Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions

Principal Systems Integration Engineer

Culver City, CA, More.. · Principal

No sponsorship$140k-$170kDetected 4 days ago
Distributed SystemsLinuxElectrical EngineeringCommunicationCollaboration

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Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level III)83
Fits your clock70

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Green-card follow-through: 86%

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About the role

  • 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. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that's critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer
  • hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct "scrappy" firmware and hardware tests to validate architectural assumptions.
  • You'll build proof-of-concepts to answer the "Can we do this?" questions early in the design cycle.
  • Work directly with our electrical design team in Culver City and coordinate with Mechanical, Industrial Design, Cloud, and Mobile teams to ensure a cohesive system design.
  • Technical Partner Management:
  • Collaborate with our CM and JDM partners in Asia to oversee design execution and ensure our architectural standards are met during development.
  • Perform initial board bring-up and hardware/software interface validation on early prototypes.
  • Use bench tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers) to debug system-level issues and optimize hardware for power and performance.
  • Architectural Definition: Define technical requirements for new products, ensuring electrical and firmware architectures are aligned to support cloud and mobile features.
  • Rapid Prototyping & R&D: Conduct "scrappy" firmware and hardware tests to validate architectural assumptions. You'll build proof-of-concepts to answer the "Can we do this?" questions early in the design cycle.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work directly with our electrical design team in Culver City and coordinate with Mechanical, Industrial Design, Cloud, and Mobile teams to ensure a cohesive system design.

Requirements

  • Coding: Hands-on experience or strong working knowledge of FreeRTOS or Zephyr or Debian Linux is helpful
  • Systems Thinking: Ability to translate high-level product requirements into specific hardware and firmware constraints.
  • you must be able to explain hardware constraints to software developers and vice versa.
  • Bachelors Degree
  • 3+ years of engineering experience
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required.
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position
  • Bridge Skillset: A professional background that touches both Electrical Engineering and Firmware. You should be able to read a schematic as easily as you write C code.
  • Scrappy Prototyping: Experience writing functional, "proof-of-concept" code in C to test hardware features and communication protocols (I2C, SPI, BLE, etc.).
  • Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • International Collaboration: Willingness to travel to Asia 1-2 times per year and occasionally join evening syncs with overseas partners.
  • Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • Target Base Salary Range: $140,000 - 170,000
  • 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

Nice to have

  • 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.

Skills

  • Company Overview
  • Department Overview
  • Motorola Solution's Access Control Division is redefining how people experience the spaces they move through, starting at the front door.

Compensation

  • $140,000 - 170,000
  • 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.
  • Incentive Bonus Plans

Benefits

  • Incentive Bonus Plans
  • Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
  • Generous Paid Time Off Packages
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Paid Parental & Family Leave
  • Our U.S. Benefits include:

Company info

  • Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people.
  • Our mission is to make physical environments smarter, safer, and more seamless through modern access control and automation technology that people rely on every day.

Equal opportunity

  • Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position
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