The Opportunity:

• Responsible for providing wireless technology leadership for the development of wireless technologies including WiFi and mobile, engineering design, and deployment support.

• Requires hands-on experience with a broad range of wireless technologies including WiFi, 4G-LTE and IoT as well as competency with key networking elements such as routing, switching, and security.

Responsibilities:

• Provides technology leadership and leads the development of complex end-to-end technology solutions involving devices/CPEs, access, transport, core and backend systems.

• Assesses new product requirements and develop technology solutions and architecture design to support them.

• Tests & certifies new Small Cells, Home/SMB Routers, Wireless AP (Access Points) and Controllers products for the field to deploy.

• Works with Operations to resolve WiFi and mobile access network issues that could impact the business and/or the customer.

• Provides guidelines and technical leadership for the development of tools and processes to support new products and technology solutions development, testing and validation.

• Validate the capabilities of technologies through lab evaluation and possibly field trials.

• Perform lab evaluation and field trials to validate new technology concepts.

• Drives new innovative technologies and approaches (802.11ad/ay, UWB, BNC, Mesh Network, and others) for increasing the performance, reliability, and QoE (Quality of Experience) for customers.

• Supports new wireless technologies and other initiatives that may include improving network security, virus detection, virtualization of network functions, along with new applications and services.

• Supports efforts to maximize the performance of Spectrum WiFi (public WiFi infrastructure).

• Develops tools and processes for engineering design, testing and certification of new technology solutions and products.

• Reviews all designs, code and unit test plans where applicable.

• Participates and contributes to RFPs/RFIs, hardware and software evaluations and vendor contracts negotiations.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have a deep knowledge in wireless access technologies including WiFi, 4G-LTE and familiar with 5G and a clear track record of excellence managing the wireless access engineering systems within an organization of a well-known media brand.

Skills/Abilities and Knowledge:

• Familiarity with the CPE Wireless Gateway and Router designs and roadmap plans for all major Operators in the U.S.

• Operational experience with WiFi and 4G-LTE

• Ability to manage and deliver against several initiatives simultaneously

Related Work Experience:

• 12+ years – Wireless Technology Development & Management working with the top MSOs, Telco, satellite operators or major wireless vendors in the U.S.

• Education- BSEE in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent; MBA preferred.