Senior RF Engineer (Indoor)

Boldyn Networks; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Parental leave up to 20 weeks paid at

Holiday allowance 25 days

Volunteer days

Job summary

Boldyn Networks is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to support the design, deployment and optimisation of wireless mobile solutions across the HS2 project. You will create cellular RF designs for major transport hubs serving millions of passengers yearly.

Working in a multi-disciplinary team, you will perform RF modelling, design surveys, BOMs and RAMS, and coordinate with HS2 stakeholders and MNOs to ensure scalable, cost-effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience designing indoor coverage solutions including active and passive DAS for large-scale venues.
• Minimum IBWAVE certification level 2 (level 3 preferred).
• Knowledge of UK mobile network architecture models and standards.

Responsibilities

• Carry out physical and virtual RF and Design Surveys for in-building DAS infrastructure.
• Perform RF modelling, link budgets and design using IBWave and other planning tools.
• Create low level designs including BOMs, cables schedules and detailed system configuration diagrams.

Skills

IBWAVE Level 2

DAS design

RF engineering

MNO architecture

RF modelling

Radio link budgets

TEMS/NEMO testing

Tools

IBwave

TEMS

NEMO

Job description

About The Role

As aSeniorRF Engineer, the candidatewill supportthe design,deploymentand optimisationof ourwireless mobilesolutionsacrossthe HS2 project.TheSeniorRF Engineer will work in a multi-discipline design team tocreatesolutions that meet customers’ needs.You willcreatethecellular RF design of majortransport hubsserving millions of passengers every year.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Carry outphysical and virtualRF and Design Surveys for inbuilding DASinfrastructure.
• Perform RF modelling, link budgetsand design usingiBWaveandother planning tools.
• Review results,drawingsand reports conducted by others.
• Set design criteria/requirementsand performsystem dimensioning, linkbudgetand traffic analysis.
• Create low level designs including Bills of Materials, cableschedulesand detailed system configuration diagrams, ensuring costs areclosely controlledthroughout the design process.
• Understandthe wider context of the design and ensure external interfaces are consideredworking withotherteam membersto 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-makingand minimise design change.
• Participate in MNO review sessions being able to present the design and providejustification for the design and technical decisions.
• Complete RAMS and abide by company H&S policy.
• Work with project managers and co-ordinatorsto deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Liaise with customers, presenting designs to clients,stakeholdersand project teams.
• Complete any Handover Packs, Post Integration Reports and Design Reports on agreed timescales and report templates
• Provide estimates on resourcesrequiredforparticular tasks.
• Updating any internal reporting system asrequired.
• Familiarisation of all company documentation, especially ISO procedures.

This role requires 2 days per weeklocatedin Birmingham.

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.
  

Why work with us?

We’re large enough to deliver and maintain large-scale operations, giving you the opportunity to work on exciting projects and expand your skills. You’ll be surrounded talented colleagues who thrive on solving problems, just like you. Together, you’ll make your mark on projects that matter and find new strengths along the way.

We also offer:

• 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 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.