Senior Systems Engineer - Design and Implementation
About The Position
Note: This is a remote position with travel (25-50%) to support projects in the T4FL territory with focus in South Florida. Overview: The Systems Staff Engineer will be responsible for the public safety design and implementation of solutions for Motorola’s ASTRO 25 and adjacent technologies for State and Local government agencies. We are looking for Engineers who are energized by delivering solutions that truly make a difference. Note: This is a remote position with travel (25-50%) to support projects in T4FL sub territory. Engineer of Record Project Responsibilities: The Systems Staff Engineer will work with a field team of Project Management, Systems Engineers, Field Engineers, Construction Managers, and Customer Service Managers, and will be responsible for leading technical aspects of smaller assigned projects through system acceptance. The Engineer will support other Systems Engineers with tasks on medium to large projects. This involves: Design and implementation of the radio network including infrastructure, subscribers, mobile backhaul and WAN and CEN networks. 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. System buildout, configuration and acceptance testing in both lab staging and field environments Radio coverage testing, frequency analysis and interference mitigation Radio system licensing (FCC/Industry) Preparation of system fleet map, encryption and radio programming templates Complete system documentation Live system cutovers and upgrades
Requirements
- 4 Years Bachelor Degree in an appropriate Engineering Discipline + 3 Years of Experience in Engineering OR 5+ Years Experience in Engineering
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required.
- Radio Frequency Engineering principles
- Land / Mobile Radio Engineering principles
- 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.
- Servers and related systems to include: VMware ESXI, Linux, and Microsoft operating systems.
- Construction of remote communication sites to include: site selection, grounding, compound development, tower and shelter requirements.
- Fortinet and Juniper firewalls, Nokia 7705 series routers, Juniper SRX/MX (Junos) series routers, HP/Aruba and Juniper switches
- Remote access using SSH, SCP, SFTP, RDP
- Software applications integration, Application Protocol Interfaces (API) concepts, computer operating systems, and the OSI model.
- Networking protocols and devices including OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, SIP, RTP, SNMP, NAT, routers, switches, and stateful packet firewalls.
- Knowledge of physical layer such as fiber, copper, and microwave.
- Works collaboratively and builds relationships with other colleagues, customers, and third party service professionals.
- Self-motivated, good written and oral communication skills, and strong interpersonal skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Motorola ASTRO 25 architecture is a plus.
- Knowledge with point-to-point Microwave systems, Microwave RF & Network design
- FCC licensing and frequency search
- Certifications a plus through CompTIA Network+, Juniper JNCIA-Junos, Nokia NRS1, CCNA or similar a plus.
Responsibilities
- Design and implementation of the radio network including infrastructure, subscribers, mobile backhaul and WAN and CEN networks.
- 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.
- System buildout, configuration and acceptance testing in both lab staging and field environments
- Radio coverage testing, frequency analysis and interference mitigation
- Radio system licensing (FCC/Industry)
- Preparation of system fleet map, encryption and radio programming templates
- Complete system documentation
- Live system cutovers and upgrades
Benefits
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
