Solution Introduction Engineer

Ericsson • Bellevue, WA

2d • $165,953 - $187,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ericsson Inc. seeks an Engineer - Services RF (Solution Introduction Engineer) in Bellevue, WA; Hybrid work policy w/in commuting distance, who will serve to perform O-RAN SW deployment and feature testing; Integrating new radio in eNodeB; Validate NR SA/NSA feature testing with Ericsson's new basebands/radios.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) or a related field and 4 years of experience in engineering with cellular in the telecommunications industry OR Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) or a related field and 1 year of experience in engineering with cellular in the telecommunications industry.
• Long Term Evolution
• New Radio
• Radio Access Network software and hardware including Radio Base Stations
• Layer 3 tracing in a RAN environment including using tracing tools and decoding messages exchanged between LTE or 5G nodes
• Investigating and resolving technical problems in lab environments and in existing customer network
• Sprint wireless network technology including EPC core and IMS
• NSA NR (Non-Standalone New Radio)
• SA NR (Standalone New Radio)
• Carrier aggregation
• 5G High Band
• Mid-Band and Low Band technology
• System integration
• Network architecture
• Call flows

Responsibilities

• Provide a complete list of testing tools, lab equipment, and material required to fully verify assigned feature functionality.
• Accomplish liberty of design capture with one or more test cases to fully verify the assigned feature functionality.
• Send daily feature test report to lead phase.
• Document any software defect found during the execution of the testing scope.
• Open a new CSR/TR according to pertinent TR guidelines defined by the project and follow up until resolution.
• Communicate to phase lead and project about any newfound issue.
• Determine if the testing mandate and defined testing scope have been accomplished according to the functionality.
• Be the first line of troubleshooting for any issues related to the assigned functionality, isolate the problem, and distinguish between functionality and configuration issues.
• Perform all configuration settings related to assigned features.
• Perform eUTRAN feature testing in customer networks to configure them according to operator's strategy, and to evaluate their performances in the customer networks.
• Perform RU/DU connectivity checks and implement EMS/NMS/NE SW upgrade MOPs in commercial networks.
• Design and document test cases based on company feature requirements and 3GPP specifications.
• Develop strong system knowledge required for mission critical push-to-talk services and call flow.
• O-RAN SW deployment and feature testing.
• Integrating new radio in eNodeB.
• Validate NR SA/NSA feature testing with Ericsson's new basebands/radios.

Benefits

• Subsidized, nationwide PPO medical benefit options including a low-deductible Point of Service Plan and a qualifying High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), with a generous company-provided HSA contribution.
• Subsidized HMO option through Kaiser (for California employees).
• Subsidized dental and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan with a 4% company match and immediate vesting.
• Company-paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Company-paid disability benefits.
• 15 days of accrued vacation.
• Up to 3 personal days per year.
• 11 annual holidays.
• 8 hours of volunteer time.
• 80 hours of sick time annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave.
• 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.
• Talkspace mobile therapy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior