Sr. Systems 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 Overview

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 APX Next Smart and live mobile video transmission supplementing our traditional core voice and narrowband data networks.

Job Description

Overview:

The Sr. Systems Engineer will be responsible for the design and implementation of solutions for Motorola’s ASTRO 25 and adjacent technologies for State and Local government public safety agencies. We are looking for Engineers who are energized by delivering solutions that truly make a difference.

Responsibilities:

• The Sr. Systems Engineer will work with a field team of Project Management, Systems Engineers, System Technologists, Construction Managers, and Customer Service Managers, and will be responsible for leading technical aspects of the assigned project until system acceptance. ​

This involves:

• Performing the Engineer of Record role for mid- to large-sized projects. 

• Remote work, primarily from a home office, with no local supervision.  Take initiative, lead customer-facing meetings, collaborate with contractors and vendors to drive results, and change priorities with little notice.

• Working on multiple projects while balancing priorities.

• High level of customer and consultant interaction involving customer design reviews, customer witnessed staging and acceptance testing events, coverage acceptance testing, live system upgrades, and troubleshooting efforts.

• Exhibiting professionalism through written and oral communications, being able to summarize complex technical concepts clearly, and present to both technical and non-technical team members.

• A high level of commitment and accountability to project and customer demands, as well as ownership of technical solutions, problem solving and project timelines.

• Design and implementation of the radio network including infrastructure, subscribers, mobile backhaul and WAN and CEN networks.

• Radio coverage modeling and testing

• Frequency analysis and interference mitigation

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

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

• System buildout, configuration and acceptance testing in both lab staging and field environments

• Authoring and compiling system documentation (drawings, test plans, etc.)

• Live system cutovers and upgrades

• Recognizing the need to engage colleagues and/or specialists for assistance with difficult or new tasks

• Continuous learning via company training programs/materials and independent personal development

• Some amount of hands-on troubleshooting and configuration of equipment, periodically.

Additional Skills/Knowledge:

• Radio Frequency Engineering principles

• Land / Mobile Radio Engineering principles and terminology

• RFDS principles to include antenna and cable selection, transmit combiners, receive multi-couplers, and lightning protection systems.

• P25 Land Mobile Radio terminology and two-way subscriber radio provisioning methods.