4G​/5G​/RF Engineer

Center for Applied Communications and Networks

4G/5G/RF Engineer

Texas A&M University System Offices

Center for Applied Communications and Networks

Commensurate

Bryan, Texas

Staff

The System Offices is one of several system members within the Texas A&M University System representing one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a network of 12 universities, a comprehensive health science center, eight state agencies, Texas A&M – Fort Worth and the Texas A&M - RELLIS Campus. The Texas A&M University System mission is to provide education, conduct research, commercialize technology, offer training, and deliver services for the people of Texas and beyond.

The System Offices, within the Texas A&M University System, provides an outstanding benefits package including, but not limited to: competitive health benefits; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; a defined benefit retirement plan to include an employer contribution through Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS); if applicable, a defined contribution retirement plan to include an employer contribution through an approved ORP vendor: additional voluntary tax deferred annuity (TDA) options;

tuition assistance; and wellness programs to promote work/life balance.

$8,750.00 - $12,916.66 commensurate with experience.

The 4G/5G/RF Engineer (officially titled Wireless Systems Research Engineer III, IV, or Senior I) works under general direction to manage the department’s internal wireless network systems while conducting and supporting basic and applied research in wireless technologies.

This role leverages a strong understanding of existing wireless networks to design, implement, integrate, troubleshoot, and test creative and innovative solutions to emerging challenges in next-generation wireless communications. Areas of focus include:

• 4G/5G wireless network
• Radio access network (RAN) systems (including O-RAN)
• RF fundamentals
• Device-to-Device (D2D) communications
• Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications
• Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)
• Cognitive Radio and intelligent wireless systems

This is more than an opportunity to study emerging wireless technologies—it is an opportunity to design, deploy, test, and research them in a real-world environment.

We don’t just read about the future of wireless communications. We build and test it.

• Conducts evaluation and analysis of technical approaches to research opportunities.
• Conducts research and evaluation of appropriate equipment, protocols, designs, procedures, and tools to address research requirements.
• Produces network designs and other technical aspects of the research proposal submission.

• Helps establish standards and plans for new or upgraded research networks.
• Collects and evaluates input from researchers, systems administrators, contractors, and vendors to develop specifications, requirements, and plans for networks.
• Designs activities for network research projects.
• Recommends research network designs.
• Helps establish standards and processes used to detail network engineering designs, and assists with planning and mapping methods, procedures, problems, and repairs to those standards and processes.
• Designs research network system security measures, configuration backup, and security methods.

• Collaborates with research team and develops work plans and time schedules for projects including outlining phases, identifying personnel, and networking requirements.
• Helps establish standards for the implementation of new technology deployments and research network integration and interoperability testing.
• Configures, installs, and tests research networks.
• Tests the methods and plans used to certify sophisticated research networking projects to required installation design standards.

• Helps establish protocols and processes for problem management and support.
• Provides Tier I, Tier II and some Tier Ill support for network issues and assists the rest of the research team as needed on other support issues.
• Performs diagnostics and repair of complex hardware and software problems.
• Monitors and evaluates effectiveness of established processes and protocols.
• Helps establish procedures for compliance with network security regulations.