Hardware Electrical Engineer

Company Overview

​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. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

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Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing highly reliable hardware for our internally-designed embedded systems as well as associated test harnesses and fixtures

• Taking ownership of your designs including prototyping bring-up and verification.

• Establish system and application requirements, and evaluate components and IC's for suitability in your design

• Provide electrical design support throughout all product design phases, from conception to final mass production.

• Work with internal and external teams to review specifications, schematics, and board layout.

• Work with QA team to design, develop and execute test plans for life cycle, unit and regression testing

• Work cross functionally with mobile, backend, hardware and firmware teams to develop new products and features

• Work with customer support and other software teams as a technical resource for any customer issues and patch bugs as needed

• Support internal and external manufacturing efforts for product quality control and bring up

• Maintain a thorough understanding of the latest technology, trends, and techniques in electrical engineering

• Exposure to antenna design and tuning 

• Comfortable hacking together firmware in a pinch

Qualifications:

• 3+ years designing electronics for hardware

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering 

• Strong understanding of PCBA manufacturing processes

• Not afraid to test and debug 

• Familiarity with Eagle 

• Results-oriented, dependable, and accountable

• Willingness to work autonomously

• Highly organized, can juggle competing priorities and tasks

• Willing to learn and share your knowledge with others

This position is based in Culver City, CA and the candidate must reside in the Greater Los Angeles Area as you will be required to go into the office on a hybrid work schedule.

Target Base Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000
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.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree

• 2+ years of experience designing electronics, hardware, or firmware

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position. 

Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• Generous Paid Time Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Parental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. 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.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.