Engineer, In-building RF Design and Deployment

Engineer, In-building RF Design and Deployment

You must be currently authorized to work in the United States. CTS will not sponsor applicants for employment-based visa or immigration status (for example, H-1B or employment-based permanent residence) for this position.

Communication Technology Services (CTS) is an industry leader in in-building and campus cellular managed services through our Forte Neutral Source™ signal source business unit. The Forte Neutral Source team provides turnkey, in-building cellular radios that provide AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile cellular signal to DAS and small cell deployments in any sized building, anywhere in the US. These Forte signal source services support our clients’ mission-critical business applications and wireless connectivity needs.

We are driven by the desire to solve complex customer problems, the excitement of deploying new technologies, and our dedication to providing complex wireless network solutions to customers as simple-to-purchase solutions.

The Forte Neutral Source team is seeking an Engineer, In-Building RF Design and Deployment who brings broad experience designing cellular DAS systems that meet the mobile operator requirements using iBwave™ tools and hands-on DAS deployment experience. The Engineer, In-Building RF Design and Deployment will work as part of a disciplined project management team to review DAS designs, make updates, create submittal packages, manage deployments, create close-out packages, and resolve performance issues with completed systems.

What you will do:

RF Design & Carrier Compliance

• Review and optimize existing iBwave DAS designs for carrier compliance (band plans, sectorization, head-end topology).
• Refine designs to meet coverage, capacity, zoning, and venue constraints.
• Create and manage mobile submittal packages through final approval.
• Develop project-specific signal source bill of material aligned with technical, operational, and financial objectives.

Signal Source Deployment

• Document the radio and IP networking design and craft detailed rack and wiring diagrams

• Coordinate field teams to ensure sites are installed and cabled correctly for signal source commissioning activities.

• Coordinate with onsite System Performance Engineers (SPEs) and when required, travel to a site and perform the SPE role: Commission signal sources through coordination with carriers and OEM personnel, assist in optimizing DAS, set gains/AGC, balance UL/DL, manage noise floors, and mitigate PIM/oscillation/pilot pollution.
• Plan and oversee the execution of any necessary acceptance testing: e911, Functional Call Test, walk testing.
• Coordinate post installation data collection activities, create close out packages, and resolve any open issues with the submitted packages.
• Ensure measurable KPIs (e.g., =95% design-area coverage to spec, session retention targets, throughput) are met within the close-out reports.

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What you’ll bring:

Required

• Proven iBwave skills (Level 2 certification or equivalent) with sufficient previous experience to review designs, identify improvements, make necessary changes and optimize.
• Experience creating or reviewing mobile operator submittal packages with a broad understanding of the operator’s design requirements and expectations.
• In-building wireless experience with proficiency across various DAS OEMs (ADRF, Corning, Andrew, JMA, SOLiD) and operator-grade small cells (Ericsson, Nokia, Andrew).
• Past experience with commissioning and optimization to ensure field teams are performing the work correctly and to perform the work if called upon.
• Experience working within groups using comprehensive project management tools to guide and track deployment activities.
• Demonstrated ability for prioritizing activities, time management and organizing work activities.
• Demonstrated project execution in multi-site programs with remote field teams; excellent documentation and stakeholder communication.
• Highly motivated and self-driven with ability to identify and complete tasks without direct supervision.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot network problems and work under pressure during both business hours and if called upon, in off-hours.

Preferred

• Cellular network opera…