Company OverviewAt Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety.It's the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class.As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and command center software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways.At Motorola Solutions, we're ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters.Department OverviewThe Post-Sale Systems Engineering team is the technical lifeblood of the Systems Integration organization. Our engineers design and implement the innovative communications solutions that make a difference "In the Moments That Matter". As the solution architect and technical consulting lead, the Systems Engineering team has the end-to-end design, technology consultancy, and implementation responsibility for all post-sale project engagements. The Systems Engineering team delivers customer driven, world-class, leading edge, end-to-end solutions that rise to the challenges of our First Responder and Government customers.The Engineering team concentrates on the following mission-critical communications technologies at all levels of complexity (ie: from small municipal systems to large metropolitan and state-wide solutions).- Public safety grade mobile voice and data communications networks- Advanced mobile devices- Public safety mobile broadband networks and devices (LTE)- Integrated Command and Control (911 dispatch consoles, advanced video surveillance, and other public safety applications)The work we do is meaningful, impactful, and leading edge. You will be part of a dynamic cross-functional client-facing team including sales, system integrators, product engineers, third party vendors, project managers, and senior systems engineers - often on large and highly-visible, multi-million dollar engagements.Job DescriptionNote: The candidate must reside in the territory region of WA. The preferred candidate will reside in the Vancouver metropolitan area.Job DescriptionMotorola Solutions is building talent pipelines to meet future hiring demands. This is a pipeline role, while there is not an immediate opening, we want to build relationships with prospective candidates like you. If your background is a match to our requirements, we'll follow up with an exploratory conversation.Note: The preferred candidate will reside in the Pacific Northwest such as Seattle, Vancouver WA, Portland, or Boise.Responsibilities:The Principal Staff Systems Engineer will take responsibility for and oversee all technical aspects of the assigned project from proposal award until system acceptance.This involves:Final Design and implementation of the radio network including infrastructure, subscribers, power systems design, equipment shelter and tower designs, and backhaul network design including microwave, leased line, and customer provided Ethernet networksCustomer presentationsSystem stagingSystem acceptance testingRadio coverage testing and interference mitigationRadio system licensing (FCC/Industry Canada/NTIA)Preparation of system fleetmap, encryption, and radio programming templatesComplete system documentationLive system cutovers and upgradesAdditional Preferred Skills:Experience in radio communication systems, radio propagation, RF, wireless or broadband/LTE networksExperience, a good understanding, and working knowledge in IP networking, network design methodologies & troubleshooting (Ethernet, TCP/IP, L2/L3, MPLS)Certifications through CompTIA N