• Ref# 236306455
• Radio Engineer in California

Summary:

• Radio Engineer / Project Manager with more than 11 years of experience in frequency planning, radio and microwave system design, propagation analysis, radio site selection and assessment (towers, roof-tops, etc), back haul arrangement, network optimization, need assessment, drafting of request for proposal, negotiation with vendor and project management.
• Extensive knowledge of FCC / FAA rules, regulations, and licensing.
• Performs engineering studies concerned with radio system coverage and land mobile radio system design for all frequency bands and associated back haul system, including microwave system, T1 lines, fiber optic line.
• Adept at managing field site surveys, RF coverage drive testing, and radio site development, and construction.
• Familiar with APCO 25, GSM, CDMA, iDEN, and UMTS standards.

Experience Summary:

Radio Engineer

• Serves as Staff Engineer; conducts radio signal propagation analysis and planning, transmission site selection and evaluation, and FCC ULS data mining, frequency planning, inter-modulation and interference analysis, etc.
• Searches for available channels in given geographic area.  Manages projects, interacting with clients to analyze radio communication needs and plan new radio systems.
• Drafts requests for proposal (RFPs) for radio system procurement; evaluates responses and assists in negotiation with potential radio vendors.
• Project Management.

Project Summary:

• Designed city-wide Public Safety UHF Conventional and Trunked Simulcast Systems.
• Collected and analyzed existing radio traffic data.
• Supervised projects; managed site selection and performed RF propagation, co-channel, adjacent channel, and inter-modulation analysis.
• Prepared RFPs, evaluated responses, and assisted in vendor negotiation.