Sr. Principal System Architect and ORAN Standardization Engineer

$188,320 - $325,938/Yr

Kyocera - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Senior

San Diego, CA

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Sr. Principal System architect & ORAN standard Engineer is responsible for the architecting of the RU/DU/CU the development based on the ORAN CUSM plane specifications and OTIC test specifications.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the architectural design and standard compliance for RU/DU/CU development-based ORAN CUSM plane specifications and OTIC test specifications to meet the system level functional and performance requirements
• Provide standard related CUS plane requirements, interface, and specification to support the Software/Hardware Development of RU and DU and CU
• Develop the requirements and specifications for M plane software implementation and Yang model based on the functionalities of the Kyocera RU
• Responsible for and collaborating with firmware engineers for the overall RU software architecture, interface, and modularization during development
• Align with 3GPP with related technical analysis and proposal
• Participate in ORAN Meeting to keep track of up-to-date development and submit contribution, if needed, based on the development requirements
• Product Strategy, Cloud Applications, Strategy, Solution Architecture

Requirements

• Master's with 13+ years or PhD with 5 years in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, communication area or related field preferred
• In-depth understanding of 3GPP 5G/4G systems and minimum 5 year experience in the active participation of the development of the 3GPP standard (RAN1 to RAN 4 with emphasis on RAN 1)
• Strong understanding of 5G-NR/4G Layer 1 specifications, physical/MAC layer protocol stack and procedures
• In-depth understanding of ORAN C/U/S/M specifications and compliance and conformance test specifications
• Experience in active participation and contribution to ORAN WG4 and/or 3GPP meetings on regular basis
• Ability to analyze difficult problems, debug and fix issues related to ORAN RU implementations
• Knowledge of L1 signal processing and mMIMO and implementation
• Strong understanding of programming language (C/C++, Python) coding
• Ability to take ownership and bring innovations in the development of commercial base station
• Good understand functionality related to Layer 2 (MAC/RLC/PDCP) and Layer 3 (RRC)
• Good understanding with BSP, HAL, Platform, and Application layer
• Good understanding of Linux system
• Good understanding of Xeon platform and RT kernel and accelerator
• Good understanding of cloudification and virtualization
• Experience with (R&S/Viavi) test equipment and software for Layer 1 test
• Adaptive and inclusive in a diverse global collaboration environment
• Good communication and Team Building. Ability to ask, learn, and discuss to learn quickly, build good mutual understanding, and resolve problems
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and solution

Benefits

• Competitive pay, benefits, and hours
• 120 hours of vacation accrued per year to start (that's 3 weeks/year for regular 8-hour shifts!)
• 10 Paid Holidays per year
• 401(k)
• 401(k) company match
• Pension
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible schedules
• Tuition reimbursement