Principal Member of Technical Staff

Preferred PhD in in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Science, Electrical Engineering, or Math with minimum four years of relevant experience.
Or Master of Science degree with minimum 8-10 years’ experience of relevant work experience.
A strong foundation in wireless communication principles and deep understanding of the system protocol stack and architecture, interfaces and information elements are key requirements.
Experience in development of system requirements and evaluation/analysis of new wireless technologies is necessary.
Prior experience with standardization in 3GPP working groups is a must.

Production and ownership of overarching standards strategies addressing the integration of radio, terminal, mobile packet core network, security, OAM and services into a system view suitable for defining specific near term and long-term standards action plans.
Development of technical contributions and position papers (internally and collaboratively with our vendor partners), assessment of vendor and operator marketplace positions and efforts, and authoring of technical white papers are expected functions.
This position requires driving technical debates, consensus building, and negotiation for success both internally and externally to ensure AT&T’s RAN standardization needs are met.
Individual may need to seek and hold leadership positions in relevant international organizations to foster AT&T engagement and objectives.

An understanding of 6G, O-RAN architecture and interfaces, RAN-CN interfaces and protocols are desirable skills.