Senior Telecom Engineer

About the role

This position supports Expeditionary Electromagnetic Warfare Division at NSWC – Crane Division. The candidate will work closely with engineers, managers, and analysts to accomplish goals in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage telephone port allocations
• Perform system and network analysis
• Automated and performance test development
• Troubleshoot hardware and software issues
• Collaborate with LAN/WAN teams on network configurations, routing, TCP/IP, QoS, tunneling, and security protocols
• Conduct analysis across technologies including 5G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, and proprietary systems
• Provide design recommendations—particularly for RF systems and antennas, including link budget analysis

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience in design, implementation and operation of Mobility services such as 2G, 3G-4G-5G network elements, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSPA, LTE and LTE protocols, CDMA, etc.
• Expert understanding of RF propagation, cellular theory, RF engineering tools, and antenna theory.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the software development life cycle, including coding standards, testing-reviews, source control management, continuous integration, defect management, and build processes.
• Experience in RF performance analysis and troubleshooting RF issues.
• Must be proactive and able to develop short and long-term requirements on tools side to meet product requirements.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Must have a Bachelor's Degree in one of the following Engineering disciplines Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and 9 years or more of experience or a Masters and 7 years of experience.
• Understand integrity/encryption protocols.
• Proven record of producing architectural designs and technical leadership.
• Experience working with large-scale call models, debug complex problems by working with cross-functional teams.
• Hands on experience with installing and troubleshooting wireless network technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of GSM/UMTS/LTE platforms, product lines and 5GPP specs.
• Expert knowledge in protocols for interoperability, performance evaluation, and troubleshooting as well as performance monitoring in a virtualized environment.
• Experience with Python or C+, data analysis, and/or database management.
• Ability to obtain full secret clearance (interim secret required to start).