ENVIRONMENT:
Join a leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions as their next Systems Engineer to join their team. Your core duties will span several areas and responsibilities, including pre-sales project preparation, solution design, system integration and testing, installation and upgrades acceptance, and product development and integration of third-party software. The ideal candidate must have at minimum a B. Engineering Degree, and 3-5 years’ experience in Systems Engineering, Telecoms, RF or Software Development.
DUTIES:
Pre-Sales Project Activities
Before contract placement, the Systems Engineer shall be involved in the sales activities stated below.
Requirement and Specification Management
- Elicit and define Customer/user needs
- Derive and document solution and system requirements
- Validate and Verify requirement specifications
Proposal Preparation
- Design and propose solutions to meet the requirements and document them in a technical proposal
- Provide inputs to Account and Project management
Project Activities
After contract placement, the Senior Systems Engineer shall be involved in the activities stated below.
Detail Solution Design
- Finalise Solution Architecture
- Provide inputs to Account and Project management
System Integration and Testing
- System Integration and Testing
- Provide support to System Integration and Testing
- Provide inputs for test plans for System Integration and Testing
Project Timelines
- Identify and mitigate possible risks to project that may affect timelines and/or deliverables.
Installation, Upgrades and Site Acceptance
Installation
- Provide support to Order-Fulfilment with on-site installation activities
- Provide support to Order-Fulfilment with System Integration and Setting-to-Work
Upgrades
- Plan upgrade activities for site upgrades
- Provide input to Test Plans and ensure upgrade Procedures are reviewed
- Support upgrade activities on Site that is executed by the Support Department
- Review and present the final upgrade report to the Client
Define and supervise solution qualification Tests
- Generate Test Plans, Procedures and Manage Solution Integration on Site
- Manage Solution integration on Site
- Manage and participate in the execution of the qualification of a solution.
- Conduct Site Acceptance Testing (Verification and Validation)
Product
Keep up with product development and integration of third-party software, as well as EOL strategies.
- Provide inputs into product designs and requirements.
- Provide inputs into product EOL strategies.
- Provide inputs and review third party software or hardware as required.
REQUIREMENTS:
- B. Engineering Degree
- 3-5 years in Systems Engineering; Telecoms, RF or Software Development
- Passion for creating systems and solutions
- Project management
- Management and Leadership
- Planning and organising
- Disciplined
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Good administrative and organisational skills
- Creative and analytic problem-solving skills
- Good negotiating / conflict resolution skills
- Sound decision-making skills
- Good understanding of project management process
- Telecoms, software, and RF Engineering knowledge
- Strong knowledge and experience in Systems
- Engineering or Technical Project Management
- Strong knowledge and experience of IT hardware, software, and systems
ATTRIBUTES:
- Team player
- Organised
- Self-motivated
- Self-starter
- High standard of service delivery
- Conflict resolution
- Problem solving
- Time conscious
- “Can do” attitude
- Logical
- Goal-oriented
- Respects all stakeholders
- Stabilises situations
- Brings people together
- Creates shared direction
While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
COMMENTS:
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Desired Skills:
- Systems
- Engineer
- IT