Senior Electronics Design Engineer

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.

Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, is reshaping mesh network technology for mission‑critical applications – on the ground, in the air and  battle‑proven Stream Caster family of MANET radios and proprietary MN‑MIMO waveform provides the vital communications link for defense, law enforcement and public safety agencies around the world, and in the toughest operational environments.

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.

Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Would you like to join an incredibly talented group of people, doing very challenging work, with the prime directive of “Keeping Our Heroes Connected”?

Silvus is seeking a Senior Electronics Design Engineer who will report to the Team Lead, Electronics Design on the Hardware Engineering team. The successful individual in this role will participate in the development of Silvus’ MANET radios and other advanced R&D projects with an emphasis on Electronics Hardware/PCBA design.

This position is based at Silvus Technologies’ headquarters in the heart of vibrant West Los Angeles, CA
, and is on a hybrid schedule; a minimum of 3 days onsite per week is expected. On‑site days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

• Component selection, schematic capture and PCB design of electrical systems based on an FPGA SoC with associated memory devices, transceivers, communication peripherals, and power management circuitry.
• Design high fidelity mixed signal audio circuitry with excellent noise immunity.
• Follow good design practices to achieve successful mixed signal PCB design.
• Define PCB stack up, materials, and design rules to meet performance requirements and manufacturing feasibility.
• Perform hardware bring‑up, test, and root cause analysis on the bench, using common lab equipment.
• Work with PCB Designers, Software, FPGA, and RF teams for system‑level implementation.
• Ensure designs do not produce EMI and are well isolated in high EMI environments.
• Perform other duties as assigned by a supervisor.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field.
• Minimum six (6) years of experience in mixed signal circuit design involving audio and SoCs.
• Demonstrated expertise with complex mixed signal PCB design and HDI routing.
• Experienced with audio codecs and audio power amplifiers.
• Experience implementing digital communication peripherals at a hardware level, such as USB 3.0, 10
  
  Gb Ethernet, I2C, and RS232.
• Experience designing power supply trees to achieve high efficiency and low noise implementations.
• Strong familiarity with test equipment such as DMM, bench top supply, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer.
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts.
• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field.
• Competency with simulation tools for high speed digital design and power supply design.
• Proven experience with Xilinx FPGAs, SoCs and the Vivado IDE.
• Experience with video codecs.
• Expe…