Senior Field Telecoms Engineer (284dm) – London-Heathrow

Senior Field Telecoms Engineer (284dm) – London-Heathrow - £42,000-£45,000 DOE

Our client, a successful multinational corporation, is looking for a front of house and security officer for their head office, in Central London by St James Park.

The Senior Field Engineer will be part of a team consisting of the Principal, System & Service Engineers.

Key Qualifications and Experience.

• Strong understanding of RF engineering, including modulation techniques, RF propagation, antennas, and filtering.

• Experience with digital and analog radio systems (e.g., DMR, TETRA, P25, LTE/5G MCX, SDR).

• Understanding of radio base station architectures, including repeaters, gateways, controllers, and network backhaul.

• Experience working with public safety, commercial, or private radio networks (DMR Tier II/III, TETRA, P25, LTE/5G MCX).

• Ability to analyse and diagnose issues relating to coverage, interference, handover, and system capacity.

• Familiarity with base station transmit/receive chains, power amplifiers, duplexers, combiners, and tower-mounted equipment.

• Understanding of IP networking concepts used in modern radio infrastructure (VLANs, QoS, routing, firewalls).

• When required (not weekly) be available to travel and stay away from home for several nights/week

• Experience with remote monitoring and diagnostics using NMS (Network Management Systems).

• Extensive knowledge in Programming handheld & mobile devices including building of the code plugs

• Strong documentation skills (schematics, test reports, design notes).

• Experience using RF test equipment (spectrum analysers, network analysers, oscilloscopes, signal generators).

• Experience in vehicle installations

• Knowledge in fibre connected systems

• Good communication skills for reporting progress and explaining technical issues.

• Experience in working on DMR radio systems and subsequent end user devices with common main manufacturer equipment – Hytera / TAIT / Simoco / Motorola

• Excellent client facing skills with very strong verbal & written communication

• Able to work under own initiative and within a team environment

• Clean ‘manual’ driving license

• Experience of working under pressurised situations in delivering service & response activities where strict SLAs are to be met

• Available 5-year employment/gap history to enable gaining an airside pass

• SC Cleared is advantageous

• Knowledge of Wi-Fi installation and maintenance is advantageous

• Awareness of health & safety requirements for radio sites (RF exposure, working at heights, electrical safety).

• Understanding of spectrum licensing, regulatory limits, and compliance requirements for high-power transmitters.

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