RAN Deployment & Integration Engineer

RAN Deployment & Integration Engineer

Location: Solihull, UK

Outside Ir35 Long term contract

Minimum:

5+ years Ericsson RAN experience,Ericsson BBU/IRU implementation experience

ATP support experience, Manufacturing/private network experience preferred

Objective: Support deployment, commissioning, integration, ATP validation, and stabilization of the Ericsson Private 5G Indoor RAN / Radio Dots System,infrastructure within JLR manufacturing facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Hardware Deployment with the help of JLR Contracter
• Install and verify Ericsson BBUs.
• Install and verify IRUs.
• Inspect and validate existing Radio Dots.
• Verify grounding, power, and cabling connections.
• Verify GNSS synchronization connectivity.

Commissioning & Integration

• Perform Day-0 and Day-1, Mostly commissioning activities - till the point the Network Controller, BBU, IRU and Dots are visible in cloud NMP Portal
• Support Network Controller to RAN integration.
• Verify IRU and DOT registration.
• Validate radio configuration and operational status.
• Support SIM onboarding validation.

Testing & ATP Support

• Execute throughput tests.
• Execute latency tests.
• Execute mobility and handover tests.
• Support subscriber data and SIM provisioning validation.
• Execute redundancy and failover testing.
• Support ATP documentation and defect closure.

Troubleshooting :

• Troubleshoot BBU, IRU, DOT, and radio integration issues.
• Support fault isolation activities.
• Escalate OEM issues to Ericsson L2/L3.

Hypercare:

• Support initial network stabilization.
• Participate in KPI reviews.
• Support issue resolution during hypercare.

Skills & Experience

Mandatory**:

• Ericsson Radio Access Network experience.
• BBU commissioning experience.
• IRU and Radio Dot deployment experience.
• LTE/5G RAN fundamentals.
• ATP and acceptance testing experience.
• Understanding of mobility and handover validation.

Preferred

• Ericsson EP5G experience.
• Manufacturing/private network deployments.
• GNSS synchronization knowledge.

Deliverables

• BBU commissioned.
• IRU commissioned.
• DOT verification completed.
• ATP support completed.
• Handover readiness achieved.