optimisation.
• Good knowledge of Radio Link Budgets.

This role requires 2 days per week located in Birmingham.

Benefits & Perks

• Flexible working opportunities
• Parental leave with up to 20 weeks paid at full salary
• Holiday allowance starting at 25 days rising with length of service 4 days off each year to volunteer

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity recognises the ways we differ. Our backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. What makes us unique. And it’s important to us, to our future. To build a workforce that’s representative of the societies we serve. So that we can listen, learn and understand how to solve our customers’ problems in the smartest ways possible.

We are looking for passionate people from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background, or religion.