Principal WIFI Engineer

Principal WIFI Engineer (Hybrid – Denver, CO)

• Optomi, in partnership with a leading telecommunications company, is seeking a Principal WIFI Engineer for a hybrid role in their Denver, CO location! The right candidate will be responsible for providing wireless technologies leadership and development, including mobile, engineering design, and deployment support.

Responsibilities of the right candidate:

• Provide technology leadership and lead the development of complex end-to-end technology solutions involving devices/CPEs, access, transport, core and backend systems.
• Assess new products requirements and develop technology solutions and architecture design to support them.
• Test & certify new Small Cells, Home/SMB Routers, Wireless AP (Access Points), Wireless Access Gateways (WAGs) and Controllers products for the field to deploy.
• Works with Operations to resolve WiFi and mobile access network issues that could impact the business and/or the customer.
• Provide guidelines and technical leadership for the develop of tools and processes to support new products and technology solutions development, testing and validation.
• Validate the capabilities of technologies through lab evaluation and possibly field trials. Perform lab evaluation and field trials to validate new technology concepts.
• Drive new innovative technologies and approaches (802.11ad/ay, UWB, BNC, Mesh Network, and others) for increasing the performance, reliability, and QoE (Quality of Experience) for customers.
• Support new wireless technologies and other initiatives that may include improving network security, virus detection, virtualization of network functions, along with new applications and services.
• Support efforts to maximize the performance of Spectrum WiFi (public WiFi infrastructure).
• Develop tools and processes for engineering design, testing and certification of new technology solutions and products.
• Review all designs, code and unit test plans where applicable.
• Participate and contribute to RFPs/RFIs, hardware and software evaluations and vendors contracts negotiations.

Qualifications of the right candidate:

• Must have a deep knowledge in wireless access technologies including WiFi5, WiFi6 and WiFi7, 4G-LTE and familiar with 5G and a clear track record of excellence managing the wireless access engineering systems within an organization of a well-known media brand.
• Must be proficient with the use of network diagnostics, troubleshooting and inventory tools, including but not limited to SQL databases, Splunk, Plume, Scope.
• Familiarity with the CPE Wireless Gateway and Router designs and roadmap plans for all major Operators in the U.S., Operational experience with WiFi and 4G-LTE,
• Ability to manage and deliver against several initiatives simultaneously Related
• 12 years of experience with Wireless Technology Development & Management working with the top MSOs, Telco, satellite operators or major wireless vendor in the U.S.
• BSEE in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent; MBA preferred.