5G Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title

They are more than a research lab; they are an innovation hub. They have an entrepreneurial spirit molding technology of the future. They are involved in cybersecurity, data analytics, advanced networking, wireless and mobility, display technologies, optical and quantum, power grid and IoT security, and electronic warfare. The industries they work in include smart cities and smart phones, intelligent battlefields and autonomous systems, telecommunications, energy, finance, government, life sciences and defense. They have 225 scientists, engineers and analysts on staff, 260+ issued, licensed and pending patents. They have more than 125 PhD's on staff, 40+ collaborations with universities, research organizations and vendors. Additionally they have 100+ on-going customer-funded research and technology programs.

Structure and mobile component selection, define RF and network architecture and performance expectations, and develop/utilize network supervision and status tools and metrics. Also, must work with other team members to define, help develop and ensure interoperability of custom made UEs in the private network, handling and interpreting all aspects of PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, SDAP exchanges between UE and RAN, which could include: access, synchronization, cell selection, dual connectivity, MIMO modes, handovers, thresholds and timers.

Must be a solid team-player working with a wide-skilled team of mechanical/RF/baseband/system and wireless standards engineers. At times will work in an individual contributor role/tasks with majority of his/her time spent in technical coordination of the team and solution of system-wide problems. Must be an independent thinker solving problems with novel approaches and having an understanding of the broad expertise in place in all the established commercial wireless system solutions.

Qualifications

Education Requirements:

Requires 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD. Additional Requirements:

• Must have hands-on experience with commercial cellular technology products for RAN/core in the 4G/5G space and in-depth understanding of RAN protocols and techniques at all RAN layers. Signal Processing, RF design experience, and experience with cellular testing tools is a plus.
• Must be able to interpret and analyze the latest 3GPP standards specifications in LTE and NR Rel-15 and Rel-16. Must have field experience to make assessments, troubleshoot and analyze field data. Testing and Lab experience is a plus.
• Must have working experience in one or more of computing platforms for data manipulation and analysis: Matlab; Python, C/C++.
• US Citizenship required. A secret clearance is not required but is preferred.