Telecommunications Engineer

Overview

Telecommunication Engineers design and develop telecommunications systems, devices and products.

Day-to-day

• designs, builds, configures and commissions devices, networks and systems and ensures systems interconnect with equipment from different manufacturers, service providers and users
• compiles proposals to define goals, identifies scope, background and need, and ascertains cost of the proposal
• evaluates and procures new products and services
• ensures compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures in the provision of systems
• selects and develops new sites by locating sites, filing, drawing up, and drafting drawings, and following through to approval
• determines appropriate configurations of hardware and software, ensuring desired performance of equipment
• prepares and interprets specifications, drawings and regulations for the use of equipment
• determines the type and arrangement of circuits, transformers, circuit-breakers, transmission lines and equipment
• identifies and analyses problems and needs of existing systems, to determine the most appropriate means of reducing, eliminating and avoiding current and future problems and improve communications
• monitors systems to assess need for updates, upgrades, enhancements, preventive maintenance and new systems
• assesses performance levels of system hardware and software to project future needs, and develops short and long-terms plans for updating equipment, adding capabilities, enhancing existing systems and providing improved telecommunications.