Network RF Engineer

About ELITS

ELITS Canada Inc. is part of Accelerate , within the IVER Group in Sweden. IVER Group has approximately 1,300 employees and continues to grow. Through Accelerate, we work at the forefront of technology on digitization and transformation projects for market leading customers. We help customers turn digital ambition into successful implementation through close collaboration, humility, and pride in what we deliver.

ELITS is looking for a Network RF Engineer to support our operations in Mississauga, Ontario .

About the Position

We are seeking a Network RF Engineer to drive the planning, design, regulatory compliance, and quality oversight of advanced Radio Access Network deployments. Familiarity with Canadian wireless‑network standards and regulatory requirements is strongly preferred.

The role encompasses new‑site development, network modernization, relocations, capacity programs, and temporary deployments such as COWs. The selected candidate will play a key role throughout the RF engineering lifecycle, including capacity modeling, RF qualification, Final Cell Design, Safety Code 6 compliance, implementation guidance, site acceptance, and project closeout.

Specialization in RF Planning, RF Design, or SC6/RF Compliance is welcome. Broad experience across multiple domains may qualify candidates for senior or technical‑lead roles.

Core Responsibilities

• Perform RF capacity, traffic, coverage and performance analysis.

• Identify coverage and capacity issues and recommend radio upgrades, carrier additions, spectrum additions, sector changes, or new-site solutions.

• Prepare RF Qualifications, coverage objectives, search maps, candidate assessments, coverage plots, and Proposed Antenna Layouts.

• Create and revise RF planning specifications for new builds, upgrades, relocations, temporary sites, and spectrum programs.

• Prepare RF engineering inputs for Land Acquisition Orders, Release for Engineering, and Full Build Specifications.

• Create, review, validate, and revise Final Cell Designs , including antenna, radio, baseband, sector, azimuth, height, tilt, MIMO, and connectivity information.

• Prepare and review CivilSub, RFWO, RF coupling diagrams, civil drawings, colocation forms, and RF inputs to installation and provisioning work orders .

• Perform or review Safety Code 6 studies , exposure calculations, site models, mitigation requirements, compliance reports, and professional engineering stamping packages.

• Support related compliance activities, including PIM assessments, airport runway pre-operation reports, EMCAB attestations, and antenna installation audits.

• Create and validate RF and technical Bills of Materials, ensuring consistency with planning specifications, FCDs, SC6 reports, and approved hardware configurations.

• Review antenna-placement, spacing, height, azimuth, radio, power, and configuration changes.

• Maintain accurate engineering information in ADM, Remedy, Jira, SharePoint, NetCracker, and other customer systems.

• Prepare RF closeout packages, as-built documentation, database updates, and final acceptance evidence.

• Review deliverables produced by internal teams and engineering partners and resolve customer comments, defects, and design inconsistencies.

• Coordinate with Planning, Real Estate, Site Acquisition, Civil, Equipment Engineering, Transport, Implementation, Field Operations, customers, and subcontractors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Wireless Communications, or a related discipline.

• Five or more years of experience in RF planning, RAN design, wireless engineering, or a related field with Canadian cellular operators

• Knowledge of LTE and 5G NR radio-network planning and design.

• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:

  • RF Qualification and coverage analysis

  • RF planning specifications

  • Final Cell Design

  • CivilSub or RF work-order design

  • Safety Code 6 or RF exposure compliance

• Strong understanding of antennas, radios, basebands, MIMO, RF cabling, sector configurations, azimuths, heights, tilts, power, and radio-to-antenna connectivity.

• Ability to interpret site surveys, civil drawings, construction drawings, structure information, and site photographs.

• Strong technical writing, documentation, problem-solving, and quality-review skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively with customers, internal teams, and delivery partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Canadian wireless-network deployments and regulatory requirements.

• Experience with Ericsson radio, antenna, and baseband products.

• Familiarity with tools such as Planet, MapInfo, Google Earth, EMF Visual, Visio, ADM, Remedy, Jira, SharePoint

• Experience with rooftop, macro, tower, monopole, colocation, small-cell, in-building, or temporary-site designs.

• Experience coordinating professional engineering review and stamping.

Other

At ELITS Canada, great people create great impact. Success in this role comes from curiosity, ownership, and a passion for building practical, scalable solutions. You are someone who:

• Thrives in a collaborative, cross-functional team and communicates with clarity and confidence.

• Balances strong technical depth with pragmatic, solution-oriented decision making.

• Takes initiative, works independently, and is comfortable owning technical outcomes.

• Brings structure and discipline to documentation, standards, and operational excellence.

• Contributes to a culture of trust, learning, and continuous improvement.

This position is open to Canadian residents (persons with work permit in Canada).

ELITS - Part of Accelerate at Iver Group