Employment Type Permanent

Closing Date 12 Nov 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Network Design Specialist

Job Summary

Under minimal direction, undertake a full range of complex and specialised technical microwave transport design functions to ensure projects are delivered to desired outcomes. Provide high level specialist technical expertise, advice, and system and process support to staff engaged in design functions. Strong communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills are core to your role, in addition to having a passion for continuous learning, development, and a willingness to work within a dynamic team.

What We Offer

- Performance-related pay
- Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
- Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
- Purchased annual leave scheme
- Additional Telstra day off
- Additional 30% off Telstra products and services
- Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for)

What You’ll Be Doing

- Develop end-to-end microwave transmission designs for new builds, upgrades, capacity augmentation, and technology refresh programs.
- Perform microwave path engineering, path profiling, and link budget analysis
- Select appropriate microwave radios, antennas, transmission equipment, and supporting infrastructure.
- Conduct frequency planning, coordination, spectrum management, and interference analysis.
- Assess path availability, resilience, latency, capacity requirements, and propagation performance.
- Ensure compliance with engineering standards, architectural principles, telecommunications regulations, and spectrum licensing requirements.
- Provide technical assurance by reviewing and approving designs from internal and external delivery partners.
- Support construction, commissioning, implementation, and acceptance testing activities.
- Collaborate with Planning, Delivery, Operations, Property, LA&E;, Construction, EME, and vendor teams to resolve complex design challenges.
- Provide specialist technical advice,



mentoring, and support to other designers and project stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, innovation, and optimisation of design practices and processes

What You’ll Bring

- General Microwave Transmission Design experience
- Path Profiling experience (Ellipse, Atoll, Pathloss etc)
- Access to Amplitel AMS and appropriate training
- Drafting capability
- Land Access and Environment capability
- Access and appropriate training for Telstra DBORs
- Health Safety and Environment (HSE)
- You take accountability for the health, safety and environmental performance within your area of accountability and role model the safe and responsible behaviours expected of our employees, contractors and suppliers.
- Strategic Influencing You use your skills in collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving to help achieve Telstra’s goals.
- Stakeholder Management You are capable of working with multiple Internal Business Units, Contractors, Suppliers and Regulatory Authorities to achieve the best cost and best practice for ongoing network deployment.
- Communication You have highly developed interpersonal, written and oral communication skills including the ability to lead, negotiate, influence and work collaboratively with others to make effective decisions that benefit the business.
- Collaboration You don’t just understand working in a team, you are a clear communicator that wants to use your skills to ensure you share knowledge and assist the team around you.

What We’re Looking For

- Extensive previous experience in point to point microwave radio design.
- Ability to interpret High Level Planning & Design Briefs.
- Solid interpersonal skills that allow you to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve required outcomes.
- Attention to detail, ability to work across multiple initiatives and prioritise work independently.
- A high level of oral and written communication skills with an ability to effectively communicate with all levels of business.
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📌 Network Design Specialist (Melbourne)
🏢 Telstra Corporation
📍 Melbourne