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Title:  Equipment Engineer
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Job Type:  Contract
Compensation:  $55.00 to $55.00 per Hour
Reference Code:  940600-WQG
Description:  The Equipment Implementation Engineer's responsibilities include updating the Front End Engineering Document (FEED). This task details analysis of cell site upgrades (e.g. UMTS and/or 850/1900 overlay or Site Growth) and producing a list of new equipment required by the design. Duties include:
  • Ensure equipment installations are adhering to customer specifications, vendor base station deployment standards, and all third party equipment installations and design parameters
  • Analyze, identify, and document detailed hardware specifications for multi vendor data, optical, power, and wireless base station equipments, based on equipment functionality, capacity and application of associated engineering rules and principals-all to ensure smooth equipment deployment and installations
  • Provide support or perform detailed site surveys: existing cabinets, floor space, lease review, electrical survey, structure analysis (if needed) along with detailed pictures of open cabinets, antenna including model numbers, TMAs, Cables, Diplexers etc.
  • Determine if the current cabinets have enough space to accommodate the TRX growth
  • Determine if there is enough room for the combiners needed for the growth
  • Determine if there is enough room to add proposed overlay equipment
  • Determine if a new T1 is needed for the growth based on the target TRX count and UMTS requirements
  • Determine additional rectifiers needed to fulfill the power solutions
Requirements:  The candidate in this role must have extensive knowledge of RF components, including: transmitters, receivers, antennas, amplifiers, diplexers, filters, cables, and power plant and other ancillary equipment. Knowledge of cost effectively engineering wireless cell sites and network equipment is required, as well as an understanding of wireless cell site networks and technologies including E911, Microwave AC/DC power solutions, and load calculations based on the target configuration and antenna systems.