Senior System Engineer - Maryland

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.

Develops, designs, evaluates, and/or modifies systems consistent with customer and regulatory requirements. Develops system architecture, and ensures the integrity of the architecture/design. Systems Engineers handle the planning of hardware and software to make sure everything functions properly given the various customer requirements and configurations. Some amount of hands‑on troubleshooting and configuration of equipment is also necessary, periodically.

• Perform the Engineer of Record role on small to mid‑sized projects.
• Engineer multi‑faced projects requiring a wide range of technical skills including, but not limited to: coverage and capacity design, microwave system analysis, RF LMR system and BDA design, WAN network design, and knowledge of Motorola ASTRO systems.
• Conduct frequent and detailed interactions with customers and consultants to facilitate design reviews, system staging and acceptance testing events, coverage acceptance testing, live system upgrades, and troubleshooting efforts.
• Exhibit professionalism through written and oral communications.
• Exhibit a high level of commitment and accountability to project and customer demands, as well as ownership of technical solutions, problem solving and project timelines.
• Work closely with Project Management teams, Engineering teams, Technicians, and the customer to ensure successful project execution.
• Recognize the need to engage colleagues and/or specialists for assistance with difficult or new tasks.
• Learn continuously via company training programs/materials and independent personal development.

• Basic RF Principles (Two‑way radio operation, system components, terminology).
• Basic IP Networking Principles (LAN/WAN topologies, system components, terminology).
• Wireless systems involving FDMA and TDMA technologies.
• P25 Land Mobile Radio terminology and two‑way subscriber radio provisioning/programming methods.
• P25 Interoperability solutions such as ISSI and Motorola WAVE, Critical Connect, and Smart Connect.
• Computer Aided Dispatch and Public Safety related software applications.
• Communications and low voltage wiring methods and practices.

• Wireless and wireline communications systems.
• RFDS principles to include Antenna and Cable selection, Transmitter Combiners, Receiver Multi‑couplers and Lightning protection systems.
• AC and DC Power Systems to include generators, UPS, distribution (conductors, fusing, circuit breakers), rectifier and battery plants, surge protection.
• Servers and Related computer systems to include: VMware ESXI, Linux, and Microsoft operating systems.
• Construction of Communication Facilities to include:
  Site selection, grounding, compound/property development, tower and equipment shelter requirements.
• Fortinet firewall appliances, Nokia 7705 series routers, Juniper SRX/MX (Junos) series routers, HP/HPE/Arbua Network switches, various other IP and telecommunication equipment.
• Remote system access using VPNs, SSH, SCP, SFTP, RDP, etc.
• Remote system work and troubleshooting, observing proper security access protocols.

• Create design documents and drawings to provide information to project teams about system construction and configuration (Familiarity with Microsoft, Google, etc. office productivity/drawing software tool packages).
• Exhibit excellent troubleshooting, critical thinking, and analytical skills with the ability to seek out other internal company expertise when needed.
• Work remotely, primarily from a home office, with no local supervision. Take initiative, lead customer‑facing meetings,…