Motorola Solutions
Motorola Solutions
Motorola Solutions develops technology for public safety, security, and critical communications. Its portfolio includes mission-critical P25 and professional DMR radios, broadband devices, AI-enabled video security, command center solutions, and managed support services. The company serves organizations across public safety, law enforcement, education, healthcare, and other sectors where reliable coordination and fast response are essential. Its solutions are designed to help teams stay connected, understand unfolding situations, and make informed decisions in demanding environments.

Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Chicago Hybrid

Lead Motorola Solutions’ Platform and Video Infrastructure organization, supporting GCP-based video systems and AI evidence platforms. Manage distributed engineering teams while advancing reliability, secure integrations, media processing, and platform scale.

Description

  • Lead the Platform and Video Infrastructure organization and its strategic growth
  • Manage and develop distributed teams of senior engineers, technical leads, and engineering managers
  • Build career frameworks, succession plans, and consistent performance management practices
  • Promote an accountable, remote-first culture grounded in autonomy, operational discipline, and continuous feedback
  • Direct departmental workforce planning, operating budgets, and resource distribution
  • Improve scalability, availability, and cost performance across the Google Cloud Platform environment
  • Set infrastructure standards for keyless authentication, zero-trust networking, and Terraform-managed immutable systems
  • Set technical roadmaps spanning zero to two years and define delivery expectations
  • Oversee asynchronous media processing and AI-based false-positive filtering workflows
  • Coordinate with vendors and gateway connector teams to align API handshakes, streaming protocols, and ingestion performance
  • Collaborate with Product, Security, and executive leaders on architecture standards, integration policies, and platform capabilities

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or comparable practical experience
  • At least 10 years of progressive experience in software, infrastructure, and platform engineering
  • At least 3 years of direct engineering management experience leading distributed teams
  • At least 2 years of DevOps experience
  • Demonstrated success managing multi-team organizations, operating budgets, and technical strategy for high-scale platforms
  • Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot microservices, and Python for AI or agentic workflows and evidence verification processing
  • Advanced knowledge of event-driven microservices using Kafka
  • Strong command of GCP services including GKE, Shared VPC, VPC Service Controls, IAM and Workload Identity Federation, Cloud Storage, and Anthos Service Mesh
  • Experience delivering infrastructure as code with Terraform
  • Experience managing asynchronous video processing, transcoding, and live or recorded streaming pipelines
  • Experience applying cryptographic integrity standards and SHA-256 chain-of-custody protocols
  • Working knowledge of OIDC, Workload Identity, mTLS, OAuth 2.0, and enterprise API integration patterns
  • U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain any security clearance required by the government contract
  • Availability to work from the Chicago office three times per week

Benefits

  • Eligibility for incentive bonus plans
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan with company matching
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Generous paid time off packages
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid parental and family leave
  • Travel expected to remain below 10%
  • Relocation assistance is not provided

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