Description
You manage the technical lifecycle of ORAN and vRAN deployments, from lab vendor reviews to field troubleshooting.
This role is on-site.
Responsibilities
- Lead troubleshooting efforts with Market Teams to resolve complex RF and RAN system issues.
- Participate in vendor engineering reviews of hardware and software development in lab Proof of Concept environments.
- Develop performance monitoring metrics and service assurance protocols for virtualized ORAN functions.
- Coordinate system changes with Certification Labs for validation and produce updated technical specifications and release plans.
- Document final process configurations and MOPs in collaboration with technical writers to support Field Operations.
Required Skills
- 8+ years of experience in the wireless industry.
- Extensive understanding of 5G ORAN / vRAN split functions (7-2x, RU, DU, CU, CP, UP).
- Experience with RAN/vRAN software architectures in virtualized environments.
- Knowledge of RF Radio operations over eCPRI interfaces, including CSR and DU timing configurations.
- Understanding of software systems and services running virtualized ORAN functions.
- Familiarity with latency considerations from gNB to Data Center locations.
- Experience with virtualized networks, orchestration, and automation across large network architectures.
- Thorough understanding of vRAN/ORAN architecture per 3GPP standards (Rel 15 & 16).
- Proficiency with LTE, VoLTE, and 5G VoNR L2/L3 call flows and trace analysis (PCAP, GNB traces).
Preferred Skills
- Experience in RF Design, Optimization, and performance improvement.