Job Description

Our client in the telecommunications industry is currently looking for an R&D Engineer, in Johannesburg (although this is a remote role.)

Responsibilities:

• Evaluation and testing of ICT-related hardware such as routers, switches, including software enhancements, new firmware, and bug fixes to ensure they meet operational and requirements specifications and quality standards.
• Innovation of new products, techniques, systems, or processes as may be required for service delivery.
• Developing innovative methods to increase the utility of existing products and processes.
• Working with suppliers to troubleshoot, log, manage and resolve issues.
• Effective documentation of findings, including accurately writing up findings.
• Creating documentation for new products. (User and Technical). All documentation to be ISO9001 compliant.
• Planning and conducting Lab and field-testing to investigate, analyse and identify the root cause and find solutions to complex problems.
• Developing specialist skills, building and maintaining in-depth technical knowledge on a range of products, systems and technologies.
• Assisting with the integration of new products and systems with other operational and commercial areas, including operations, installations, customer services, sales, legal and regulatory, marketing.
• Support the launch of new services by supporting Sales in a consultative role, high-level customer queries, finding solutions to unique customer requirements and supporting customer demonstrations.
• Vendor Management. Regularly liaise with potential/new vendors to gather information about the latest products and industry standards.
• Training of Technical, Support and Sales Staff on new products.
• Monthly Reporting for management purposes

• IT/Engineering Degree: 3 Yearsxe2x80x99 experience in an Engineering or Development role within an ICT environment.
• Experience with various Database (MySQL, Postgres, etc.).
• Knowledge of VSAT/Satellite networks, platforms and technologies used iDirect, Hughes on Ku and Ka bands.
• Microwave wireless communications systems.
• Experience/Knowledge of Mobile Networking Standard (3G, LTE, 5G)
• Experience/Knowledge of Fibre networks and products.
• Consumer and Enterprise WiFi solutions.
• Experience in working with Linux Distributions (Debian, CentOS, BSD, etc)
• Experience in CPE device auto-provisioning via TR.069 or configuration file download over TFTP, SFTP, HTTPS, SSH. (Mikrotik, Huawei, Cisco, Zyxel) and SIP phones (Gigaset, Polycom, Yealink, Grandstream).
• Experience in Compiling, Configuring, operating, and maintaining systems based a wide range opensource projects such as Freeswitch, Asterisk, SIPP, Kamailio, OpenLDAP, FreeRADIUS, Django, etc.

• R65 000 per month.

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