Senior Systems Engineering Manager

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

Motorola Solutions is a world leader in the field of public safety land mobile radio 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 land mobile radio communication systems for Government and Public Safety Communication customers.

The Post-Sale Systems Engineering team is the technical lifeblood of the Systems Integration organization. Our engineers design and implement the innovative communications solutions that make a difference in “Solving for Safer”. As the solution architect and technical consulting lead, the Systems Engineering team has the end-to-end design, technology consultancy, and implementation responsibility for all post-sale project engagements. The Systems Engineering team delivers customer drive, world-class, leading edge, end-to-end solutions that rise to the challenges of our First Responder and Government customers.

The Engineering team concentrates on the following mission-critical communications technologies at all levels of complexity (ie: from small municipal systems to large metropolitan and state-wide solutions).
Public safety grade mobile voice and data communications networks
Advanced mobile devices
Public safety mobile broadband networks and devices (LTE)
Integrated Command and Control (911 dispatch consoles, advanced video surveillance, and other public safety applications)
Microwave, Fiber, and other backhaul connection topologies

The work we do is meaningful, impactful, and leading edge. You will be a part of a dynamic cross-functional client-facing team including sales, system integrators, product engineers, third party vendors, project managers, and senior systems engineers - often on large and highly-visible, multi-million dollar engagements.

Job Description

Responsibilities:  

The Senior Systems Engineering Manager is responsible for managing the systems engineering resources and activities across one or more departments, functional or organizational areas.  The Manager impacts beyond their area of responsibility, is known and contributes on a broader level with managers of other departments including Sales, Project Management, Product, Finance, and Field Engineering.  

This involves:

• Managing engineering resources focused on land mobile radio system deployments

• Mentoring and motivating others

• Is a subject matter expert (SME) in one or more technical or operational areas

• Impacts cross functional issues, is known and sought out at a Regional or National level

• Can lead engineering efforts on a typical land mobile radio projects and is expected to mentor assign reports to perform this work

The Manager:

• Oversees activities of one or more departments

• Can lead the implementation of new technologies and the most complex projects

• Manages operational and fiscal activities including staffing levels, budgets, project labor quoting, and financial goals

• Develops and establishes operational policies within the area managed and delegates assignments

• Facilitates cross-functional, inter-department collaboration

• Understands sales to service framework

• Is accountable for and contributes towards profitability and/or cost containment by indirectly impacting the P&L through project work, tools development, and/or functional management

• Is responsible for customer satisfaction and quality of engineering deliverables within the scope of assigned activities

• Is responsible for productivity and professional growth of assigned employees

• Regularly interfaces with senior Motorola leadership, key internal/external organizations and governmental bodies

• Coordinates activities and direction through highly matrixed relationships

• Handles internal/external customer relationships as required at a senior level

• Evaluates fundamental problems within the assigned department and is expected to develop successful solutions.

• Manages activities with complex or conflicting legal requirements, technology requirements, or cultures

• Relies on multiple constituencies to pursue and adopt common specifications/standards

• Requires collaboration and operational execution with other Motorola businesses or external entities

• Has extensive knowledge in product, technology, services, customer operations, and business complexities

• Has management experience coaching and mentoring direct reports

• Is adept at guiding and enabling team members

• Is recognized by peers and key work partners for engineering expertise, knowledge of business needs, knowledge of customer operations, and the ability to guide resources to obtain objectives

Travel:

25% to 50% is required

**Must be able to obtain background clearance and CIJS certification as required by government customers**

Target Base Salary Range - $125,000 to $135,000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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Basic Requirements

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline and 7+ years of engineering or relevant work experience in wireless communications and/or land mobile radio engineering.

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel Requirements

25-50%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• Generous Paid Time Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Parental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

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