RAN Systems Engineer

Position Summary

Headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) is a leader in mobile technologies, consumer electronics, home appliances, and enterprise solutions. From our humble beginnings to our current status as a tech leader, our passion for innovation has been the common thread throughout our history. SEA is a global brand that pushes boundaries and defies barriers, providing groundbreaking connected experiences across a large portfolio of products and services, including mobile devices, home appliances, entertainment, 5G networks, and digital displays.

As an ENERGY STAR® Corporate Commitment Partner, SEA is dedicated to making a positive environmental impact through eco‑conscious products, practices, and operations.

Samsung Electronics America (SEA) seeks an experienced RAN Systems Engineer to join our Wireless network team. The RAN Systems Engineer will be responsible for:

• Developing product and feature requirements, and performing system and performance analysis.
• Leading field integration testing efforts (FFA/FIT/FSA) of all 4G/5G key features with customers and driving cross‑functional teams until software acceptance is achieved.
• Analyzing the customer requirements, converting them into system requirements, and capturing detailed designs for the development team to support Samsung’s product features.
• Delivering technical proposals, research/white papers, design documents, operator network design, RFI/RFP, and patent filings.
• Performing product and feature performance analysis, evaluating new products and software releases, and providing third‑party product evaluations to build product synergies.
• Reviewing and recommending performance improvements for SA, NSA, and LTE RAN networks by evaluating and trending key KPIs; performing trials and providing optimization guidelines.
• Providing expert technical support in the pre‑sales process and creating compelling technical and commercial solutions to help achieve assigned sales goals and business objectives.
• Translating and communicating highly complex technical design considerations to Samsung’s sales team and the carriers’ network business.
• Educating customers on Samsung’s new products and services individually and in team environments.
• Ensuring customer commitments are achieved according to plan.
• Collaborating with support organizations, logistics, and cross‑functional teams from SEA and Samsung HQ to achieve successful new product rollouts and developments.
• Accountable for Tier 3 support; analyzing and troubleshooting scheduler‑related issues reported from customer labs, field sites, and production networks.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• 8+ years of technical experience in Wireless Telecommunication Engineering, including 7+ years in Software Development.
• In‑depth knowledge of RRC, S1‑MME, S1‑U, and X2 protocols, and understanding of concepts such as Hybrid Beamforming, Massive MIMO, New Waveforms, LTE‑ & co‑existence, 5G Numerologies, etc.
• 3
  
  GPP RAN product architecture, design, implementation, and performance improvements (KPIs).
• Thorough understanding of 3
  
  GPP specifications for LTE/LTE‑A/5G features and protocols.
• Working knowledge of various RF antenna technologies and network optimizations.
• Ability to travel sporadically during the project.

• Experience with system engineering activities such as feature requirements identification, feature description documentation, parameter optimization, performance analysis, test strategy creation, and problem troubleshooting.
• Experience with ongoing 3
  
  GPP Rel‑15/16 activities.
• Strong programming skills in C, experience with memory optimizations, multi‑core programming, and assembly language debugging.
• Good understanding of scheduler functionality.

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