SOF RF & Tactical Edge BD Engineer

Motorola Solutions; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental & Family Leave

Job summary

Silvus Technologies, a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, seeks a Business Development Engineer, USSOCOM to join the Applications Engineering team. This role bridges RF capabilities with Special Operations Command requirements and emerging trends, reporting to the Director of Applications Engineering.

You will support USSOCOM acquisition stakeholders, demonstrate interoperability and field-readiness of StreamCaster MANET radios across multi-domain environments, and travel up to 50% with a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical 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.
• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

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 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

Systems engineering

Defense technology

Technical business development

US citizenship required

SECRET clearance within 15 months

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS or Network Engineering or related C5ISR

Tools

SDRs

RF test equipment

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

Linux

Python

C++

Job description

Silvus Technologies, a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, seeks a Business Development Engineer, USSOCOM to join the Applications Engineering team. This role bridges RF capabilities with Special Operations Command requirements and emerging trends, reporting to the Director of Applications Engineering.

You will support USSOCOM acquisition stakeholders, demonstrate interoperability and field-readiness of StreamCaster MANET radios across multi-domain environments, and travel up to 50% with a