
Presales Engineer
Linthicum Heights, MD · HybridFull-time$70–100K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Presale Systems Engineer partners with customers and sales teams to design end-to-end solutions for U.S. Federal Government Civilian and Law Enforcement customers. The role owns a solution’s technical design and works across sales, service, engineering, and technical support resources. The team supports mission-critical public safety communications, mobile devices, command and control software, and video solutions.
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Full job description
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 At Motorola Solutions, we are solving for safer every day. In our never-ending pursuit to help keep people safe everywhere, our Presale Engineering Team applies our Public Safety ecosystem of technologies focused on Critical Communications, Video Security, and the Command Center from ideation to creation, challenge to resolution. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property, and places. Our solutions enable the collaboration between public safety agencies and enterprises that’s critical for a proactive approach to safety and security. The Presales Engineering Team is the technical lifeblood of the Sales Organization. Our engineers bring to life the innovative solutions that make a difference in the moments that matter. And we do so with a sense of mission, purpose, innovation, inclusion, and accountability. Job Description The Presale Systems Engineer partners closely with customers and the sales team, delivering customer-driven, world-class, leading-edge, end-to-end solutions that rise to the challenges of first responder, government, and non first responder customers within the US Federal Government Civilian and Law Enforcement customer base. Working within a team of sales, service, engineering, and technical support resources, the Presale Systems Engineer is the overall owner of a solution’s technical design, ensuring we meet our customers’ needs.
The engineering team supports the entire ecosystem and concentrates on the following mission-critical technologies at various levels of complexity:
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Public safety grade mobile voice and data networks
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Advanced mobile devices
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Public safety mobile broadband networks and devices
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Integrated command and control software
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Mobile and fixed video solutions
Responsibilities:
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Customer requirements discovery
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Technology strategy development
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End-to-end system architecture design
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Proposal development
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Internal and external technical presentations
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Equipment and software solution demos, including configuration and testing
Qualifications:
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Bachelor's Degree preferably in Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering strongly desired
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OR 3+ years of experience in one of the following: Sales, Pre Sales, Project Management, Engineering, Public Safety experience
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Must be a U.S. citizen with ability to obtain a necessary security clearance as required by government contract
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Present complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences and makes them understandable
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Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
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Experience with wireless communications fundamentals and voice/data architectures - both public and private (e.g. APCO P25, LTE, 802.11, 3GPP 4G/5G, FirstNet/Frontline) - highly desirable
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Experience with Cloud (FedRAMP), IP networking architecture, protocols and security highly desirable
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Knowledge of RF coverage predictions, microwave design, traffic/capacity modeling, and related toolsets an asset
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This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice's "Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy" and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent fingerprint background check administered by Motorola Solutions Inc. customers.
Location/Travel:
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Ability to work in the Linthicum Heights, MD office a minimum of 3 days a week
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Must be willing to travel up to 25% of the time
Target Base Salary Range: $70,000 - $100,000 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
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Bachelors Degree
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OR 3+ years of experience in one of the following: Sales, Pre Sales, Project Management, Engineering, Public Safety experience
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Must be a U.S. citizen with ability to obtain a necessary security clearance as required by government contract
Travel Requirements Under 25% Relocation Provided None Position Type Experienced Referral Payment Plan Yes Our U.S. Benefits include:
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Incentive Bonus Plans
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Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
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401K with Company Match
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10 Paid Holidays
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Generous Paid Time Off Packages
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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Paid Parental & Family Leave
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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.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,868 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–100K/yr
- Maryland median$124–200K/yr562 salary ranges
- US median$115–190K/yr8,798 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $85K, is 47% below the Maryland median midpoint ($161K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 699 open Systems Engineer jobs in Maryland and 11,868 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,801 postings).
- Education
- 4,398 of the 11,868 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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