IBS Planning Engineer

Rakuten Symphony; Indore District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A global telecom innovator based in India is seeking an experienced RF Indoor Design Engineer. You will design secure and high-availability indoor RF solutions, ensuring optimal network performance. Candidates need strong hands-on expertise in indoor RF tools, and must have a degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, or Electrical engineering with 4+ years in the wireless industry. Join us in revolutionizing mobile telecommunications with a commitment to continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in the wireless industry as a RF DAS Design engineer.
• Strong ability in iBwave designs, optimization, and commissioning.
• Good knowledge in RF propagation and link budget calculations.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable and secure indoor RF solutions.
• Conduct 3D modeling and accurate mapping of building materials.
• Plan solutions based on building categories for DAS.

Skills

Indoor RF design and planning tools

iBwave software/Ranplan

Indoor Small Cells

Distributed Antenna System (DAS)

Wi-Fi design requirements

RF Walk Testing

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, or Electrical engineering

Tools

MapInfo

QGIS

Google Earth

AutoCAD

Job description

Rakuten Symphony is reimagining telecom, changing supply chain norms and disrupting outmoded thinking that threatens the industry’s pursuit of rapid innovation and growth. Based on proven modern infrastructure practices, its open interface platforms make it possible to launch and operate advanced mobile services in a fraction of the time and cost of conventional approaches, with no compromise to network quality or security.

Rakuten Symphony has operations in Japan, the United States, Singapore, India, South Korea, Europe, and the Middle East Africa region.

For more information, visit: https://symphony.rakuten.com

Building on the technology Rakuten used to launch Japan’s newest mobile network, we are taking our mobile offering global.

To support our ambitions to provide an innovative cloud-native telco platform for our customers, Rakuten Symphony is looking to recruit and develop top talent from around the globe. We are looking for individuals to join our team across all functional areas of our business – from sales to engineering, support functions to product development.

Let’s build the future of mobile telecommunications together!

About Rakuten Group, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is a global leader in internet services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to 2 billion members around the world. The Rakuten Group has over 30,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions.

For more information visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/.

Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced RF Indoor Design Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Indoor RF design and planning tools. The candidate will be responsible for designing scalable, secure, and high-availability indoor RF solutions, ensuring optimal coverage, capacity, and network performance.

Key Skills

• Experience with iBwave software/Ranplan tools with good knowledge on 3D Modelling & Design (certification is a plus).
• Good Knowledge of Indoor Small Cells, DAS (Distributed Antenna System), Wi-Fi, Repeater design requirements and solutions based on venue.
• Deep Knowledge of active and passive DAS components e.g. remote units, RRH, RDS, Ericsson DOT, DRAN, DAS OEM models, coaxial and fiber cable, antennas, splitters.
• Experience with DAS design, commissioning, CW measurement, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Extensive knowledge about the RF Walk Testing and Optimization of inbuilding DAS solutions.
• Demonstrate ability to complete iBwave designs, optimization and commissioning activities independently as projects require, while working with a sense of urgency.
• Experience in designing multi-sector DAS and OEM-based multi-operator shared networks for large venues such as airports, railway stations, hotels, stadiums, malls, office buildings, and shopping complexes.
• Deep knowledge in indoor propagation models and link budget /EIRP calculations.

Role Activities

• IBS Design based on GSSR input & drawings.
• 3D modeling, scaling and alignment with accuracy.
• Mapping of correct building materials.
• Solution planning (Small cell/DAS) as per the building category.
• Small cell/DAS Antenna & Device along with Cable Routing/ Connection and routing on the layout.
• IBS Design, Input Validation of building information and study for all floors to validate if sufficient information is available for IBS design.
• Small cell/DAS Antenna & Device placement (including Rearranging & Device Renaming) along with Cable Routing Connection and routing based on building information.
• Modification of Materials or walls including addition of missing information if any based on
• Design of Extension requirement at sites.

Good to have

• Hands-on experience with RF design tools (MapInfo, QGIS, Google Earth, AutoCAD tools).
• Strong understanding of GSM, DCS, WCDMA, LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi.
• Knowledge of RF propagation, link budget calculations, and interference management.
• Experience in indoor coverage planning and optimization.
• Good analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, or Electrical engineering.
• 4+ years of professional experience in the wireless industry as a RF DAS Design engineer.

Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviours that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

• Always improve, always advance. Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen.
• Be passionately professional. Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best.
• Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika. Use the Rakuten Cycle to success in unknown territory.
• Maximize Customer Satisfaction. The greatest satisfaction for workers in a service industry is to see their customers smile.
• Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! Always be conscious of time. Take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team.