Principal Engineer I

CO Salary Range: USD 110,800.00 - 196,400.00 per year

Are you ready to drive engineering activities that will take Spectrum's telecommunications and signal processing systems to new heights? As a Principal Engineer I on Spectrum's WiFi Engineering team, you will design, develop, and validate the core supporting nation's fastest mobile service and the most advanced WiFi, serving nearly 100 million users and 500 million devices. In this impactful role, you will be responsible for engineering activities that support existing and build new critical network infrastructure supporting Spectrum Mobile Network Wi-Fi offload. Position supports issue triage, replication and resolution for network infrastructure supporting SMN-H/B, SMN-Aerial Access points, venue for SMN core.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Development activities of Wireless Access Gateway, Access Points and Wireless LAN Controllers for SMNMW Core.
• Designs, implements, monitors, enhances, and troubleshoots systems in assigned areas.
• Ensure AP Interoperability with SMNMW core.
• Tests and reviews core component designs.
• Provides Engineering Technical support and guidance to regional personnel and ensure all technical integration, changes, standards and documentation are met.
• Mentors and guides the work of technical staff.
• Conduct vendor evaluations to reduce hardware, licensing and support costs while standardizing on scalable infrastructure.
• Support monitoring of customer user traffic to identify patterns for poor customer experience with extended data modeling.
• Knows, understands, and follows company policy.
• Performs other duties as requested by manager.

• Office environment

• Master's or bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field or related work experience

• 5+ years engineering work experience
• 5+ years project management work experience

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Basic knowledge of related industry specifications and standards IEEE, ANSI, Fiber (Multimode, Single mode, UTP, etc.), Bridging, Switching, Routing, Ethernet and Transport technologies and protocols
• Basic knowledge in network design, network architecture, protocols and network topology
• Basic knowledge in TCP/IP and the OSI Model
• Basic knowledge in using ticketing and software tools to support the current operations
• Basic knowledge of network devices and basic network appliances
• Basic knowledge of network designing software, such as Visio
• Ability to perform duties in a very fast-paced environment and ability to learn new technology quickly
• Ability to use personal computer and software applications

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) / Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) equivalent

• Experience in network engineering with a strong focus on wifi network technologies (802.11 standards)
• Knowledge of wireless standards, such as 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax (WiFi 6/7), as well as WiFi design, site surveys, and RF engineering.
• Understanding of core networking protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, IPv4, IPv6, VLANs, and advanced routing protocols like BGP and OSPF.