Senior Systems Engineering Manager

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.

About the Department

Motorola Solutions is a world leader in 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 end-to-end design, technology consultancy, and implementation responsibility for all post-sale project engagements. The team delivers customer-driven, 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 (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 is meaningful, impactful, and leading edge. You will be 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage systems engineering resources and activities across one or more departments, functional or organizational areas.
• Impact beyond your area of responsibility, contributing on a broader level with managers of other departments including Sales, Project Management, Product, Finance, and Field Engineering.
• Manage engineering resources focused on land mobile radio system deployments.
• Mentor and motivate others while serving as a subject matter expert (SME) in one or more technical or operational areas.
• Lead engineering efforts on typical land mobile radio projects and mentor direct reports to perform this work.
• Oversee activities of one or more departments and lead the implementation of new technologies and the most complex projects.
• Manage operational and fiscal activities including staffing levels, budgets, project labor quoting, and financial goals.
• Develop and establish operational policies within the area managed and delegate assignments.
• Facilitate cross-functional, inter-department collaboration.
• Understand the sales-to-service framework and contribute toward profitability and/or cost containment by indirectly impacting the P&L through project work, tools development, and/or functional management.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and quality of engineering deliverables within the scope of assigned activities.
• Drive productivity and professional growth of assigned employees.
• Regularly interface with senior Motorola leadership, key internal/external organizations, and governmental bodies.
• Coordinate activities and direction through highly matrixed relationships.
• Handle internal/external customer relationships at a senior level.
• Evaluate fundamental problems within the assigned department and develop successful solutions.
• Manage activities with complex or conflicting legal requirements, technology requirements, or cultures.
• Rely on multiple constituencies to pursue and adopt common specifications/standards.
• Collaborate and execute operations with other Motorola businesses or external entities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline.
• 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 (employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position).
• 25-50% travel required.
• Must be able to obtain background clearance and CIJS certification as required by government customers.
• Extensive knowledge in product, technology, services, customer operations, and business complexities.
• Management experience coaching and mentoring direct reports.
• Adept at guiding and enabling team members.
• 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.

Pay

Target base salary range: $125,000 to $135,000 USD. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Benefits

• 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