Standards Engineer

Why should you choose us?

Rakuten Symphony is reimagining telecom, changing supply chain norms and disrupting outmoded thinking that threatens the industry’s pursuit of rapid innovation and growth. Based on proven modern infrastructure practices, its open interface platforms make it possible to launch and operate advanced mobile services in a fraction of the time and cost of conventional approaches, with no compromise to network quality or security. Rakuten Symphony has operations in Japan, the United States, Singapore, India, South Korea, Europe, and the Middle East Africa region. For more information, visit: https://symphony.rakuten.com

Building on the technology Rakuten used to launch Japan’s newest mobile network, we are taking our mobile offering global.

To support our ambitions to provide an innovative cloud-native telco platform for our customers, Rakuten Symphony is looking to recruit and develop top talent from around the globe. We are looking for individuals to join our team across all functional areas of our business – from sales to engineering, support functions to product development.

Let’s build the future of mobile telecommunications together!

About Rakuten Rakuten Group, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is a global leader in internet services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to approximately 1.5 billion members around the world. The Rakuten Group has over 27,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions. For more information visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/.

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent the company in international and industry standards development organization (O-RAN Alliance or 3GPP)
• Develop, write, and contribute to technical specifications, proposals, white papers, and standards drafts.
• Collaborate with internal R&D, legal, and product teams to ensure alignment of technical standards with business and intellectual property goals.
• Monitor and analyze evolving standards and assess their impact on company products and technologies.
• Participate in standards meetings, working groups, and technical committees.
• Develop and implement strategies to influence standardization directions and timelines.
• Track competitor contributions and identify opportunities for technical leadership and innovation in standards.
• Attend technical standards workgroup meetings remotely and physically.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

• Knowledge and understanding of O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP NR Standards.
• Knowledge and understanding of O-Cloud (K8S)
• Knowledge of AI/ML usage in Telecommunication Networks.
• Experience with prototyping, development or standardization of wireless products.
• Available to travel to different destinations worldwide to attend standards meetings.
• Strong communication, networking, collaboration and influencing skills.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• BS in Telecommunications, Electronics or Computer Science (MS is a plus)
• 6+ years RAN/SON/Telecom Cloud development
• 1+ year of experience with AI/ML Modeling and Use case development for O-Cloud
• Candidates with Prior experience of Standardization (Delegate or Back office) will be preferred.