Software Engineer - Java / Python
Quick Summary
Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering,
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.
We look for the most advanced problem solvers - like you - to help us create technologies that rise to the challenges of our customers. To connect firefighters to police officers to emergency responders to nurses to specialists to lives saved. To protect communities, grow businesses and make work safer and more efficient.
Bring your talent to the Critical Communications Networks team as we create and improve applications to enhance device usage and integration with the larger portfolio of Motorola Solutions products. The software developer will be a member of a team working on applications our customers use to communicate and administrators use to configure and maintain customer systems. The position is available with our team in Schaumburg or Chicago.
We are seeking smart, self-motivated software engineers to be responsible for designing, developing, unit testing, and integrating software to support the development, enhancement, and maintenance of elements of the telecommunication infrastructure.
The employee will need to closely collaborate with other teams across our global organization. To be successful in this role you must value teamwork and communication as well as working closely with other engineers in small, dynamic, Agile teams.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- At least 2+ years of professional software development experience preferred
- Foundational programming skills including understanding of software development principles, data structures and algorithms
- Practical experience (internships, co-ops, or academic projects) developing in a structured, strongly typed language preferably Java.
- Practical experience using a scripting language such as Python and/or Bash
- Exposure to DevOps, continuous integration, and automation environments (eg. Jenkins, Ansible)
- Practical knowledge of using a version control system like Git/Bitbucket
- Exposure to telecommunications technologies and network protocols (TCP/IP, TLS, UDP)
- Able to break-down product or system level problems into sub-problems that are addressed with innovative designs
- Able to communicate ideas to peer engineers and direct managers clearly and concisely
Target Base Salary Range: $80,000 - $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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Requirements
~1 min readBachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.
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What We Offer
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About this job
- Pay per year
- $80,000–$100,000 a year
- 53% below the $190,000 median for Software Engineer jobs on Jobera (6,603 salaries).
- Who can apply
- United States
- Posted
- 1 day ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 28, 2026
- First seen
- October 28, 2026
- Last seen
- October 28, 2026
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- Trust Level
- 63%
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- October 28, 2026
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