Radio Network - Optimisation Specialist

Location: London, Newbury (Blended home working)
Salary: Competitive + Vodafone Benefits
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri)

Vodafone UK Networks is the team that makes the magic happen, bringing Gigafast speed and innovation to our customers. We’re continually building and enhancing our best ever network, that connects businesses and millions of people across the country for a better future.

What will you be doing?

Our Regional Radio teams in London/Newbury have a number of opportunities for driven and innovative radio engineers to improve performance by ensuring the best possible design, configuration and optimisation of our access network, The focus will be on ensuring that Vodafone achieves the best network performance and coverage KPIs in the UK market,

Your role is about optimising and improving the 2G/3G/4G/5G radio design within the regional team which involves understanding the current radio performance issues in terms of network KPIs and customer complaints, site design weaknesses and implementing improvements for new or existing ones, to meet Vodafone performance targets. Analysis of existing hardware/antenna configurations and proposals to improve network performance. Analysis of radio KPIs and close interaction with Radio Planning, Deployment teams and Operations are the key tasks and responsibilities expected for this role.

Who are we looking for?

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  Must have an excellent understanding of 2G,3G, 4G radio network technology and the basics of 5G.
• Drive Trial Analysis (Layer 3 messages)
• Must have experience on radio coverage planning (including planning tools like Atoll)
• Experience of local optimisation techniques (parametric and physical optimisation) and associated processes
• Experience of working as part of a team or virtual teams to meet challenging timescales
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

What’s in it for you?

An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We’re also proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility to support individuals returning to work after a career break and our market-leading parental leave policies. We’re committed to supporting you throughout every step of your career at Vodafone.

Together we can

Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (careers.vodafone.co.uk) under Career Support, for guidance.

Posting end date: 24th Jan 2023

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Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.