Technical Lead Network Trials
On-siteBudapest, Budapest, Hungary
Job Summary
Oversee Design, Test/Validation, and Operational activities for ORAN trials in Europe, managing installation and commissioning support for lab and production environments. Define Low Level Design structures, create test cases and plans, and execute feature, performance, and inter-operability tests while documenting results and ensuring sign-off at each milestone. Provide regular internal reporting on progress, risks, and issues, manage approved subcontractors, and maintain high-standard documentation across all trial functions. Based in Budapest with occasional travel to Germany, this role requires a proven track record in RAN and virtualization technologies to ensure successful trial delivery and customer satisfaction.
Required Qualifications
- Educated to Degree Level, preferably in Telecoms, IT or Computer Science
- Minimum of 10 years experience in the Mobile Telecommunication Market
- Self-confident and firm stance towards the Customer, Partners, Staff and Subcontractors
- Proven ability to control the performance of Staff / Partners / Subcontractors
- Excellent Knowledge of Open Radio Access Technologies
- Strong knowledge of virtualisation technologies and Kubernetes
- UNIX/Linux experience and script development
- Know-how and experience in mobile radio networks (GSM/LTE/NR/ORAN)
- Deep understanding of 2G/4G/5G call processing and signalling
- Extensive experience for lab activities, integration, testing/validation, performances analysis via counters & traces
- Extensive knowledge of Network Design methodologies and design preparation (HLD/LLD) in RAN/vRAN
- Initiative and autonomy in approach to work
- Excellent Reporting Skills
- Excellent Presentation Skills
- MS Office Suite (High Competence)
- Excel, Word and PowerPoint (High Competence)
- Fluent in spoken and written English and Hungarian
- Good report writing skills
- Willingness to travel as required
- Strong team player
- Ability to work under tight timelines and demands
- Essential Soft Skills
- A good understanding of the relationship between supplier and customer during the Delivery and Maintenance phases, with a minimum of 8 years' experience in a similar role
- Ability to influence customers towards Client's preferred solutions
- A high level of presentation, communication and planning skills
- Ability to deliver final proposal documents to a high standard within tight timescales
- Effective communicator with excellent inter-personnel and presentation skills
- Able to access and communicate with all levels of management
- Enthusiastic and positive attitude
- Self-motivated, able to work with minimal supervision
Desired Qualifications
- German also nice to have
- Track record in the successful Network Delivery and Operations
- Previous experience working in a European service organisation in a similar role
- Previous experience in a similar role with CSP's across Europe
- Experience working with organisations who provide components of the Open RAN stacks e.g. Dell/HPE/WindRiver/RedHat
- Past experience working with Telecommunications divisions with Head Quarters in Asia an advantage
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