Senior Wireless Communication Systems Engineer

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** Company Overview
** At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.##

** Department Overview
** Silvus Technologies was acquired by Motorola Solutions in 2025, and is now part of its ecosystem of safety and security technologies.
With deep roots in DARPA research, Silvus Technologies develops world-class advanced communications technologies that are reshaping the tactical communications landscape. From pure line-of-sight to extreme non-line-of-sight, Silvus radios form a self-healing, self-forming mesh network, enabling secure and reliable connectivity, including video and high-bandwidth data.##

Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITYSilvus Technologies is seeking a
*** Senior Wireless Communication Systems Engineer
*** who will report to the
* R&D Director, Communications Systems
* on the
* Research & Development (R&D)
* team. The successful individual in this role participates in all phases of wireless technology projects, including planning, design, implementation, prototyping, verification, and validation.

This position is 100% onsite, Monday through Friday, at
* Silvus Technologies*’ Engineering and R&D Office in Irvine, CA, near the vibrant Irvine Spectrum.

The following is a list of at least some of the current essential job functions of the position. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time at its discretion.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* System design and requirement specification.
* Algorithmic development, simulation, implementation, and testing.
* System performance simulation, bench marking, and testing.
* Fixed point modeling and FPGA design and verification support.
* Support FPGA and Software development teams for hardware/software implementation and troubleshooting.
* Lead a team of multi-disciplinary engineers for product and feature development, as needed.
* Responsible for setting, tracking, and driving development schedules and tasks.
* Design and participate in lab and field testing and troubleshooting.
* Technical material preparation and documentation.
* Participate in R&D business development and capture efforts as needed.
* Understand current products and technologies and brainstorm with other teams for future enhancements and strategies.
* Infrequent travel to support customer interactions or test and demonstration events.
* Perform other related duties of which the above is representative.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
* M.S. or Ph.D. in the field of wireless communications and signal processing.
* Minimum 4 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems.
* Previous participation in the complete wireless technology development cycle: from design to field testing.
* Extensive knowledge and experience about RF propagation, channel modeling, and all parts of digital communication systems (e.g. RF subsystems, synchronizations, channel estimation, channel coding, etc.)
* Extensive knowledge about signal processing algorithms, MIMO, and OFDM.
* Expertise in modeling and mitigating RF impairments to signals such as AGC, phase noise, frequency/clock offset, etc.
* Experience with fixed point modeling, implementation, and verification.
* Expert in MATLAB programming and simulation.
* ** Must be a U.S. Citizen
** due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
* ** All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check.
** PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

* Wireless mobile ad-hoc networking, medium access, and routing algorithms.
* Cognitive radio congested and contested spectrum and interference mitigation.
* RF sensing, signal detection, and classification, etc.
* Technical writing and presentation skills.## Basic Requirements
* M.S. or Ph.D. in the…