Senior Design Engineer, Systems

Motorola Solutions; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 62,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the telecommunications sector is seeking a Senior Design Engineer, Systems in Vancouver. This pivotal role involves technical leadership in developing secure and scalable security solutions. The candidate will work closely with various teams to optimize product performance and ensure successful product launches. The position requires strong leadership skills, a degree in engineering, and experience in hardware technologies. Join a team dedicated to making communities safer through innovative technology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in related hardware technologies.
• Ability to automate in Python, Powershell, and Bash.
• Experience with AI/machine learning technologies is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take technical leadership in delivering mission critical products.
• Design and qualify hardware appliances for security solutions.
• Collaborate with internal teams and third-party vendors.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Automation

Organization

Attention to Detail

Self-Motivation

Education

Degree in Engineering

Bachelors Degree

Tools

Atlassian tools

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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.

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.

Aperçu de l’entreprise

Chez Motorola Solutions, nous pensons que tout commence par nos employés. Nous sommes une communauté mondiale soudée, unie par la volonté incessante de contribuer à la sécurité des personnes partout dans le monde. Nos technologies de communication, de sécurité vidéo et de centre de commandement essentielles soutiennent les agences de sécurité publique et les entreprises, permettant une coordination essentielle pour des communautés, des écoles, des hôpitaux et des entreprises plus sécuritaires. Connectez-vous à une carrière qui compte et aidez-nous à bâtir un avenir plus sûr.

Department Overview

Motorola Solution's Video Division is defining the future of the security industry through innovative end-to-end-solutions. We’re changing the landscape of the surveillance industry through advanced award-winning AI based surveillance systems. Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world and our team is advancing the field as it applies to the surveillance industry. We are proud to be industry leaders in video analytics with products like Appearance Search and Unusual Motion Detection along with our recently launched cloud service platform. You will have the opportunity to contribute to intelligent camera surveillance systems through cutting edge research and software engineering.

Job Description

The Systems Engineering team at Motorola is spearheading the development of our secure, reliable and scalable security solutions. From working with potential vendors/suppliers to the technical design of our appliance products, the System Engineer serves as the core technical leader in driving our new product launches from concept to production. You will be counted upon to work very closely with our product, project and development teams to implement successful launch of our product.

This Senior Design Engineer, Systems role is multidisciplinary and a pivotal role in the organization. You’re expected to meet the challenges of coordinating with multiple internal and external teams, gaining insight into our software application layer, characterizing our systems and working with team members to better automate our release and tooling development. You will be responsible for analyzing our products at a system level, looking for optimizations in cost, quality, features, and performance. The data is then reviewed with organizational stakeholders to inform decisions at early design stages that ultimately feed into the products being launched in the market. You will be the end-user advocate first and foremost which will help inform these team decisions and drive test planning.

This position is based in Vancouver, BC and the candidate must reside in the Greater Vancouver Area as you will be required to go into the office on a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities Include:

• Take technical leadership in delivering mission critical products with the utmost care in quality
• Designing and qualifying hardware appliances for our industry leading, end-to-end security monitoring solutions including rackmount NVR and AI servers and workstations.
• Working with ODM/OEM partners to design, validate, and deliver top quality/performance appliances and solutions.
• Working closely with the product management team to analyze product requirements.
• Working closely with the project management team define timelines for product delivery.
• Responsible for the performance measurement, analysis, qualification, and productization of platforms that host our storage server and clients
• Measure and report on the performance of various components of our system. Including components such as graphics, network, memory, storage, etc.
• Identify and make recommendations to remove or reduce performance bottlenecks
• Collaborating with manufacturing engineering team to ensure a smooth transition from product development to product launch
• Build relationships with internal software teams, technical support, product management, sourcing, manufacturing, and others including third party vendors.
• Participate and lead in the RFP process for OEM vendor and solution selection.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience in related hardware technologies
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, effective communicator at all organizational levels.
• Ability to automate in python, Powershell, and Bash or similar
• Highly organized, good attention to detail, capable of multi-tasking and following through on tasks to completion.
• Self-motivated and proactive with a desire to innovate
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, concise documentation for a variety of audiences
• Software development methodologies and OOB patterns
• Self-motivated, with the ability to learn quickly and independently
• An understanding of enterprise and datacenter technologies, including SATA, SAS, PCIe, DP, HDMI, RAID, SAN/NAS, etc.
• Experience with Atlassian tools: Jira, bitbucket, confluence
• Experience with AI/machine learning technologies is strongly preferred
  
  

Target Base Salary Range: $62,600 - $128,300 CAD

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.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• 4+ years of experience in software development
  
  

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

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 this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.

Motorola Solutions adopte, favorise et promeut les principes de diversité, d’équité et d’inclusion. Nous encourageons et accueillons les candidatures de toutes les personnes qualifiées, quelles que soient leur race, origines ethnique, religion ou croyance, orientation sexuelle, identité et expression sexuelle, statut d’anciens combattants ou tout autre statut protégé par la Loi.

Nous sommes fiers de notre culture axée sur les personnes et les communautés, encourageant ainsi chaque Motorolan d’être la version la plus authentique de lui-même dans ses responsabilités afin de tenir la promesse d’un monde plus sécuritaire.

Si vous souhaitez vous joindre à notre communauté mais croyez que vous ne possédez pas toutes les exigences requises pour le poste convoité, nous aimerions tout de même connaître les raisons pour lesquelles vous pensez être un excellent candidat pour notre équipe.

Nous offrons également des mesures d’adaptation pendant toutes les étapes du processus d’embauche afin de favoriser l’inclusion des personnes vivant avec un handicap physique et/ou mental. Pour demander un aménagement, veuillez remplir ce formulaire d'aménagement raisonnable afin que nous puissions vous aider.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Telecommunications

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