# Telecommunication Engineer - Experienced Professional **Company**: WSP **Location**: Boise, ID **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $89,600/yr - $147,800/yr **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/98537?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_f0df9c59-1d5 ## Description WSP is seeking a Telecommunications Engineer – Experienced Professional for their Boise, ID office. This role supports telecommunications infrastructure and systems for utility and industrial/commercial clients throughout the United States. **Your Impact** - Design telecommunications infrastructure and systems for conventional, renewable, and/or distributed generation facilities, substations, transmission and distribution systems, and microgrids. - Specify equipment and prepare procurement, installation, testing, and provisioning documentation for outside-plant fiber-optic cable, microwave radios, field area networks, multiplexers, network switches, and related communications equipment. - Experience with fiber-optic, microwave radio, PDH, TDM, OTN, and SONET networks. - Experience with IP, Ethernet, MPLS, and data communications networks. - Review and interpret OTDR reports for fiber-optic links. - Experience with using Pathloss or similar tools to design and verify microwave radio links. - Provision circuit channelization on legacy TDM networks and evaluate the security, reliability, availability, latency, and synchronization of packet-based networks. - Specify telecommunications carrier services, including leased-line services, and coordinate technical requirements with service providers. - Conducting telecommunications site surveys and field work using GPS equipment, clinometers, high-resolution cameras, and related tools. - Design and configure network and communications paths for SCADA equipment, and downstream data users. - Work with telecommunications and networking platforms from vendors such as Fujitsu, RFL/Hubbell, GE, SEL, Aviat, Nokia, Cisco, and Siemens RUGGEDCOM. - Perform site surveys, field investigations, commissioning, and troubleshooting of communications systems; occasional travel is required. - Prepare technical reports, design documents, calculations, specifications, test plans, and presentations that clearly communicate findings and recommendations. - Coordinate with clients and multidisciplinary project teams, support project scoping and delivery, and contribute to successful commercial performance. - Mentor and support team members while demonstrating integrity, initiative, self-sufficiency, effective communication, organization, and sound problem-solving. - Maintain quality-control standards and confirm work complies with applicable codes, regulations, client requirements, and project specifications. - Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures. - Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs. **Who You Are** - Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, or a related engineering discipline and 3+ years of relevant industry experience; or 7+ years of relevant industry experience in lieu of a degree. - Experience designing telecommunications infrastructure or communications systems for utility, industrial, or commercial facilities. - Working knowledge of fiber-optic, microwave radio, TDM/SONET, MPLS, Ethernet, and packet-based communications networks. - Ability to interpret technical documentation and prepare specifications, network designs, installation plans, and test plans. - Knowledge of network and communications principles, including network topologies, latency, synchronization, circuit channelization, reliability, and availability. - Capable interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills for working with engineering and non-engineering audiences. - Effective self-leadership, attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a project-oriented environment. - Critical thinking and troubleshooting skills to evaluate field and design information and develop effective technical solutions. - Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies. - Ability to occasionally work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek. - Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements. **Benefits** WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. **Compensation** Expected Salary (all locations): $89,600/yr - $147,800/yr Expected Salary (Colorado only): $100,800/yr - $166,400/yr ## Skills ### Required - fiber-optic - microwave radio - PDH - TDM - OTN - SONET - IP - Ethernet - MPLS ### Nice to have - Professional Engineer (PE) license - radio engineering - FCC and FAA requirements - WECC, FERC, and NERC compliance requirements --- Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/98537?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)