
Senior Principal Cellular and Wi-Fi Network Architect
Boeing
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • California • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $197,200 - $285,200 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Define and own the global wireless, such as private 5G, and other cellular technologies, and Wi‑Fi architecture vision, roadmap, and reference designs aligned with business, security, and digital transformation goals
- Establish enterprise standards for Wi‑Fi, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, and emerging cellular technologies
- Evaluate and incorporate next‑generation wireless innovations, ensuring solutions are future‑ready, resilient, and globally scalable
- Lead architecture and design for high‑density, mission‑critical, and geographically distributed wireless environments
- Ensure architectures are grounded in real‑world operational experience, balancing theoretical design with proven deployability and maintainability
- Drive consistent Radio Frequency (RF) design methodologies, site survey practices, validation processes, and lifecycle management across regions
- Partner with operations teams to ensure architectural decisions improve reliability, resiliency, performance, and mean‑time‑to‑resolution
- Integrate AI and machine learning into wireless architecture for predictive analytics, anomaly detection, capacity planning, self‑healing, and automated optimization
- Define how telemetry, RF data, and operational insights are leveraged to enable intelligent, adaptive wireless networks
- Partner with data, platform, and automation teams to embed AI into day‑to‑day wireless operations and decision‑making
- Act as a subject‑matter expert in RF propagation, interference analysis, spectrum management, and performance optimization
- Establish performance baselines, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and proactive monitoring strategies to ensure exceptional user experience
- Lead root‑cause analysis for complex wireless performance issues and influence long‑term architectural improvements
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior technology leadership on wireless strategy, risk, and investment decisions
- Mentor and develop wireless engineers and architects through coaching, design reviews, and technical communities of practice
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience with enterprise cellular & Wi-Fi networking, with significant responsibility for architecture and design at scale
- 10+ years of experience mentoring others
- Experience working with cellular & Wi-Fi operations, including troubleshooting, performance optimization, and production support
- Experience working with Wi‑Fi standards, Radio Frequency (RF) fundamentals, propagation modeling, and large‑scale deployment methodologies
- Experience with network design, architecture, protocols, security, and/or operations for effective network management and implementation
- Experience in data analytics
- Experience working with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Paid and unpaid time away from work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
5GWi-FiInternet of Things (IoT)Radio Frequency (RF) designperformance optimizationpropagation modelingnetwork designdata analyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)machine learning
Soft Skills
mentoringleadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationcoachingstrategic thinkingadvisory skillsinfluencingtechnical review