Principal RF Systems Engineer — Remote (Federal Projects)

Motorola Solutions Inc; Lexington (KY); Remote; USD 135,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical/Dental/Vision

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Parental Leave

Job summary

Motorola Solutions Inc seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead the design and implementation of ASTRO 25-based solutions for DOD and Federal agencies. This remote role requires nationwide travel (25-50%) to customer sites, supporting diverse first-responder, government, and enterprise customers.

You will collaborate with project managers and field teams to drive technical excellence, deliver end-to-end systems, and produce documentation, fleet maps, and cutover plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CE/EE/CS or equivalent plus 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Or 8+ years of IT/engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement radio network infrastructure including subs, power, shelters, towers, and backhaul.
• Lead customer design reviews, staging, acceptance testing, and troubleshooting.
• System buildout, configuration, and acceptance testing in lab and field environments.
• Radio coverage testing, frequency analysis and interference mitigation.
• Provide input for radio system licensing (NTIA).
• Prepare fleetmap, encryption schema, and radio programming templates.
• Produce as-built system documentation.
• Develop live system cutovers and upgrades.

Skills

RF Engineering

Land Mobile Radio

Wireless/Wireline

RF Design

P25 LMR

ASTRO 25

Site Construction

Networking Hardware

Remote Access

Microwave

APIs

Routing Protocols

Physical Layer

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/EE/CE

Tools

Fortinet

Juniper Routers

Nokia 7705

HP/Aruba

Juniper Switches

SSH

Job description

Motorola Solutions Inc seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead the design and implementation of ASTRO 25-based solutions for DOD and Federal agencies. This remote role requires nationwide travel (25-50%) to customer sites, supporting diverse first-responder, government, and enterprise customers.

You will collaborate with project managers and field teams to drive technical excellence, deliver end-to-end systems, and produce documentation, fleet maps, and cutover plans.