NPO Engineer At Nokia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

About the job

Come create the technology that helps the world act togeth er

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work.

The team you'll be part of

Our Business Group is a leader in wireless mobility networks and associated services . As Nokia's growth engine, we create value for communication service providers and enterprise customers by leading the transition to cloud-native software and as-a-service delivery models. Our inclusive team of dreamers, doers and disruptors push the limits from impossible to possible .

What You Will Learn And Contribute To

As part of our team, you will:

Be optimizing the network towards achieving and maintaining performance above targets in Quality metrics set out on the SLA’s.
Be an i mportant contributor to development of the overall goals and objectives of the company
Be dedicated to one specific customer and/or Technology.
Be able to do E2E scopes, like driving a project from beginning to end (from Design, implementation, acceptance, ongoing optimization to maintenance contracts).
Participate and drive Nokia Radio ongoing activities.
Be part of a senior NPO team with experience in Radio NPO activities, where Competence Transfer and team build are the foundations of the team.
Be part of a growing team with great career opportunities.
Have great autonomy to manage your time, work from home and develop yourself in the area that motivate you.

Your Skills And Experience

You have:

Fine tune Radio Parameters for Network Quality Improvement to meet customer set KPI targets
Plan Radio Network Parameters for new sites
Prepare and analyze Radio Network Performance Indicators and Counters Reports
Carry out Technical Site Surveys for various Projects including new sites and expansion sites
Carry out Physical Site Optimization
Carry out Drive Test Activities whenever needed
Coordinate various projects from Radio Network point of view
Perform Site Acceptance for new integrations including new sites and expansion sites
Supervise Drive Test projects by third parties
Preparation and maintenance of Radio Network Site Database.
Carry out any other activities required by the immediate supervisor
Radio Network Optimization on 2G, 3G and 4G
Multivendor (Ericsson and Huawei at least) expertise of 2G, 3G and 4G Optimization tools
Radio Network Planning with Mentum Planet, Nastar and NetAct
Drive Test with G-Net, XCAL, NEMO, GENEX PROBE and TEMS
Drive Test Post processing with TEMS, Gladiator and Actix/Analyzer
Excellent knowledge of company’s objectives and strategies
High level knowledge: applies technical expertise and has full knowledge of other related disciplines.
Exhibits good level of creativity and resourcefulness
Business awareness
Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills
Excellent planning skills
High personal standard and goal oriented
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent and effective communications skills, both orally and in writing
Engineering Graduate with min 5 years of relevant experience in radio network design and optimization.
Analysis of end to end call traces of LTE/VoLTE/2G/3G
Knowledge of RF design fundamentals, RF propagation behavior and Model Tuning
Solid understanding of Network Optimization and Network Performance principles
Familiarity with OSS tools, reporting solution, counters & parameters and Feature implementation
Analysis of RAN KPIs, investigation and improvement of network quality problems
Implementation of new RAN features, and tuning of RAN database parameters
Experience with SON (Optimizer), XCAL, NEMO analyzer, Tems Discovery, NQDI
To develop various guideline, process documents & XML/Data build creation on need basis
Good understanding of Handover, Power Control, MIMO, Link Adaptation, Paging, Admission Control
Good understanding of Handover, Power Control, MIMO, Link Adaptation, Paging, Admission Control, Scheduler, Idle & Connected mode procedures etc & corresponding call flows wherever applicable
Knowledge and experience of working on Smart Antenna Schemes such as MIMO, Beamforming etc
Knowledge and experience of working on Remote Radio Head environment is advantageous.
Experience in customer management and care to maximise customer satisfaction
Ability to multi-task, work independently and coordinate resources to achieve desired goals.
Must be willing to work in different time zones and open for travel

It would be nice if you also had:

5G competences, knowledges
Team management oriented

What We Offer

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people.

Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect. Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.

Job

NW Design & Optimisation - Performance & Optimisation Specialist

Primary Location

Middle East & Africa-Tanzania, United Republic of-Tanzania, United Republic of-Dar es Salaam

Schedule

Full-time