Senior RF Engineer - Public Safety & LMR Systems Expert

AHU Technologies Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an RF Engineer to assess and enhance communication systems at a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The role demands expertise in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems and requires significant hands-on experience. The consultant will engage in designing technical solutions and ensuring compliance with operational standards, contributing to public safety infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 11-15 years of experience as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in complex enterprise projects.
• 5 years of experience working at a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).
• 6 years of wireless communications experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and test radio code plugs for LMR systems.
• Evaluate new communication devices and systems performance.
• Conduct field surveys and troubleshoot network interference issues.

Skills

RF engineering tools

Interoperable radio experience

Land Mobile Radio experience

Network coverage analysis

Troubleshooting wireless systems

Education

Master’s degree in IT or related field

Job description

Job Description:

Short Description:

11-15 years of experience. Provides assessments of technical and operational practices based on leading industry standards specific to the requested technology.

Complete Description:

The Contractor shall provide a RF Engineer with at least five years of experience working at a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The RF Engineering Consultant will be responsible for working with LMR radio system, software, and programs. In addition, the RF Engineering Consultant will also be responsible for designing / testing radio code plugs validating radio and system performance and evaluating new communication devices.

The RF Engineering Consultant will perform technical work in the field of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) and wireless communications system engineering, design, and implementation. The consultant will be responsible for program review, compliance with licensing regulations, requirements gathering, design review, change management, and final acceptance of systems. Duties will include RoIP system engineering and radio code plug design / programming. Furthermore, the consultant will conduct short and long-term planning to meet communications requirements. The consultant will also be responsible for performing hardware / software analysis to provide comparative data of performance characteristics and suitability within the existing systems environment.

Day to Day Tasks:

- Support Motorola subscriber radio update and tracking efforts

- Develop agency codeplugs

- Support / complete agency programming requests

- Manage / coordinate encryption and OTAR upgrades

- Develop radio training material for internal and external users

- Develop technical guidelines for radio use

- Develop In-Building approval criteria for In-Building Wireless (IBW)

- Review IBW proposals for compliance

- Perform field surveys of new and existing BDA installations

- Troubleshoot IBW network interference issues

- Investigate IBW network coverage issues

- Support OUC radio operations

CONTRACT JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities:

1. Provides assessments of technical and operational practices based on leading industry standards specific to the requested technology.

2. Plans, organizes, and conducts research in a variety of areas, such as new or existing products, science, social science, law or business in support of an IT initiative.

3. Searches sources such as reference works, literature, documents, newspapers, statistical records, and other sources of information. May use Internet, Intranet, magazines, periodicals, journals, and other media to perform research.

4. Analyzes information and statistical data to prepare reports and studies for use by professionals

Skills:

· 11-15. yrs as SME in complex enterprise level projects. Required 11 Years

· Master’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience. Required

· 5 years of experience working in a PSAP. Required 5 Years

· 3 years of interoperable radio experience. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of Land Mobile Radio experience. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of radio network coverage and interference analysis experience. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of experience with RF engineering tools including Wizard and drive test tools. Required 3 Years

· 2 years of experience in developing fleet maps, code plugs, and programming radios for public safety. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of experience managing Motorola User Configuration Manager. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of experience in troubleshooting WS systems, including but not limited to cell, microwave, LMR, UHF, etc. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of experience with public safety infrastructure. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of experience with P25 radio network. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of experience and knowledge of public safety communications and interoperability. Required 3 Years

· 1 year of experience and knowledge with LTE and WIMax – Standard practices. Required 3 Years

· 3 years of experience and knowledge of PSAP operations. Required 3 Years

· 6 years of experience and knowledge of wireless communications - combination of theory and practice. Required 3 Years