Technical Lead

Delivery Market Lead - Technical SMEFusion Solutions is looking for a Delivery Market Lead / Technical SME for Ericsson (Carrier: AT&T) in multiple locations. Positions are customer-facing as either a delivery market lead or a technical SME.Locations:St Louis, MOOverland Park KSNYC, NYSeattle, WADenver, COPhoenix, AZBaltimore, MDBloomington, MNPhiladelphia, PAPay Rate: $72/hrStart Date: March 2024Duration: 18 months with extensionsNumber of SMEs needed: 10Scope of Work: All the criteria should be met:Minimum ten (10) years' experience with BSEE/BSCS or applicable experience. Recent experience in radio network design, implementation and/or tuning/optimization systems is required.Leadership experience is required for five+ projects. Two projects must be the leader for all technical activities in a large scale (major metropolitan area or statewide geographic area) and responsibilities must include technical organization and oversight of work and demonstrated excellence in communications with team, project manager, and customer.Experience in working with different services including 5G NR, Massive MIMO, mmWave, LAA (License Assisted Access), 4G LTE, IOT, CBRS and/or multi-vendor.Understanding of layer 3 messages for 4G and 5G.Able to perform event analysis and address accessibility, retainability and HO success rate issues Design.Extensive experience in planning tools such as Planet EV and Atoll.Detailed understanding of the link budget.Detailed understanding of inputs required, and how to create a new project in a planning tool, tilt/azimuth optimization, proposing new site locations etc.Have used the ACP (Automatic Cell Planning) tool.Able to make recommendations to improve a network design (cell plan).Detailed understanding of Monte Carlos Analysis.Able to make recommendations in parameter changes, feature activations on drive test data to improve the system performance.Detailed understanding of optimization tools such as TEMS investigation, Actix, Agilent and R&S.Experience in tuning a loaded network, and understand the difference between artificial and real traffic loading.Detailed understanding of Layer 3 messaging.Able to collect and analyze drive data and performance statistics, and solve complex issues.Knowledge on how IRAT procedures can affects the overall network quality.Suggests improvements to tools.Understand the impact of adding additional carrier(s) on the network including 5G Optimization.Has the competence to implement and experiment on RAN features relative to traffic analysis.Understands the relationship between Handovers and Network Capacity, and how to optimize both.Detailed knowledge of the Ericsson ENM, and how to operate the optimization tools.Detailed knowledge of KPIs and able to make recommendations to improve them.Understand how enhance uplink tuning is performed.Detailed understanding and experience in LTE/5G optimizationAdditional skills:Proficient with MS OfficeFlexibility of extensive travel within the USExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAbility to operate with high degree of independence, while managing project and customer expectationsAbility to coordinate activities with various Ericsson departments, divisions and companiesAbility to identify and interpret customer requirements, and develop plans to address themBenefits (employee contribution):Health insuranceHealth savings accountDental insuranceVision insuranceFlexible spending accountsLife insuranceRetirement planAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.