Principal RF Engineer - Remote
Company websitemotorolasolutions.com (Motorola Solutions, opens in new tab)
Base salary $130K to $145K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in United States
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- LocationUnited States
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About this job
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. 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.
Department Overview
Motorola Solutions is a world leader in the field of mobile communications systems, with an impressive heritage of technological innovations and a global base of installed systems. The Motorola Solutions Engineering Practice team is looking for a Propagation and Coverage subject matter expert. This role is within the Subject Matter Experts team, specializing in RF Coverage. The Coverage Subject Matter Expert will support Motorola Field Engineering Teams across North America.Our team provides expertise supporting the design and implementation of mission-critical digital mobile communication systems for Government & Public Safety Communications customers, as well as some large commercial customers. Many of our systems are designed around the APCO Project 25 communications standard.
Job Description
NOTE: Remote anywhere in the United States. This position requires some travel.
The Principal Coverage Engineer would interface with Sales, Project Management, System Engineering and Field Engineering personnel working together in a high performance culture, often with demanding cycle times and high customer expectations because we are working on mission critical communication systems. The Coverage Matter Expert will provide guidance on all coverage design and implementation aspects of the project from proposal to award until system acceptance.
This involves:
- Requirements guidance of internal tools for coverage propagation studies
- Develops and applies methods, theories and research techniques to provide solutions to technical problems.
- Providing MSI internal field resources with technical support in all phases of a project
- Providing MSI External consultative support to customers/consultants on projects, if required
- Interfacing with MSI product teams on various system performance parameters
- Developing MSI Coverage Standards and practices and disseminate to the field
- Providing guidance and support to Coverage site deployments and testing
- Leading MSI Coverage field training activities by developing on-site and recorded training courses, webinars, how to guides
- Awareness of current FCC changes that might impact the public safety arena for P25 Land Mobile Radio.
- Responsible for mentoring engineers to provide depth of knowledge and experience
Specific Knowledge/Skills:
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex topics to nontechnical audiences.
- Self motivated and able to maintain focus in a pressured environment
- Experience/knowledge in radio communication systems, radio propagation, RF, wireless system design.
- Experience in setting up modeling tools to execute and optimize coverage and interference mitigation designs.
- Experience / knowledge in troubleshooting RF (Radio Frequency) Sites / noise mitigation challenges on deployed systems and providing guidance to local field teams.
- Experience / knowledge in site deployment and installation practices.
- Drive Coverage Subject Matter Expert initiatives
Highly Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of RF/Propagation Engineering in the Wireless Communications field
Target Base Salary Range - $130,000 to $145,000 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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Basic Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree BSEE/BSCE
- 10 + Years in Engineering
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.
Travel Requirements
Under 10%
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
YesOur 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.
Source: Motorola Solutions on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($130,000) is above 40% of the 181 Engineering (non-software) roles in Texas listed on this site; 7 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $136,000; the middle half runs from $115,527 to $155,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingPrincipal RF Engineer - Remote$130K to $145K
Senior Embedded Software Engineer$130K to $160K
Speech Science Technology Manager$130K to $178K
Senior System Integration and Test Engineer$130K to $180K
Value Stream Manager$130K to $155K
Senior Engineering Manager, Systems Integration$130K to $175K
IT Lead - Supply Chain (US Remote)$130K to $145K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Principal RF Engineer - Remote (this listing) | $130K - $145K |
| Senior Embedded Software Engineer | $130K - $160K |
| Speech Science Technology Manager | $130K - $178K |
| Senior System Integration and Test Engineer | $130K - $180K |
| Value Stream Manager | $130K - $155K |
| Senior Engineering Manager, Systems Integration | $130K - $175K |
| IT Lead - Supply Chain (US Remote) | $130K - $145K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-06
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Multiple locations (6)
Target Base Salary Range - $130,000 to $145,000 USD
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
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