Description
The Wireless Installation Engineer provides technical leadership, oversight, and quality governance for all wireless (Wi-Fi) engineering, design, survey, and installation activities across global Air Force and Space Force modernization sites.
Responsibilities:
- Provide on-site supervision for wireless survey techs, installers, and subcontractor personnel
- Oversee end-to-end wireless lifecycle activities: predictive design, active/passive surveys, validation surveys, installation, configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting
- Ensure all wireless designs and implementation activities comply with DoW, Air Force, Space Force, and industry standards
- Review, validate, and approve predictive wireless designs, heatmaps, channel plans, AP placement, and performance modeling
- Validate survey data for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to program-specific survey guidelines
- Coordinate with the Site Implementation Lead on scheduling, resource management, risk identification, and daily task execution
- Collaborate with network engineers to ensure proper integration of Cisco 9800 wireless LAN controller (WLC) configurations with switching, routing, authentication, and security infrastructures
- Oversee quality assurance by inspecting installed APs, cabling, labeling, mounting, and wireless system configurations
- Ensure accurate documentation including RF designs, survey reports, as-builts, configuration files, and post-install validation
- Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis for wireless performance, coverage, security, and spectrum issues
- Coordinate with base communications teams, cybersecurity personnel, and Government stakeholders on wireless design and deployment requirements
- Develop status reports, contribute to briefings, and support weekly project meetings and stakeholder engagements
Requirements:
- 5+ years experience in wireless network engineering, WLAN design, wireless survey, or enterprise wireless deployment
- BS degree or additional years of experience in Wireless Engineering in lieu of degree
- Experience leading installation teams in complex environments
- Strong hands-on experience with predictive and validation wireless survey tools
- Strong familiarity with TIA/EIA wireless-relevant standards and cabling/pathway requirements
- Understanding of RF fundamentals, antenna types, power levels, interference sources, and spectrum analysis
- Experience integrating wireless systems into enterprise authentication and network security frameworks
- Experience managing subcontractor and field technicians in installation and survey operations
- Experience supporting modernization, upgrade, or large-scale deployment projects
- Active Secret clearance
Benefits:
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay and paid time off
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- Paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance