Job Description
Job Description
The primary role of the Pre-sales Engineer is to undertake high-level
engineering tasks (such as High-Level Designs, Detail Designs, and System
Architecture design) in support of major radio and video system opportunities.
The Pre-sales System Engineer will be responsible for issuing technical
solutions and designs during the tender phase and advice to various Project
teams during implementation.
Responsibilities:
Provide technical advice on specialist areas of radio
communications systems (P25, Tetra, DMR, HF, and LTE) and Fixed/Mobile
video systems (BWC, In-vehicle system, CCTV)
Describe system performance, features, and architecture to
consultants and customers.
Technical architect and system design responsible for new
opportunities.
System architecture design and dimensioning for Core sites,
Radio/Remote sites and TX sites. Design and dimension systems to provide
customer required features and performance criteria such as redundancy,
grade of service (GoS) and link/path availability.
Evaluate different Motorola technologies and determine the best fit
for customer needs and budget (including the selection of third party
products for use in system solutions). Work with Sales to develop overall
sales strategies based on the customer’s requirements and resources.
Formally present technical product information to customers,
professional organizations, and consultant groups about Motorola products.
Create and review system engineering deliverables (i.e. quotation,
System Design Document, System Description Document, Bill of Materials,
System Architecture Diagrams, Network Diagrams, Fleetmaps, Coverage Plots,
Design and Capacity Calculations, and other High Level as well as Detail
Design deliverables)
Interface with product groups regarding solutions or new products.
Use their understanding of systems to request new products, systems, and
features from System Planning.
Analyze radio traffic reports to ensure continued optimal use of
the network facilities.
Liasing with radio planning team to conduct Radio Coverage and
Capacity studies and produce coverage maps.
Complete RF studies including coverage analysis, frequency reuse
and interference analysis.
Support the Project team in understanding system requirements and
development of solutions.
Ensure that all aspects of the system design have been completed to
a level that minimizes Motorola’s risk.
Ensure an understanding of commercial conditions and appropriate
responses to technical conditions.
Ensure that all response recommendations made on behalf of Motorola
will comply with all appropriate statutory regulations.
Review all technical documentation.
Produce factory & field acceptance test procedure
documentation.
Knowledge management activities to explore and acquire knowledge in
order to keep up level of technical expertise.
Report the current status of work on a regular basis.
Basic Requirements
The ideal candidate has the following skills and capabilities:
More than 5 years of involvement with a wide range of radio
communications and video systems including their design, specification and
pre-sales activities.
Technical Sales or customer relationship management experience
Bachelors/Masters Degree in Communication, Computer, or Network
Engineering is preferred.
A positive attitude with a can-do mentality that enables you to be
creative, resourceful and deliver results
Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to
present complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences in English
and French (French and English are mandatory, Arabic is an add-on)
Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external
stakeholders
Willingness to think out of the box and challenge the status quo
Attention to detail and a flawless execution mindset
Strong general knowledge of wireless communications fundamentals
and voice/data architectures - both public and private (e.g. Tetra , P25,
DMR, LTE) is highly desirable.
Strong general knowledge of boarder security and safe city
solutions (including Fixed and Mobile video)
Strong general knowledge of IP networking architecture, protocols
and security is highly desirable.
Knowledge of RF coverage predictions, traffic/capacity modeling,
and related toolsets is an asset.