Senior Systems Engineer

Motorola Solutions•Washington, DC

3d•Remote

About The Position

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. The Sr System Engineer will take responsibility for and oversee all technical aspects of the assigned project from award until system acceptance. This involves: 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 (FCC/Industry Canada/NTIA), Preparation of system fleetmap, encryption and radio programming templates, Complete system documentation, and Live system upgrades.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of Systems Engineering or Wireless Communications experience OR Master’s Degree and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or Wireless Communications experience or equivalent OR 7-8+ years of professional engineering experience.
Ability to travel 25% to 50% to support all project phases, from design through final acceptance.
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required.
Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Nice To Haves

Experience in radio communication systems, radio propagation, RF, wireless or broadband/LTE.
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.
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).

Responsibilities

Oversee all technical aspects of the assigned project from award until system acceptance.
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 (FCC/Industry Canada/NTIA).
Preparation of system fleetmap, encryption and radio programming templates.
Complete system documentation.
Live system upgrades.