Engineer, In-building RF Design and Deployment

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $100k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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Communication Technology Services (CTS)

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1990

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Communication Technology Services (CTS) is your source for custom, in-building and campus connectivity solutions. They specialize in providing carrier-grade connectivity solutions for enterprises and mobile network operators, addressing complex networking challenges with exceptional customer service. CTS offers a range of services including design, consulting, project management, and ongoing maintenance for various sectors, including sporting venues, healthcare facilities, and corporate enterprises. Their expertise extends to Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), Small Cells, and Fiber-based LAN solutions, ensuring robust and efficient network infrastructures for mission-critical applications.

📋 Description

• Review and optimize existing iBwave DAS designs for carrier compliance, including band plans, sectorization, and head-end topology • Refine designs to meet coverage, capacity, zoning, and venue constraints • Create and manage mobile submittal packages through final approval • Develop project-specific signal source bills of material aligned with technical, operational, and financial objectives • Document radio and IP networking designs and create detailed rack and wiring diagrams • Coordinate field teams to ensure sites are installed and cabled correctly for signal source commissioning • Coordinate with onsite System Performance Engineers and perform the SPE role when required • Commission signal sources with carriers and OEM personnel • Assist in optimizing DAS, setting gains/AGC, balancing UL/DL, managing noise floors, and mitigating PIM, oscillation, and pilot pollution • Plan and oversee acceptance testing, including e911, Functional Call Test, and walk testing • Coordinate post-installation data collection • Create close-out packages and resolve open issues • Ensure KPIs such as at least 95% design-area coverage to specification, session retention targets, and throughput are met in close-out reports • Work as part of a disciplined project management team to manage deployments and resolve performance issues

🎯 Requirements

• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States • CTS will not sponsor applicants for employment-based visa or immigration status • Proven iBwave skills (Level 2 certification or equivalent) with sufficient previous experience to review, improve, change, and optimize designs • Experience creating or reviewing mobile operator submittal packages • Broad understanding of mobile operator design requirements and expectations • In-building wireless experience across DAS OEMs including ADRF, Corning, Andrew, JMA, and SOLiD • Experience with operator-grade small cells including Ericsson, Nokia, and Andrew • Experience with commissioning and optimization • Experience working with comprehensive project management tools • Demonstrated ability to prioritize activities, manage time, and organize work • Demonstrated project execution in multi-site programs with remote field teams • Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication • Ability to identify and complete tasks without direct supervision • Strong communication and problem-solving skills • Ability to troubleshoot network problems and work under pressure during business hours and, if called upon, off-hours • BS/BA in Engineering or equivalent experience in RF/DAS systems is preferred • Preferred cellular network operator integration experience with AT&T, Verizon, and/or T-Mobile • Preferred OEM certifications in ADRF, Corning, CommScope, JMA, or SOLiD • Preferred experience with DAS-alternative neutral-host architectures such as Ericsson Radio Dot and Andrew OneCell • Preferred experience creating CIQs and other configurations on Ericsson, Nokia, or Andrew cellular radio systems

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • 401(k) • Long-term disability insurance (LTD) • Short-term disability insurance (STD) • Life insurance • Paid Time Off • Paid Holidays • 100% remote within the contiguous U.S. • Periodic travel for key deployments and escalations