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.

Department Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we help people be their best in the moments that matter. Motorola Solutions is a world leader in the field of professional mobile communications systems with an impressive heritage of technological innovations and a global base of installed systems.

Motorola Solutions creates innovative, mission-critical communication solutions and services that help public safety and commercial customers build safer cities and thriving communities around the world
Our team is engaged in performing live upgrades on such mission critical digital mobile communication systems for Government & Public Safety Communications customers with a focus on minimizing system impact and maximizing customer satisfaction.

We invite you to explore the cutting edge technologies and impactful work that we do here.

Job Description

Motorola Solutions has an outstanding track record of success and strives to build long term relationships with our customers. Customer satisfaction is given great emphasis and we strive to build a trusted advisor relationship with every customer.

The customer team comprises Sales, Project Management, System Engineering and System Technologist 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.

Many of our systems are designed around the APCO Project 25 communications standard. With the growth of data services some of our customer’s mobile wireless networks are being enhanced with LTE infrastructure for applications such as live mobile video transmission supplementing our traditional core voice and narrow-band data networks.

The UO Engineering Intern will be involved in the following:

• Learning about the system upgrade process and technologies that MSI deploys

• Customer presentations

• System staging

• Live system upgrades

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

• Knowledge of computer networking concepts, and experience with Linux.

• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware or KVM.

• Experience with cloud infrastructure 

• Experience with scripting coding eg. Javascript, python, powerCLI, Powershell 

• Understanding in deployment, upgrade, troubleshooting, parts replacement, and upgrades on client devices.

• Interested in traveling to various customer sites

• Position is based in Elgin, IL

Basic Requirements

Required Skills:

• Must currently be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree with a major in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science,  IT Networking, or related field (Junior / Senior year)

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract. As an intern, there will not be a need to apply for security clearance, but if an internship is later converted to a full-time position, the candidate must obtain the necessary security clearance.

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Travel Requirements

Under 25%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Intern

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.