Engineer, In-building RF Design and Deployment

Communication Technology Services Inc; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

FSA

401(k)

Long-term disability (LTD)

Short-term disability (STD)

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Communication Technology Services LLC is seeking an Engineer, In-Building RF Design and Deployment to lead design reviews, submittal preparation, and deployment coordination of DAS solutions across sites in the US. You will work with field teams to ensure timely, compliant installations and drive performance improvements.

The role requires hands-on DAS deployment experience, iBwave proficiency, and ability to coordinate with operators and OEMs, while applying project management discipline

Qualifications

• Proven iBwave certification and ability to review designs.
• Experience creating or reviewing operator submittal packages.
• In-building wireless experience with DAS OEMs and small cells.
• Experience commissioning and optimizing field deployments.
• Experience using project management tools for deployment activities.

Responsibilities

• Review DAS designs for carrier compliance and optimize.
• Refine designs for coverage, capacity, and constraints.
• Create and manage mobile submittal packages.
• Develop BOM aligned with technical, operational, and financial objectives.
• Coordinate field teams to install and commission signal sources.
• Plan acceptance testing and post-install data collection.
• Ensure KPIs are reflected in close-out reports.

Skills

iBwave skills

Operator submittals

DAS experience

Commissioning

PM tools

Education

BS/BA in Engineering

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Engineer, In-building RF Design and Deployment

Engineer, In-building RF Design and Deployment

You must be currently authorized to work in the United States. CTS will not sponsor applicants for employment-based visa or immigration status (for example, H-1B or employment-based permanent residence) for this position.

Communication Technology Services (CTS) is an industry leader in in-building and campus cellular managed services through our Forte Neutral Source™ signal source business unit. The Forte Neutral Source team provides turnkey, in-building cellular radios that provide AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile cellular signal to DAS and small cell deployments in any sized building, anywhere in the US. These Forte signal source services support our clients’ mission-critical business applications and wireless connectivity needs.

We are driven by the desire to solve complex customer problems, the excitement of deploying new technologies, and our dedication to providing complex wireless network solutions to customers as simple-to-purchase solutions.

The Forte Neutral Source team is seeking an Engineer, In-Building RF Design and Deployment who brings broad experience designing cellular DAS systems that meet the mobile operator requirements using iBwave™ tools and hands-on DAS deployment experience. The Engineer, In-Building RF Design and Deployment will work as part of a disciplined project management team to review DAS designs, make updates, create submittal packages, manage deployments, create close-out packages, and resolve performance issues with completed systems.

What you will do:

• Review and optimize existing iBwave DAS designs for carrier compliance (band plans, sectorization, head-end topology).
• Refine designs to meet coverage, capacity, zoning, and venue constraints.
• Create and manage mobile submittal packages through final approval.
• Develop project-specific signal source bill of material aligned with technical, operational, and financial objectives.

Signal Source Deployment

• Document the radio and IP networking design and craft detailed rack and wiring diagrams
• Coordinate field teams to ensure sites are installed and cabled correctly for signal source commissioning activities.
• Coordinate with onsite System Performance Engineers (SPEs) and when required, travel to a site and perform the SPE role: Commission signal sources through coordination with carriers and OEM personnel, assist in optimizing DAS, set gains/AGC, balance UL/DL, manage noise floors, and mitigate PIM/oscillation/pilot pollution.
• Plan and oversee the execution of any necessary acceptance testing: e911, Functional Call Test, walk testing.
• Coordinate post installation data collection activities, create close out packages, and resolve any open issues with the submitted packages.
• Ensure measurable KPIs (e.g., =95% design-area coverage to spec, session retention targets, throughput) are met within the close-out reports.

What you’ll bring:

Required

• Proven iBwave skills (Level 2 certification or equivalent) with sufficient previous experience to review designs, identify improvements, make necessary changes and optimize.
• Experience creating or reviewing mobile operator submittal packages with a broad understanding of the operator’s design requirements and expectations.
• In-building wireless experience with proficiency across various DAS OEMs (ADRF, Corning, Andrew, JMA, SOLiD) and operator-grade small cells (Ericsson, Nokia, Andrew).
• Past experience with commissioning and optimization to ensure field teams are performing the work correctly and to perform the work if called upon.
• Experience working within groups using comprehensive project management tools to guide and track deployment activities.

Preferred

• Cellular network operator integration experience with AT&T, Verizon, and/or T-Mobile.
• OEM certifications (any of ADRF/Corning/CommScope/JMA/SOLiD)
• Experience with DAS-alternative neutral-host architectures (Ericsson Radio Dot, Andrew OneCell).
• Experience creating CIQs and other configuration activities on cellular radio systems such as Ericsson, Nokia, or Andrew.
• BS/BA in Engineering (or equivalent experience in RF/DAS systems).

Work Setup

100% remote within the contiguous U.S., with periodic travel for key deployments and escalations.

Salary

commensurate with experience in 100- 120k range

This position is full time and includes Company Benefits (Medical, Dental, FSA, 401(k), LTD/ STD, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays).

You must be currently authorized to work in the United States. CTS will not sponsor applicants for employment-based visa or immigration status (for example, H-1B or employment-based permanent residence) for this position.