Junior Telecommunications Network Engineer

SMUD; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

SMUD’s Operational-Technology-Network-Engineering (OTNE) department seeks an Electrical Engineer to join the Telecommunications Engineering team in Sacramento. The role focuses on planning, designing, and maintaining high-reliability telecom networks critical to grid operations.

Qualified candidates have at least 3 years in telecom networks, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and strong design and testing capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in electrical engineering or a related field.
• Three or more (3+) years of relevant work experience in planning, designing, installing and supporting telecommunication networks and systems.

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, develops and maintains telecommunication networks and systems by offering technical and engineering support; defines functional and system requirements; develops design criteria to meet current and future needs; supports installation, operation and maintenance of networks and systems; develops testing criteria; provides technical and engineering consultation and solutions.
• Analyzes the need for new telecommunication systems, upgrades, expansions and modifications by evaluating the effectiveness of the current systems; conducts feasibility studies; determines current and long-range capability by analyzing loadings, performance levels, and responsiveness to operational and transient conditions; evaluates current technologies; conducts cost analysis; defines system requirements; designs modifications; supports installations; develops testing scenarios; conducts post-implementation reviews.
• Supports SMUD’s telecommunication goals and direction while continually enhancing the reliability and productivity of the telecommunication systems and networks.
• Plans, coordinates, prioritizates and monitors work activities with work-unit employees to meet established task objectives and deadlines by following established policies and precedents; participates as a team member in accomplishing objectives; refers problems to supervision where solutions are not readily achievable.

Skills

Telecommunication systems

Engineering design

Technical consultation

Public relations

Team collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

SMUD’s Operational-Technology-Network-Engineering (OTNE) department seeks an Electrical Engineer to join the Telecommunications Engineering team in Sacramento. The role focuses on planning, designing, and maintaining high-reliability telecom networks critical to grid operations.

Qualified candidates have at least 3 years in telecom networks, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and strong design and testing capabilities.