Detailed job description – RAN Architect (4G/5G)

1.1 Designation

Architect/Sr Architect

1.2 Role

Responsible for development of 4G and 5G RAN products in Mobility Engine Business Unit. Developing a
good understanding of business needs, end customer requirements, requirements development, with a
good understanding of CRAN solutions for deployment with Tier-1 operators.

1.3 Reports To

Reports to Director of Engineering (Mobility Engine).

1.4 Direct Reports

None

1.5 Responsibilities and Key Result Areas

As a architect, is primarily responsible for the following:

Technical responsibilities:
 Responsible for architecture of end to end deployable 4G/5G RAN solutions
 Develops detailed product requirements based on prior product experience and customer inputs
 Reviews detailed design and validation plan
 Helps in identifying testing strategies and test plan development
 Plays a key role in technical proposals, pre-sales estimations and preparing statement of work
 Oversees key quality practices in design, code and test plan reviews
 Makes key technical decisions in the project including responsibilities in project change control
board (CCB) for any requirements changes or enhancements
 Ensures customer facing product documentation content and quality meeting the product delivery
requirements
 Advises project managers on the composition of the team required to complete the job
 Recommends staffing requirements of projects
 Helps make technical trade-offs by being a decision maker in case of a technical conflict within
the team regarding design, coding, testing methods or execution
 Interacts with product management, pre-sales and sales/account teams for aligning product
features to customer needs.
 Interacts with potential and new customers for new project opportunities and contributes to
technical proposals
 Works with Sales/PLM in leading customer interactions
 Contributes to technical proposals and pre-sales estimations
 Works across multiple Business Units to develop new business opportunities

Thought leadership and people development:

 Contributes to thought leadership activities (whitepapers, standards contribution etc.)
 Leads and supports innovation (patents, whitepapers)
 Leads project/product/process/technical initiatives
 Develops and mentors junior technical members
 Trains team members on technology and project related aspects
 Contributes to performance appraisal of the senior technical staff in the team
 Acts as a role model for other technical members in the group
1.6 Accountability and Authorities

Accountability
 Makes all key technical decisions
 Accountable for specific deliverables such as product requirements and product design
 Accountable for overall quality of all project deliverables

Authority
 To approve the architecture, product requirements, design documents and the system test
specifications.

1.7 Decision Making

 Defines/Approves any architectural changes in project/product

 Approves all key technical decisions and trade-offs in project/product

1.8 External Interfacing (need to travel for occasional face to face interactions)

 With customers for analyzing the requirements

 Participation in standardization bodies

1.9 Experience

 12+ years in design, development and technical leadership

 Experience of developing and deploying small cells solutions with Tier-1 operators

1.10 Qualification

 Graduate/Post-graduate in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Science Engineering

1.11 Know-how

 Strong system design and architecture definition capabilities

 Expertise in LTE/5G RAN technology
 Excellent understanding and insight in 3GPP 4G and 4G specifications (RAN and core network)
 Solid experience in wireless LTE RAN product development
 Extensive experience in deploying and supporting wireless solutions with operators
 Hands-on experience and expertise in estimating medium or large size projects
 Deep insight of Unix like operating systems
 Knowledge and hands-on experience in performance optimization techniques and tools
 Knowledge of architectural and design patterns
 Good appreciation of software engineering principles
 Exposure to pre-sales or business development activities
 Ability drive face to face meetings and teleconference calls

1.12 Skill Set

 Soft Skills
 Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, presentation and listening)
 Influencing skills
 Delegation skills
 Stakeholder management skills

 Job Skills
 Comfortable with many software technologies
 Has worked on various languages and platforms
 Abstraction and analytical skills, Capable of decomposing complex problems