Motorola Solutions
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PrincipalResearch&Development(R&D)Engineer
“Principal Research & Development (R&D) Engineer at Motorola Solutions. Skills: Wireless systems design, Technical project leadership, R&D, Mesh networking. Technical management of R&D projects. Oversee system design and requirement specification”
Industry & Context.
Must be a U.S. Citizen, Successful clearance of a background check and drug test, Infrequent travel, Lift equipment up to 20 lbs., Perform bending and reaching movements, Kneeling or squatting, Walking/Moving in the labs
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related communication and/or engineering technology field, Minimum 10 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems, 5 years of demonstrated experience in technical project leadership, Participation in the complete technology development cycle: design to field testing, Must be a U.S. Citizen
Nice to Have
Simulation and prototyping software: C/C++, MATLAB, Python, etc., Radio frequency propagation, channel modeling, digital communication, Wireless ad-hoc mesh networking, medium access, and routing algorithms, Signal processing algorithms, MIMO, OFDM, beam-nulling, etc., Cognitive radio congested and contested spectrum, interference mitigation, Radio frequency sensing, signal detection, classification, etc., Technical writing, proposal preparation, and technical presentation
What You'll Do.
Technical management of R&D projects
Oversee system design and requirement specification
Set and track development schedules
Participate in hands-on design
Customer-facing engagement
Prepare technical material
Participate in R&D business development
Prepare whitepapers and proposals
Pitch future enhancements and strategies
Communicate with government and industry
Work collaboratively on team projects
Set team technology portfolio and pipeline
Supervise a team of engineers
Draft job descriptions
Screen and interview candidates
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work collaboratively within the senior Research and Development team; Supervise a team of engineers
Communication Scope
Customer-facing engagement; Technical material preparation; Reporting to management; Communicate (telephone, email, in-person) engagement with government and industry; Technical writing; Technical presentation
Process & Methodology
Technical project leadership, Technical program management, Setting and tracking development schedules and tasks
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