The Design Planning Specialist designs, analyzes, and plans network components for customer communication implementation. They develop and evaluate network performance criteria and prepare capacity needs analysis. This role conducts network architecture design, feasibility, and cost studies, including alternative routing scenarios. They perform end-to-end design activities for physical network deployment, considering economic and population growth impacts.
Responsibilities- Consults and develops complex network configurations, capacity planning, and interface analysis, providing overall engineering support.
- Develops network-wide designs, covering performance, spectrum, and capacity recommendations across regions.
- Defines interworking between layers and technologies, and performs root cause analysis.
- Provides advanced product dimensioning solutions.
- Defines processes and standards, and generates technical documentation for network element implementation.
- Collaborates with teams and consults with customers on end-to-end solution definition and architecture.
- Defines and promotes proposed architectures and complex use cases.
- Leads tools automation and supports the pre-sales team during RFI/RFQ phases.
You have:
- Minimum 12+ years of experience in mobile network planning and design (RAN).
- Network Engineering & Planning: Consults and develops complex network configurations, capacity planning, and interface analysis, providing overall engineering support.
- Network Design & Optimization: Develops network-wide designs, covering performance, spectrum, and capacity recommendations across regions.
- Technical Interworking & Analysis: Defines interworking between layers and technologies, and performs root cause analysis.
- Solution Architecture & Customer Collaboration: Collaborates with teams and consults with customers on end-to-end solution definition and architecture.
It would be nice if you also had:
- Process & Documentation: Defines processes and standards, and generates technical documentation for network element implementation.
- Architectural Promotion: Defines and promotes proposed architectures and complex use cases.
- Automation & Pre-sales Support: Leads tools automation and supports the pre-sales team during RFI/RFQ phases.
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- Flexible and hybrid working schemes
- A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave, with the option to return to work within a year following the birth or adoption of a child (based on eligibility)
- Life insurance to all employees to provide peace of mind and financial security
- Well-being programs to support your mental and physical health
- Opportunities to join and receive support from Nokia Employee Resource Groups (NERGs)
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- A learning environment which promotes personal growth and professional development - for your role and beyond
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At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a trusted partner for critical networks, we are committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. We create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs. Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable and inclusive world.
