Senior Systems Engineer

Peraton•,

1d•$146,000 - $234,000

About The Position

This position with Peraton Labs presents an opportunity for candidates that are looking to work on challenging and innovative technology across diverse areas in communications network standards. The candidate will be responsible for standards and requirements development for the support of priority services in evolving telecommunications networks. Candidate should be knowledgeable of fixed / mobile access networks, core networks, and 4G/5G/6G technologies including Long Term Evolution (LTE), Radio Access Network (RAN), Wi-Fi, Cable, and Fiber. Candidate should have experience with telecommunications services and features (e.g., voice, video, data, and messaging) and the standards protocols used to support these services and features such as IP, IMS, and SIP signaling. In addition, he/she should have specialized technical expertise in priority services (e.g., National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP), Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS), Wireless Priority Service (WPS), Next Generation Network Priority Services (NGN-PS)). He/she should have experience in standards development in one or more major standards organization (e.g., 3GPP, ATIS), including experience in dealing with participants from service providers and equipment vendors.

Requirements

Minimum of 12 years of experience with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with PhD
Leadership role in national standards and international standards organizations (e.g., 3GPP, ATIS, IEEE)
Expert knowledge in IMS Core Network, LTE, 5G, EPC, RAN, Wi-Fi architecture, requirements, protocols, and detailed message specifications and associated requirements/protocols
Must have 5+ years of experience in attending and presenting technical contributions in one or more of the following standards bodies: 3GPP, ATIS, IETF, IEEE, ITU-T, and Wireless Broadband Alliance
Must have held lead editorship position or role in development of international and national standards/specifications
Must be a recognized expert in development of (have authored, contributed to, or participated actively in open industry discussions) service, network, and protocol requirements for NGN, LTE/5G, and various access technologies, e.g., LTE, Wi-Fi
US Citizenship

Nice To Haves

Knowledgeable of fixed / mobile access networks, core networks, and 4G/5G/6G technologies including Long Term Evolution (LTE), Radio Access Network (RAN), Wi-Fi, Cable, and Fiber.
Experience with telecommunications services and features (e.g., voice, video, data, and messaging) and the standards protocols used to support these services and features such as IP, IMS, and SIP signaling.
Specialized technical expertise in priority services (e.g., National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP), Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS), Wireless Priority Service (WPS), Next Generation Network Priority Services (NGN-PS)).
Experience in standards development in one or more major standards organization (e.g., 3GPP, ATIS), including experience in dealing with participants from service providers and equipment vendors.

Responsibilities

Standards and requirements development for the support of priority services in evolving telecommunications networks.
Work on challenging and innovative technology across diverse areas in communications network standards.