Microwave Practice Office Lead

Motorola Solutions
paid holidays, 401(k)
United States, Illinois, Chicago
500 West Monroe Street (Show on map)
Jun 03, 2025
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. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that's critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Department OverviewMotorola Solutions is a world leader in the field of mobile communications systems, with an impressive heritage of technological innovations and a global base of installed systems. The Motorola Solutions Engineering Practice team is looking for a Microwave (MW) Practice Office lead. This role is within the Subject Matter Experts team, specializing in RF Coverage, RF Microwave, and RF Devices. The MW Practice Office lead will support Motorola Field Engineering Teams across North America. Our team provides expertise supporting the design and implementation of mission-critical digital mobile communication systems for Government & Public Safety Communications customers, as well as some large commercial customers. Many of our systems are designed around the APCO Project 25 communications standard. With the growth of data services many of our customer's mobile wireless networks are being enhanced with LTE infrastructure for applications such as live mobile video transmission, supplementing our traditional core voice and narrowband data networks. Job Description The Microwave Practice Office Lead would interface with Sales, Project Management, System Engineering and System Technologist personnel working together in a high performance culture, often with demanding cycle times and high customer expectations because we are working on mission critical communication systems. The MW Practice Office lead will provide guidance on all microwave design and implementation aspects of the project from proposal to award until system acceptance. This involves: Assisting in development of internal tools for microwave propagation and path studies Providing MSI internal field resources with technical support in all phases of a project Supporting procurement on technical guidance Providing MSI External consultative support to customers/consultants on projects, if required Developing MSI Microwave engineering standard practices and disseminate to the field Providing guidance and support to microwave site deployments and testing Leading MSI Microwave field training activities by developing on-site and recorded training courses, webinars, how to guides, upkeep on microwave practice office website and collateral Awareness of current FCC changes that might impact the public safety arena for Microwave Responsible for mentoring engineers to provide a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience, provide periodic progress reports Customer presentations Specific Knowledge/Skills: Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex topics to nontechnical audiences. Self motivated and able to maintain focus in a pressured environment Experience/knowledge in radio communication systems, radio propagation, RF, wireless system design. Experience in setting up , executing and optimizing microwave and interference mitigation designs Ability to work with our 3rd party vendors for additional support/guidance Experience / knowledge in troubleshooting MW (Microwave) Sites / noise mitigation challenges on deployed systems and providing guidance to local field teams. Collaborate with the internal procurement team to oversee technical specifications and public safety applications of available microwave devices. Drive Microwave Subject Matter Expert initiatives (MW SME) Work with our 3rd party MW vendors to help ensure they are following MSI standard design practices. Some travel is required for this role. Travel may be required for training or to support deployment resolution of MW issues. Target Base Salary Range: $112,300 - $224,600 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. #LI-NJ1 #LI-HYBRD Basic Requirements Bachelor's Degree (BSEE/BSCE preferred) and 10+ years of Microwave System Engineering in the Wireless Communications field. Expert knowledge in Microwave fundamentals and propagation studies in the 4GHz to 23GHz bands Working knowledge of Pathloss 5/6 on creating and analyzing links within the pathloss tool. Travel RequirementsUnder 10% Relocation ProvidedNone Position TypeExperienced Referral Payment PlanYes Our U.S.Benefitsinclude: Incentive Bonus Plans Medical, Dental, Visionbenefits 401K 10 Paid Holidays GenerousPaidTime Off Packages Employee Stock Purchase Plan PaidParental & 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. We're committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete thisReasonable Accommodations Formso we can assist you.