RF Engineer
- 12 month fixed term contract
- 4 weeks annual leave and sick leave entitlements
- Perth location
Kordia is one of Australia’s fastest growing and most successful Infrastructure Services companies serving the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) industry. They deliver Infrastructure Services solutions to major Telecommunications Companies, ICT Vendors, Systems Integrators and Corporations.
The successful candidate will join the Telecommunication Engineering – Radio Group. This group specialises in the design and optimisation of radio access networks for Mobile Carrier organisations
DUTIES
RESPONSIBILITIES
The RF Engineers key accountabilities and responsibilities are:
- Performance monitoring to identify and rectify Non alarmed faults on 2G and 3G networks, responding to customer problems and trouble tickets, tracking and resolving external interference
- Radio Access optimisation of RAN parameter sets, 2G and 3G, radio frequency spectrum (Ec/1o, CI), etc to optimise dropped call rate (DCR), voice quality (VQ) congestion and data through put.
- Technical assistance and solutions in pre/post sales support to state based business and consumer teams
- Assist with Radio access network element design and preparation of documentation (including EME and council reports) in alignment with the customer’s national design standards
- Radio access network growth planning and capacity management to meet customer requirements and sales / marketing strategies
- New infrastructure integration and acceptance, site surveys and arranging coverage verification testing in accordance to procedures
- Network event planning and performance reporting as required by RAN RF Manager
- Assist with new technology evaluation, tools development, practices and procedures as required by RAN RF Manager
- Preparing network design documents
EXPERIENCE
QUALIFICATIONS
- 4-7 years commercial experience with advanced radio access planning and capacity implementation skills
- 4-7 years commercial experience with access performance optimisation and statistical analysis ability of GSM and WCDMA networks
- 4-7 years experience in radio access design, planning and optimisation of GSM and WCDMA networks
- At least 6-7 years experience in radio propagation and RF equipment
- Detailed knowledge of GSM, WCDMA, including HSPA and GPRS/EDGE networks and products and theory of operation
- Advanced understanding of radio traffic management
- Detailed knowledge of antenna design, implementation, and RF propagation modelling
- Well honed computer application skills with MS Office, mapping software, and GSM/WCDMA planning tools such as ATOLL, Planet, CE4 or Asset platforms
- Experience with drive test tools with a commercial focus (Tems, Nemo etc) Post-processing tools (eg Actix, Tems investigation, etc) and analysis
- Degree in Electronic, Electrical or Telecommunications Engineering is preferred or equivalent commercial experience.
TECHNICAL
ENVIRONMENT
Huawei 2G equipment (RBS), BSC, Huawei 3G equipment (Node B), RNC, Ericsson 2G equipment (RBS), BSC, Ericsson 3G equipment (Node B), RNC, Nokia 3G equipment (Node B), RNC, Planning tools such as ATOLL.
If you have the required experience and are ready for a new challenge, we would love to see your CV!