Defense Tech BD Engineer – USSOCOM (Remote/Hybrid)

Motorola Solutions; Central City (NE); Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Silvus Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, seeks a Business Development Engineer for USSOCOM to bridge RF capabilities with SOCOM needs and demonstrate interoperability of StreamCaster radios in multi‑domain, tactical environments. You will collaborate with Engineering and BD teams to support field tests, live trials, and end-to-end network demonstrations, with up to 50% travel and a possible remote option depending on location.

A technical background and U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related C5ISR field with 2–5 years of demonstrated experience in systems engineering, technical business development, or defense technology roles; OR High School Diploma/GED with 5+ years of relevant technical or defense experience.
• Exposure to or working knowledge of Software-Defined Radios (SDRs), IP-based routing protocols, or tactical communication systems.
• Basic familiarity with RF test equipment, such as spectrum analyzers and signal generators.
• Security Clearance: Active U.S. Government SECRET clearance or the ability to obtain one within 15 months of hire.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.

Responsibilities

• Assist in analyzing USSOCOM capability gaps, SOF-peculiar communications requirements, and Hyper-Enabled Operator/tactical edge network design goals, mapping operational needs to tactical radio solutions.
• Support technical planning, network configuration, and live-on-the-air execution of field trials, modernizations, and user evaluations.
• Collaborate with the Applications Engineering team to leverage continuous testing and competitive benchmarking data, helping verify that proposed solution architectures are technically sound.
• Maintain close alignment with the Business Development team to support their ongoing technical needs and align work with established strategic priorities.
• Assist in building and presenting technical demonstrations tailored to low-signature, resilient, and tactical edge operational needs of USSOCOM and its component commands (USASOC, NAVSPECWARCOM, AFSOC, MARSOC).
• Contribute technical input and review support for RFI/RFP proposal responses.
• Perform market research to identify potential integrations with industry partners and test end-to-end network architectures.
• Assist Business Development in engaging with technical stakeholders across USSOCOM PEO-SOF Digital Applications / PEO-C4, SOF AT&L, SOFWERX, and Component Command Science & Technology (S&T) leads.
• Serve as an internal voice for the SOF Operator by gathering field feedback, signature management requirements, and operational needs, helping translate them into product roadmap inputs, and tracking engineering progress against operational needs.
• Perform other related duties of which the above are representative.
• Travel Requirement – 50%; frequent travel to customer sites, research laboratories, and strategic field-testing environments.

Skills

SDR exposure

RF test equipment familiarity

Technical communication

Scripting (Python/C++)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Network Engineering or related C5ISR field

High School Diploma/GED with 5+ years of relevant technical/defense experience

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Silvus Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, seeks a Business Development Engineer for USSOCOM to bridge RF capabilities with SOCOM needs and demonstrate interoperability of StreamCaster radios in multi‑domain, tactical environments. You will collaborate with Engineering and BD teams to support field tests, live trials, and end-to-end network demonstrations, with up to 50% travel and a possible remote option depending on location.

A technical background and U.S.