Systems Engineer for Large Public Venues (East Coast)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • All, NY

2d • Remote

About The Position

The Systems Engineer for Large Public Venues provides technical support and leadership in creating Wi-Fi and wireless technology solutions for customer business needs. The role builds and maintains customer relationships, provides advanced product and technology expertise in sales pursuits, and consults on end-to-end technical designs within a specialization. It contributes technical direction to significant projects and strategic architecture, leads cross-functional work, and mentors others.

The position focuses on large public venues on the East Coast. The employee primarily works from home and travels frequently to customer sites. The role supports venue operators in delivering dependable wireless connectivity for guests, staff, and venue operations, including during major events.

The Systems Engineer leads technical discovery; designs and validates wireless networks for high-density, variable venue environments; advises on current Wi-Fi technologies and supporting infrastructure; and develops architectures, bills of materials, proposals, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept plans using the HPE Networking portfolio. The role collaborates with sales, product, services, and channel teams, presents recommendations to technical and executive audiences, and supports deployments and events as a technical escalation resource.

HPE describes its workplace as inclusive and accessible, with benefits intended to support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing and programs supporting personal and professional development. The stated annual salary/wage range is USD 225,500–437,500 in Massachusetts and USD 198,000–465,500 in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. These ranges represent combined base and target-level sales compensation at 100% of sales plan, with a 75%/25% base-to-target compensation mix.

Requirements

• Significant experience designing and deploying enterprise wireless networks, including direct experience with stadiums, arenas, convention centers, or similarly dense environments.
• Expert knowledge of RF fundamentals, 802.11 standards, channel planning, client behavior, roaming, authentication, and wireless troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with predictive survey and validation tools, packet analysis, spectrum analysis, and wireless performance measurement.
• Strong understanding of campus switching, PoE, segmentation, network access control, and resilient network design.
• Experience developing technical proposals and influencing complex customer decisions in a presales, consulting, or solution architecture role.
• Ability to communicate with network engineers and senior business leaders.
• Willingness to travel for customer workshops, site assessments, deployments, and event support.
• Must live on the East Coast to travel frequently to customer sites.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with HPE Aruba Networking wireless, switching, management, and security solutions.
• Experience with outdoor wireless, directional antennas, under-seat or other venue-specific deployment methods, and temporary event networks.
• Familiarity with private cellular, DAS, or integration of Wi-Fi with other venue connectivity systems.
• Relevant wireless certifications, such as CWNP credentials, or comparable demonstrated expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with venue operators, IT teams, facilities leaders, and business stakeholders to define wireless coverage, capacity, reliability, security, and operational requirements.
• Develop wireless designs for seating bowls, concourses, suites, entry points, outdoor spaces, and event floors, accounting for changing crowd density and venue configurations.
• Perform or guide predictive modeling, site surveys, spectrum analysis, capacity planning, access point placement, antenna selection, and post-deployment validation.
• Design solutions for guest access and critical venue services, including ticketing, point of sale, staff communications, media operations, and connected devices.
• Advise customers on Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7, 6 GHz planning, roaming, interference management, and the wired infrastructure needed for high-density wireless.
• Translate technical requirements into architectures, bills of materials, proposals, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept plans using the HPE Networking portfolio.
• Work with sales, product, services, and channel teams to resolve technical questions and strengthen solution proposals.
• Present designs and recommendations to technical teams and executive audiences, explaining tradeoffs, expected outcomes, and implementation considerations.
• Support deployments and major events as a technical escalation resource, using performance data to identify improvements.
• Create and maintain effective customer relationships to support customer satisfaction.
• Provide advanced product- and technology-specific expertise in sales deal pursuits and consult customers on end-to-end technical designs.
• Provide technical leadership for significant project or program work, connect people across functions, mentor others, and contribute to the HPE technical community.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing for employees and their loved ones.
• Programs supporting personal and professional development and career goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed