Radio Planning Engineer London, England
Job description
4G/5G Mobile Telecommunications
Location: London
Salary: Up to £47,000 depending on experience
Contract: Permanent or Contract
Hours of work: 37.5 hours
Metricell is on a mission to deliver connectivity. We work with our customers in the telecommunications industry to design, deliver and manage wireless communication networks – with a shared ambition of achieving flawless network experience.
Metricell is on a mission to delivery connectivity. We work with our customers in the telecommunications industry to design, deliver and manage wireless communication networkds - with a shared ambition of achieving flawless network experience.
Do you want to make a big impact in a small amount of time? Are you a great team player with bags of self-motivation? If so, we want to hear from you!
We are offering exciting opportunities to join our award-winning technology company. Metricell is on an ambitious journey to supply its market-leading software to over a thousand mobile networks across the globe, and we’d love you to be part of this.
Our entrepreneurial team shares a passion for technology and we provide a great environment for you to grow and develop your career.
Metricell is offering exciting opportunities for motivated staff to join its team as radio planning engineers. You will be working within one of the UK’s leading mobile networks at locations in the North of England or Scotland. Supported by Metricell HQ you will be engaged with both the high level and detailed planning of 5GNR and 4G networks throughout the country.
Detailed Responsibilities include:
- Assisting with the development and maintenance of Area Radio Plans for 2G/3G/4G/5G networks using radio planning and GIS Tools
- To liaise closely with the Implementation team, to create a deliverable and cost effective plan.
- To apply knowledge of existing cell performance to directly influence the development of the planned network.
- To undertake field work including site visits, candidate assessment, and detailed site design and approval
- These job roles may be based at various locations in the UK and will involve travel throughout the locality
Expected Qualifications and Experience:
- Full UK or EU Driving licence is essential
- Previous experience of LTE and WCDMA Cell planning essential.
- Experience of using planning and work flow tools including;
- Atoll, Mapinfo, Omnix/EvenFlow, ProOptima, or other Site Data build tools is essential
- Interest in learning about and contributing to advanced geospatial analytics using Metricell technology and tools
- A sound understanding of interference containment and ideal cell placement is essential
- The ability to adjust the theoretical “best placement” of cells, with respect to the real environment resulting in a practical effective design is essential
- BSc (Eng) or MSc. Electronics, Electrical Engineering or equivalent with a concentration or specialization evident in Communications is preferred
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in wireless radio network planning is essential. 3 years + is preferred.
- Knowledge of RF propagation modelling, radio coverage planning, traffic engineering, and RF system technology is essential. Knowledge of IP networking, IT and software skills, and transmission engineering would be an advantage.
- A good knowledge of written and spoken English is required.
Start Date: asap
Holiday: 25 days plus UK public holidays
Job Type: Permanent or Contract
Job Status: Full Time
Working Hours: 37.5
Must be authorized to work in the UK.
About Metricell
About Metricell
We are a young and entrepreneurial software company based in Horsham, only 10 minutes’ walk from the train station. If you prefer to drive, we have onsite car parking at the premises too.
We’ve been on the forefront of network connectivity for over ten years and our solutions are helping governments, network operators and everyday businesses around the world to become Better Connected. We are immensely proud to have been awarded the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise. This award is recognition of how our crowdsourcing technology is helping customers around the world to measure and monitor network performance: from Wi-Fi hotspots to mobile coverage. Our products use the latest technologies and span a range of areas, predominantly within the Telecommunications space including; test and measurement, crowdsourcing, digital customer care / self-service, geospatial intelligence and network visualisation.
Our innovative, market-leading software is in use by tens of thousands of personnel working for some of the world’s largest mobile network operators for the benefit of millions of their subscribers. But the product is only as good as our people! Metricell is headquartered in the UK but we operate internationally. Our headcount has increased tenfold in the last 10 years.
As well as being a local business, we make great effort to make sure our office space is the best it can be, with a fully equipped gym, and large social space with a pool table and table football. We hold various social events throughout the year, these include; escape rooms, competitions, summer parties, variety of sports and our notorious game shows and quizzes! We organise numerous charity events throughout the year including, London to Brighton bike ride, Tough Mudder, Lockdown Head Shave, Silent Auction and our popular Christmas Raffle, in order to raise money for fantastic causes in our local area. Some of charities we have supported include; Horsham Matters, Chestnut Tree House, Stonewall, Horsham district food bank and the NSPCC.
If this job description doesn’t sound like a good fit but you’d still like to work for us, then feel free to send in your CV and we’ll be in touch.
You can find out more about us here www.metricell.com/about
Are you the experienced, and talented ‘Radio Planning Engineer’ that we are looking for? If so, please click the “apply” button today to submit your CV for consideration.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to £47,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London West, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have the right to work in the UK?
Work Location: One location
