
Matthew James Group Ltd
RAN Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £104,000 - 130,000 per year
Requirements:- 5 years Ericsson RAN experience
- Strong Ericsson BBU commissioning experience
- Experience deploying or integrating IRUs and/or Ericsson Radio Dots
- Good knowledge of LTE and 5G RAN
- Experience supporting ATP / acceptance testing
- Strong fault-finding and integration experience
- Support deployment and commissioning activities across the private 5G network
- Install and verify Ericsson BBUs and IRUs
- Inspect and validate existing Ericsson Radio Dots
- Verify grounding, power, cabling and GNSS synchronisation
- Carry out Day-0 / Day-1 commissioning activities
- Integrate the Network Controller with the RAN
- Register IRUs and Radio Dots
- Configure radios and validate operational status
- Support SIM onboarding and provisioning
- Perform throughput and latency testing
- Perform mobility and handover testing
- Perform redundancy and failover testing
- Carry out ATP / acceptance testing and defect closure
- Troubleshoot BBU, IRU, Radio Dot and radio integration issues
- Support
- Network
More:
We are supporting a client with a major private 5G deployment within a large manufacturing environment. This is a hands-on deployment and commissioning role focused on installing, integrating, testing and stabilising an Ericsson Private 5G indoor RAN / Radio Dot System. The role is based in the West Midlands on an initial 4 to 6 month contract, with a possibility of further extension depending on experience.
last updated 39 week of 2026
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Matthew James Group Ltd
Birmingham
IT
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