RAN Staff Systems Engineer 5G / O-RAN

ANDREW, an Amphenol company, is a leader in wireless innovation, seeking a Systems Engineer to help shape the future of connectivity. The role focuses on translating customer and product needs into detailed system requirements and collaborating across teams to define RAN and DAS systems for real-world deployments.

Responsibilities:

• Translating customer, operator, and product requirements into detailed technical system requirements
• Defining functional behavior, interface specifications, and architecture design for RAN and DAS platforms
• Developing system design documentation describing platform, networking, protocol, and software interactions
• Identifying platform resource requirements including compute, memory, and hardware interface considerations
• Serving as the integration point between PLM, software, embedded, RF, and platform engineering teams
• Providing technical guidance to development teams throughout product lifecycle
• Driving system-level design reviews and requirement alignment across engineering organizations
• Supporting definition of feature roadmaps and system capabilities
• Working directly with operator, enterprise, and neutral-host customers to understand deployment requirements and performance expectations
• Supporting field trials, interoperability testing, and acceptance activities
• Translating field feedback and customer challenges into engineering improvements and feature requirements
• Defining system behavior across CU/DU/RU, DAS, and converged RAN deployments
• Supporting architecture development aligned with 3GPP and O-RAN specifications
• Ensuring system integration across hardware, embedded software, networking, and timing infrastructure
• Analyzing system tradeoffs to balance performance, scalability, and customer requirements
• Supporting cross-layer system troubleshooting and performance analysis
• Evaluating system behavior across networking, protocol, platform, and radio subsystems
• Contributing to system optimization and release readiness activities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field
• 8+ years of experience in wireless infrastructure, telecommunications systems, or RAN product development
• Experience defining or authoring system requirements, architecture documentation, or feature specifications
• Strong understanding of LTE and 5G RAN architecture and wireless system behavior
• Experience working across software, hardware, and networking system domains
• Exposure to customer deployments, interoperability testing, or carrier acceptance activities
• Working understanding of wireless protocols, networking technologies, and platform integration concepts
• Familiarity with O-RAN architecture and fronthaul technologies such as CPRI or eCPRI
• Experience working in cross-functional engineering environments
• Have experience working for RAN vendors, wireless infrastructure providers, or Open RAN ecosystem companies
• Have contributed to product definition, system architecture, or standards-driven development
• Have supported carrier deployments, stadium networks, or enterprise wireless deployments
• Have familiarity with embedded software or scripting languages used for system validation or automation
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to customers and engineering teams