As the mobile phone penetration in Uganda grows and with more people working remotely now than ever before, the telecommunications industry has never been more critical. Customers demand faster speeds, better speech quality and coverage everywhere they go. The radio planning department is the intellectual engine behind the cost-effective implementation of GSM/WCDMA/LTE/5G/WIFI/WIMAX technology and is directly responsible for the last mile delivery of all products and resources to the wireless cellular phone user. The Optimisation Engineer is to ensure that the radio access network infrastructure delivers the highest quality of service to the end user in their allocated region.

Main Job Functions:
• Consolidation of capacity requirements for 2G, 3G, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi from the business and site performance KPIs.
• Consolidate regional coverage requirements for 2G/3G/LTE/WIMAX/WIFI/5G from Marketing, Sale & Distribution, Customer Service, Radio Planning and other stakeholders for inclusion in the annual budget cycle.
• Ensuring that site physical parameters are strategically positioned to meet the predetermined business targets and counter competition.
• Ensuring all network related regulatory and group key performance indicator targets are met through liaising with OEM and Managed Services partners
• Follow up on site rollout projects for 2G, 3G, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi to ensure that drive tests, configuration and performance checks are properly done.
• Evaluation of new equipment like new BTSs, Node Bs, antennas, eNodeBs, new RRUs
• Evaluation of new RAN network solutions and technologies such as OPENRAN, network sharing, refarming, spectrum sharing.
• Play a supervisory role for major RAN projects such as modernization and site build in terms of the site performance
• Generation of reports on 2G/3G/LTE/WiMAX/Wi-Fi sites performance

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)
Education:
• Bachelors’ degree from a recognized University in any of these fields; Electrical / Telecommunications Engineering
• Project management approach such as Prince II or PMBOK an added advantage

Experience:
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in radio planning and optimisation which must include:
• Experience across diverse OEM vendors such as ZTE, HUAWEI, ERICSSON
• Experience working with subcontractors to deliver on assigned works.
• Experience working with radio planning tools such as ASSET, MAPINFO, Google earth.
• Strong understanding of different radio network configurations for 2G, 3G, WIFI, WIMAX, LTE
• Project Management

Experience, Skills And Attributes That Would Be Advantageous:
• Knowledge of OPENRAN an added advantage
• Knowledge of advanced 5G planning would be an added advantage.
• Advanced proficiency in EXCEL
• Analytics & Business Intelligence skills
• Flexibility and Agility in problem solving and working hours.
• Planning and organizational skills
• Communication/reporting skills (verbal and written)
• Map reading and basic surveying skills
• Drive test skills