System Engineer
Motorola Solutions
Remote in Chicago, Illinois
Job Description
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 Overview At 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:
Bachelor's Degree and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or Wireless Communications experience OR
Master’s Degree in Engineering or related field
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 to be in 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
Basic Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Networking, IT, Cyber Security or Information Systems
Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain background clearance as required by government customer
Travel Requirements Under 25%
Relocation Provided None
Position Type Experienced
Referral Payment Plan Yes
Our U.S. Benefits include:
Incentive Bonus Plans
Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
401K with Company Match
9 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 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.
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 Overview At 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:
Bachelor's Degree and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or Wireless Communications experience OR
Master’s Degree in Engineering or related field
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 to be in 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
Basic Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Networking, IT, Cyber Security or Information Systems
Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain background clearance as required by government customer
Travel Requirements Under 25%
Relocation Provided None
Position Type Experienced
Referral Payment Plan Yes
Our U.S. Benefits include:
Incentive Bonus Plans
Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
401K with Company Match
9 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 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.
