Motorola Solutions

Communications

PrincipalResearch&Development(R&D)Engineer

$180–250k Los Angeles, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“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.

Communications
Eligibility Requirements

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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