The In-Building Wireless & DAS Lead is responsible for owning the end-to-end strategy, design, scoping, and commercial delivery of in-building wireless solutions, including Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), small cells, and Public Safety LMR (ERRCS) systems.
This role serves as the technical and commercial authority for complex in-building deployments across enterprise, healthcare, hospitality, stadiums, mixed-use, and critical infrastructure environments.
The role combines deep RF and systems expertise with strong cost modeling, pricing, and vendor management capabilities. The DAS Lead partners closely with sales, real estate, construction, OEMs, and deployment teams to ensure solutions are compliant, scalable, and financially viable.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned:
Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Define and govern in-building wireless and DAS architectures for large public venues, including stadiums, arenas, convention centers, campuses, and airports.
- Lead technical design for high-capacity DAS environments supporting tens of thousands of concurrent users, high uplink demand, and event-driven traffic spikes
- Architect neutral-host and multi-operator DAS solutions optimized for venue size, coverage, capacity and service KPIs.
- Address venue-specific RF challenges such as interference management, sectorization, antenna placement, and multi-building deployment models
- Integrate DAS with Wi-Fi, small cells, private LTE/5G, Public Safety and iOT network environments where applicable
- Serve as a hands-on deployment lead supervising multiple venue installations and construction / integration teams on a nationwide scale
- Serve as escalation point for complex RF, interference, capacity, and integration issues
- Establish designs, standards, and deployment playbooks for in-building and venue-scale systems
Public Safety LMR / ERRCS
- Own design, compliance, and deployment standards for Public Safety DAS / ERRCS systems
- Interpret and apply AHJ, IFC, NFPA (e.g., NFPA 72, NFPA 1225/1221), and local code requirements
- Coordinate with fire marshals, building officials, and public safety agencies during design and acceptance testing
- Ensure survivability, battery backup, monitoring, and redundancy requirements are met
Scoping & Pricing Ownership
- Lead business development strategy for new opportunities, with emphasis on large public and private venues,
- Lead technical scoping for new opportunities, including venue assessments, walk-throughs, and requirement definition
- Develop BOMs, cost models, and ROM-to-final pricing for large-scale DAS and public safety systems
- Define pricing assumptions, margin targets, and risk contingencies
- Identify technical and commercial trade-offs impacting coverage, capacity, schedule, and cost
- Support contract structures including turnkey, cost-plus, and managed service models
- Identify cost drivers and trade-offs (fiber runs, headend complexity, risers, power, redundancy)
Pre-Sales & Strategic Engagement
- Act as the strategic and technical lead in customer and carrier engagements
- Develop opportunity identification and targeting strategies for new business
- Support RFPs/RFIs, proposals, and executive-level presentations
- Align solutions with customer coverage, capacity, and compliance objectives
Vendor & Partner Management
- Evaluate and select DAS, small cell, and public safety OEMs and integrators
- Manage interoperability across RF, fiber, power, monitoring, and core systems
- Maintain awareness of vendor roadmaps, pricing models, and certification requirements
Carrier Coordination & Approvals
- Serve as the primary technical interface with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile for in-building and venue DAS solutions
- Lead carrier design reviews, RF approvals, and system acceptance processes
- Lead installation and deployment activities maintaining close coordination between venue owners, carriers and stakeholders
- Ensure DAS designs meet carrier-specific standards for coverage, capacity, uplink performance, and monitoring
- Coordinate carrier testing, optimization, and launch activities
Deployment & Acceptance
- Oversee turnkey installations from design to construction to handoff
- Support installation, optimization, commissioning, and acceptance testing
- Lead troubleshooting and remediation for performance or compliance gaps
- GC and Vendor management
- Ensure documentation, as-builts, and close-out packages are complete
- Provide strong program management oversight for the E2E process