Systems Engineer at Motorola in Des Moines, Iowa

Job Description:

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Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we create technologies our customers refer to as their lifeline. Our technology platforms in communications, software, video and services help our customers work safely and more efficiently. Whether it's helping firefighters see through smoke, enabling police officers to see around street corners, or reliably keeping the lights on in homes and businesses around the world, our work supports those who put their lives on the line to keep us safe. Bring your passion, potential and talents to Motorola Solutions, and help us usher in a new era in public safety and security.

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.

*Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contracts*

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

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

• Associates degree/Technical Certificate in Engineering, Computer Science, Networking, IT, Cyber Security or Information Systems or 1+ years in public safety, wireless, networking or IT.

Travel Requirements

50-75%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S.Benefitsinclude:

• Incentive Bonus Plans


• Medical, Dental, VisionbenefitseffectiveDay 1


• 401K with Company Match and Day 1 vesting


• 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.

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