ESN Engineer

ESN Engineer

Ericsson – Scotland, Dumfries (applicants should reside in or be willing to relocate to Dumfries).

As an ESN Engineer, you will own a designated group of sites, working as part of a four‑person team covering adjacent territories. The role requires you to be self‑managing, proactively maintaining your sites and collaborating closely with other ESN engineers and the wider FSO team to solve problems, with the goal of boosting network resilience and network availability.

Position requires a flexible work schedule, including participation in a 24/7 on‑call rota and potential shift work to handle tasks outside normal business hours. You must be prepared to travel and stay away from home for service recovery mainly on remote islands. In a major network event scenario, you should be available to lead and complete the recovery in your own and adjoining areas.

• Conduct corrective maintenance activities and manage site facility operations.
• Takes full responsibility for assigned Emergency Service Network (ESN) sites, proactively maintaining them to prevent failures and leading the coordination with other technical teams to resolve any issues that arise.
• Assumes a leadership role in problem management for your area, resolving major issues in your own and neighbouring areas.
• Works individually, as part of the FSO and wider Ericsson teams to achieve the right‑first‑time resolution of work within customer SLAs without compromising safe working practices.
• Performs reactive and proactive maintenance on multi‑customer, multi‑technology networks, achieving agreed performance targets (mostly EE/ESN).
• Participates in a 24/7 call‑out rota covering all equipment in the service area.
• Assists in the development and review of FSO processes and procedures with a view to maximizing efficiency.

• Radio Frequency (RF) transmission and receiver systems employed in mobile communication equipment.
• AC/DC power systems (single phase and three phase).
• UPS systems and deployed ESN generators.
• Satellite backhaul systems.
• Rectification and power distribution systems.
• GSM, UMTS and LTE fundamentals.
• Cellular network fundamentals, mobility management, and cell planning.
• Radio access network and core network architecture.
• Antenna systems, mast‑head amplifiers, feeder systems and connectors.

• Seniority level:
  Not applicable
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Other
• Industries:
  Telecommunications