System Engineer

Company Overview

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewAt Motorola Solutions, we help people be their best in the moments that matter. We help firefighters see around buildings and police officers see around street corners. Our work is very meaningful, impactful, and cutting edge and we invite you to explore it. We are the Best!
Motorola Solutions is a world leader in the field of professional mobile communications systems with an impressive heritage of technological innovations and a global base of installed systems. The group's main business is the implementation of mission critical digital mobile communication systems for Government & Public Safety Communications customers.
Job Description

Our Company has an outstanding track record of success and strives to build long term relationships with our customers. Customer satisfaction is given great emphasis and we strive to build a trusted advisor relationship with every customer.

The customer team comprises Sales, Project Management, System Engineering and System Technologist personnel working together in a high-performance culture, often with demanding cycle times and high customer expectations because we are working on mission critical communication systems.

Many of our systems are designed around the APCO Project 25 communications standard. With the growth of data services some of our customer’s mobile wireless networks are being enhanced with LTE infrastructure for applications such as live mobile video transmission supplementing our traditional core voice and narrow-band data networks.

The Senior System Engineer will take responsibility for and oversee all technical aspects of assigned project from award until system acceptance.

This involves:

• Final Design and implementation of the radio network including infrastructure, subscribers, and mobile back-haul

• Customer presentations

• System staging

• System acceptance testing

• Radio coverage testing and interference mitigation

• Radio system licensing (FCC/Industry Canada/NTIA)

• Preparation of system fleet-map, encryption and radio programming templates

• Complete system documentation 

• Live system upgrades

• FED: Technical Requirements tracking through the use of RTVMs

Travel is required for all project phases, from design through final acceptance.

Specific Knowledge/Skills:

• Experience/knowledge in radio communication systems, radio propagation, RF, wireless or broadband/LTE

• Experience, good understanding, and working knowledge in IP networking, network design methodologies & troubleshooting (Ethernet, TCP/IP, L2/L3, MPLS)

• Certifications through CompTIA Network+, Juniper JNCIA-Junos, Nokia NRS1, CCNA or similar

• Experience directly working with end-user customers is desirable

• Excellent communications skills and the ability to present complex topics to nontechnical audiences.

• Self-motivated and able to maintain focus in a pressured environment

• Ready for business' trips up to 40% of working time

Preferred Experience:

• Previous knowledge and experience working with Juniper, Aviat, Cisco, Nokia/Alcatel, Xtreme, Ceragon

• Experience with switching and routing protocols (OSPF, ISIS, iBGP, eBGP, M-BGP, MPLS RSVP-TE, and LDP)

• Experience/knowledge in line of sight microwave propagation

Must be able to obtain a background clearance as required by our government customers.

Target Base Salary Range: $56,700 - $108,600 USD
Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in one if the following; Engineering, Computer Science, Networking, IT, Cyber Security or Information Systems

• 3+ years of experience in Engineering, Computer Science, Networking, IT, Cyber Security or Information Systems required.

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Travel Requirements25-50%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.