Radio Access Network (RAN) Engineer

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About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned RAN (Radio Access Network) Engineer to join our team to provide expert support to our networks and services, ensuring that our ongoing capability to provide mission critical services to both our own Evaluation and Testing team, as well as national stakeholders remains of the highest quality.

You will get the chance to work in a truly unique environment, being able to work with a diverse range of vendor hardware and environments and collaborate with the other operational IT functions to deliver robust and secure solutions to our stakeholders. A commitment to continual professional development and knowledge sharing is also essential.

Successful Applicants must be able to commute to the UKTL offices in Solihull, Birmingham with the possibility of hybrid working.

We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where business possible. This will be dependent on the kind of role you do and part of the business you work in.

About You To excel at this role you'll bring with you extensive 4G/LTE, 5G RAN & O-RAN testing experience, Solid working knowledge of 4/5G Radio Access Network technology, Extensive recent experience in RAN & O-RAN system integration, testing and troubleshooting (system logs, OS logs, UE logs, network logs, etc.), Strong end-to-end RAN knowledge with focus on 4/5G, RAN Technologies (vRAN, Small Cells, MIMO, Timing and Sync with GPS, PTP). You'll also have:
  • Understanding of Networking Protocols like IP, TCP, SCTP, IPSEC
  • Understanding of 3GPP standards, including procedures, call flows, KPI, statistics
  • End-to-end testing, in all areas - IMS calls (eNodeB, MME, SGW, PCR, SBG, CSCF, MTAS)
  • Good understanding of Layer 2 & 3 messages, RRC/RLC Layers.
  • Analysing and diagnosing main RF Issues like Dropped calls, Blocked calls, Handover Failures, Interference, RACH failures etc
  • Good experience in analysing the Core Network elements issues.
  • Working Knowledge or Testing Nokia and Ericsson RAN
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    Location:
    Birmingham
    Job Type:
    FullTime