Distinguished Engineer - Standards System Architect

Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

What you’ll be doing…

As a Lead member of the Network Planning Technology Standards team, you will be responsible for supporting the Service and System Aspects (SA) network design from a Standards perspective – aka “the Core”. Ensuring 4G, 5G and Next Gen network Standards are defined and satisfy feature requirements and performance objectives. You will also be responsible for technology analysis and driving Verizon priorities, strategic interests and objectives. You’ll be analyzing and designing SA architecture layers (physical, signaling, protocol and above) that will optimize networks to support innovative applications. The System Architecture will deliver demanding ultra-low latency, massive MTC connections and high throughput performance requirements to meet customer experience. Therefore, you will be adept at developing relationships with external parties and influencing direction in industry bodies.

• Evaluating and authoring 3GPP technical contributions and driving Verizon positions and alignment with operators and vendors.

• Serving as 3GPP domain expert, this role will serve as an influential 3GPP Delegate in key workgroups while supporting cross-workgroup coordination with other delegates and SMEs to represent Verizon interests at the Plenary TSGs as well. VZ participant must have the technical competence, recognition and influence with external contacts to ensure agreements and prioritized technical contributions are ratified. Specific participation will include or influence:

  • SA Plenary: Technical Steering Group which approves the work of all 6 SA sub-workgroups each quarter.

  • SA1: Service requirements for the 5G system; SA2: System Architecture; SA3: Security and Privacy; SA4: Multimedia Codecs, systems and services; SA5: Management, orchestration & charging; SA6: Application Enablement & Critical Communications.

• Contributing on a Global Scale – The SA WGs have a large number of participants and works on the earliest Study Item engagements of all 3GPP Working Groups with these domain experts driving the technology discussions. The best ones have expertise on a handful of the topics, but there is significant depth of knowledge required to show technical competency to effectively collaborate with these diverse minds from around the globe. This means interacting with Global partners and competitors equally in a supplier led environment while navigating geo-political influences and competitive strategies and tactics.

• Supporting the development of a 3+ year technology strategic view on Core/RAN, including Network Slicing, Voice, IoT, V2X, MEC, strategic Vertical enablement (Drones/UAV), data and video. This includes effectively characterizing and summarizing the technical direction of industry activity to inform various stakeholders and leadership (formally and ad hoc).

• Demonstrating excellent working and technical relationships with Network Planning, Device Technology, Network Operations Teams, Data Performance, System Performance, and Engineering and Operations.

• Serving as a mentor and guide to other delegates and SMEs to increase technical competency and knowledge of navigating the Standards process.

• Independently managing complex technical projects, including forming any leading industry standard meeting and forum governance support, while possessing the technical depth to assess start-up companies and incumbent solutions.

• Influencing the Standards Bodies and Industry Fora to drive the creation of the necessary ecosystem structure for the work to be done - essentially being a “market maker” from a standards perspective.

**This position can be located in any valid US based Verizon location**

What we’re looking for…

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of experience.

• Six or more years of relevant work experience.

• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25%-50% of the time.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Master’s degree or Doctorate in engineering, computer science and/or telecommunications or any other related field.

• Ten or more years of relevant work experience in Core and Service Architecture.

• Proven Leadership experience in 3GPP, GSMA, ATIS, ETSI and relevant Standards Bodies.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, stock incentive programs, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefits, short term incentives, 401(k) Savings Plan, stock incentive programs, paid time off, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

If you are hired into a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, Washington or Washington, D.C. work location, the compensation range for this position is between $129,000.00 and $262,000.00 annually based on a full-time schedule. The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.