RAN Expert

Job Title: RAN Expert

About the Role:

The RAN Expert will be part of the innovation team based in Madrid, Spain, within the Global Access area of the Chief Technology Office (GCTIO) of Telefónica.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analysis of new technical enablers in 6G.
• Analysis of new capabilities in RAN related to different 3GPP releases and O-RAN specifications.
• Participation in European and national research projects, such as those of the SNS and UNICO I+D programs.
• Participation in lab activities related to radio access networks.

Requirements:

• Master Engineer, with RAN expertise, with more than six years of experience working on radio access networks design and evolution.
• PhD is a plus.
• Project management capabilities with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and efficient communication through conversational talks and reports/publications.
• Ability to influence and drive change, fostering innovation and creativity within teams.
• Ability to lead complex development projects providing mentoring and guidance to junior researchers and engineers in the team.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Capability to understand business requirements and convert them into technological requirements.
• Capability to identify and resolve problems independently in a continuous environment.
• Dynamic attitude, adaptable, self-learner, and proactive.
• Availability for frequent national and international travel to support European/global projects.

Technical Skills:

• Deep knowledge in radio access networks with special focus on 5G/5G-Advanced wireless domain including network architecture, protocol stack, and standards.
• Strong knowledge of L1/L3 RAN stack, coding algorithms, and layer procedures implementation.
• Good knowledge of air-interface relevant principles and algorithms for next-generation mobile networks (MIMO, OFDM, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of digital communication, signal processing, and wireless communications systems.
• Knowledge of RAN hardware design (RF, antenna unit, baseband processing unit, etc.).
• Knowledge of cloud/virtual networks (SDN/NFV/CNF/Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of AI/ML principles.
• Knowledge of global RAN standards (3GPP/O-RAN).
• Strong experience working with programming languages (C/C++/Python) and object-oriented design skills.
• Troubleshooting and bug debugging skills.