RF Design / Radio Expert

Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people and things. With state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any type of network, Nokia is uniquely positioned to help communication service providers, governments, and large enterprises deliver on the promise of 5G, the Cloud and the Internet of Things.

Serving customers in over 100 countries, our research scientists and engineers continue to invent and accelerate new technologies that will increasingly transform the way people and things communicate and connect.

General Purpose 

The Network Design and Optimization Engineer interfaces with customers to provide network design and performance related to services.

Main Responsibility Area 

l Required to manage technically the delivery of network planning and optimization projects according to the agreed scope of work (SoW)

l Performs critical (sometimes escalated) design and performance activities in customer projects independently. These may include complex problem solving in projects with performance requirements and multi-vendor environment.

l May lead an engineering team with responsibility to create plans and delegate tasks to team members

l Provides support to clients and/or customers (typically on site) in his field of expertise.

l Required to propose / build the further business project from our customer along with Solution team and Sales team.

l Required to build the strongly mutual relationship with Engineering Managers of our customer, boost their satisfaction level.

Position Description

The RF Design / Radio Expert on Radio Network Planning and Optimization Engineer will be required to lead a team of Radio engineers technically and work independently to perform Radio network optimization activities during network deployment phase like the following scope.

Overall Expected Scope of the assigned Project ： 

RAN Design 

• Radio NW Design
• RF Simulations
• Mobile Access Design
• Code Planning
• Parameter Definition
• Implementation Data Creation
• FNI (First Network Implementation) Support

Pre-Launch Optimization 

• Parameter Changes
• Physical Optimization (Tilt/Azimuth)
• Mobility Analysis and Optimization
• OSS KPI Analysis and Improvement
• Single Site Verification
• Cluster Tuning and Optimization
• SLA/KPI Reporting and Acceptance

NW Assurance 

• KPI Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
• Reactive Optimization/ Trouble-shooting by NW KPI, UE log, some detail log.
• Pro-active Optimization to avoid quality degradations
• Capacity Management and Assurance
• Parameter Optimization to meet the target KPI level

Position Requirements

A minimum of 3 year Project Manager experience on Telecommunications Project

A minimum of 3 year work experience in Radio Planning & Optimization for LTE.

A minimum of 2 years good work experience on LTE Optimization

Radio Network Planning and Optimization LTE

Radio Network Optimization experience on an LTE network

Deep knowledge of LTE KPIs - expertise in creating and analysis of statistical KPIreporting

Expertise with RF Planning tools, DT measurement tools and post-processing tools

End-user / customer problem investigation

Result oriented with focus on product quality and customer satisfaction

Team player, open communication and ability to work in international team

Strong Leadership for Colleague & Customer Technically, and good mentor of the junior engineers (Mandatory)

Capability to build the close relationship with the engineering management of our customer (Mandatory)

Excellent Speaking & Writing skills in English & Japanese (Mandatory)

Education & Experience Or Other Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications, or Computer Science

LTE technology understanding and know-how

LTE design and optimization experience

Deep Knowledge of 3GPP