Senior Staff Firmware Engineer

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.

Our engineering team aids in building the infrastructure that seamlessly supports the business and its growing customer base. Engineers, customers, and end-users will all be affected by solutions developed by our team. It's a full stack on a small team with big company support approach. This position requires constant cross team communication and heavy cooperation with customer support, software, and hardware development groups. An ideal candidate will be passionate about problem solving, will look to automation to address issues, and will ultimately envision solutions to the next level.

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.

What you'll be doing:

• Designing and developing highly reliable software for our internally-designed embedded systems as well as hardware interface services in a very embedded environment.
• Making data-driven decisions to optimize for power consumption and performance.
• Board bring up, writing device drivers, and R&D on the latest embedded technologies.
• Writing clean and testable C code for a multi-processor product.
• Collaborating with a distributed firmware team on idea and implementations for our products.
• Iterating on existing RF software drivers and business logic to improve performance and reliability.
• Reading schematics and collaborating with hardware engineers.
• Taking ownership of your code, including verification testing and writing documentation.
• Work with customer support and other software teams as a technical resource for any customer issues and patch bugs as needed.
• Support for internal and external manufacturing efforts for product quality control and bring up.
• Work with QA team to design, develop and execute test scripts for life cycle, unit and regression testing
• Work cross functionally with mobile, backend, hardware and firmware teams to develop new products
• Work with a truly unique and driven team that comes from a diverse background of different hardware and software roles. Side conversations you'll encounter range from hacker cons and bluetooth exploits to flying airplanes and the finer points of Texas BBQ

Requirements:

• Excellent programming skills in an embedded context, using C or C++
• Results-oriented, dependable, and accountable
• Strong ability to analyze existing code and debug
• Strong understanding of Git version control
• Comfortable reading Python, Makefile, and Shell scripts
• Bachelors Degree

Target Base Salary Range: $86,500 - $180,000 USD

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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• 4+ years experience programming in C or C++
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Our U.S.Benefitsinclude:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Visionbenefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• GenerousPaidTime Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• PaidParental & 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 email ohr@motorolasolutions.com.