WIRELESS SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and enhance new and existing wireless services in the area of location based services (LBS).
Responsible for product evaluation, project initiation, client and system requirements generation, vendor selection and management, design, development and testing. This is a unique opportunity to apply technical and business skills for product development.
Responsibilities center on leading large, multi-department teams to cooperatively design and develop strategic business initiatives in the wireless network.
Interact with vendors to identify, specify, negotiate, and deploy software and hardware solutions, sometimes including creation and management of an RFP/RFI process and negotiation of contracts.
Interface with internal teams such as marketing, other engineering teams, and IT to understand user, device/handset, billing, provisioning, alarming, capacity/demand trending, operational, administrative, and revenue assurance requirements.
Responsible for end-to-end system design, development and in ensuring that product/service is deployed on time with a high quality.

Job Requirements:

Knowledge and experience with mobile device platforms (BREW, RIM, Android, iOS, Windows Mobile), and wireless network technologies and protocols (XML, Mobile Web, MAP, ANSI-41, IS-801, J-STD-036, OMA MLP, SUPL, Device Management, AGPS, AFLT, 3GPP RRLP, LPP, SIP, XMPP, Wi-Fi, microlocation, GSM, CDMA, EVDO, Mobile IP, DNS, LTE, etc.) are required.
Ability to test, troubleshoot and determine root cause of technical issues is critical for this position.
Knowledge of LBS applications including navigational products for mobile devices, family locator, and other applications using mobile location functionality is highly desirable.
The candidate must have an understanding of precise and coarse location, as well as device-initiated and network-initiated location determination procedures.
The candidate must be a self-starter, and should be able to work in an unstructured and rapidly changing environment with or without direction.
Excellent written, and verbal communication and presentation skills are critical for this position. The candidate must have superior engineering, design, requirements specification, project management, and analytical skills.
The candidate must be organized and detail-oriented.
Ability to work individually or in a team environment are critical.
Bachelors or a Masters degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science along with 5+ years of relevant work experience with a wireless service provider or wireless equipment supplier is REQUIRED.