Parallel Wireless
Principal System Integration Engineer
US · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of relevant LTE and/or 5G RAN integration, validation, or performance engineering experience, including leading technically complex integration efforts.
- Education
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads system integration, validation, troubleshooting, and performance optimization for Open RAN 5G NR base-station solutions, from design through deployment readiness.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end integration and testing of 5G NR RAN algorithms, radio equipment, and L1/L2/L3 features; define test priorities and acceptance criteria.
- Develop system-level test strategies and performance benchmarks, and improve test methodologies and automation requirements.
- Investigate integration and performance issues, drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance (requiring U.S. citizenship under federal law), or currently hold an active SECRET or TOP SECRET clearance.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong understanding of 5G NR and/or LTE radio protocols, RAN architecture, and L1/L2 behavior.
- Hands-on radio-frequency testing and lab validation experience; experience with real-time software development or debugging and proficiency using Python.
Nice to have
- Experience validating Open RAN architectures and interpreting O-RAN Alliance specifications.
- Experience with 3GPP conformance, radio performance optimization, customer issue resolution, or CI/test automation.
Tools
5G NR, LTE, Open RAN, Python, 3GPP, O-RAN
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