Sr Systems Engineer

Motorola Solutions
Schaumburg, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 7/27/2023 CLOSED ON 8/23/2023

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Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety.It's the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class.

As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and command center software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways.

At Motorola Solutions, we're ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters.

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 Motorola Solutions team comprises Sales, Project Management, Systems Engineering and System Technologist personnel working together in a high performance culture, often with demanding cycle times and high customer expectations as we work to deploy mission critical communication systems. Many of these systems are designed around the APCO Project 25 communications standard, often with interfaces to other critical customers' sub-systems. With the growth of data services some of our customer's mobile wireless networks are being enhanced with connectivity to LTE infrastructure leveraging compelling applications and live mobile video, supplementing our traditional core voice and narrow-band data networks. The Senior Systems Engineer will take responsibility for and oversee all technical aspects of an assigned project from award until system acceptance.


Role Responsibilities:

  • Final Design and implementation of the radio network including infrastructure, subscribers and mobile backhaul

  • Customer presentations

  • System staging

  • System acceptance testing

  • Radio coverage testing and interference mitigation

  • Radio system licensing (ISED)

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

  • Complete system documentation

  • Live system upgrades

  • Ensuring the integrity of the architecture/design

Specific Knowledge/Skills:

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

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

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

  • Previous knowledge and experience working with some or all of Juniper, Aviat, Cisco, Nokia/Alcatel, Xtreme, Ceragon, highly desirable

  • Experience directly working with end-user customers is essential

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

  • Experience/knowledge in line of sight microwave propagation is desirable


Additional Requirements:

  • Experienced technical professional (Professional Engineer) with multiple years of experience in Communications Systems design and deployment - along with the following mandatory requirements:

  • the ability to present confidently and persuasively to internal and external customer

  • a solid understanding of communications systems and the Project Management environment

  • Proficiency with written and spoken English (mandatory) and French (desirable)

  • Membership or Eligibility for membership in the applicable provincial Professional Engineering Association

Depending on the location of the work, travel is required for all project phases, from design through final acceptance (subject to applicable pandemic restrictions)

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Basic Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, IT or Networkingand 3 years of Engineering or Wireless Communications experience

  • Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain background clearance as required by government customer

Travel RequirementsUnder 25%Relocation ProvidedNonePosition TypeExperiencedReferral Payment PlanYes

Our U.S.Benefitsinclude:

  • Incentive Bonus Plans
  • Medical, Dental, Visionbenefits
  • 401K with Company Match
  • 9 Paid Holidays
  • GenerousPaidTime Off Packages
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • PaidParental & Family Leave
  • and more!


EEO Statement

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


Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to no discrimination because of race, color, creed, marital status, age, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

 

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