Principal Wireless Network Engineer

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

We are looking for a passionate Principal Wireless Network Engineer to help us deliver our wireless and local area networks.

The Network Engineer role is accountable for delivering a range of technical products and working as part of the team alongside other engineers and architects.

 

The Principal Wireless Network Engineer will be part of the team that is responsible for the development and support of Elanco’s Network Platform.

The Team works closely with the Technical Service Owners and the Operations Team to continually raise the reliability bar for our services, providing guidance on adopting modern technologies and implementing innovative solutions that enable modern manufacturing and business services.

 

Your Responsibilities:

 



* Leading large-scale projects within the organization


* Create and maintain clear technical documentation and standards


* Business IT consultancy to ensure the introduction of services that are reliable and secured by design


* Research, evaluate, and guide the adoption of emerging technologies to enhance connectivity and inform technical strategy


* Ensure solutions align with architectural standards and comply with IT Security, Privacy, and Quality requirements


* Mentor engineers and actively contribute to internal and external technical communities.


* Design, implement, and continuously improve wireless solutions, including enhancements and remediation


* Design and deliver enterprise wireless networks for commercial office, warehouse, manufacturing, and OT environments.


* Perform or oversee remote wireless site assessments, including predictive modeling and on-site or remote passive, active, validation, spectrum analysis, and RF survey troubleshooting using Ekahau.


* Develop heatmaps, capacity models, and channel/power plans aligned to business density and application requirements (voice, video, IoT, handheld scanners, etc.).


* Design for high-availability, roaming performance, and application reliability across global deployments


* Integrate wireless with wired infrastructure, NAC, segmentation, and securi...