Business Development Engineer (BDE), USSOCOM

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

Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, is reshaping mesh network technology for mission-critical applications – on the ground, in the air and at sea. Its battle-proven StreamCaster family of MANET radios and proprietary MN-MIMO waveform provides the vital communications link for defense, law enforcement and public safety agencies around the world, and in the toughest operational environments.

Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Job Description

Would you like to join an incredibly talented group of people, doing very challenging work, with the prime directive of “Keeping Our Heroes Connected”?

THE OPPORTUNITY

Silvus is seeking a Business Development Engineer, USSOCOM to join the Applications Engineering team. This role is structured for early- to mid-career candidates seeking to bridge technical radio frequency capabilities with Special Operations Command customer requirements and emerging trends.

Reporting to the Director of Applications Engineering, you will work alongside Engineering and Business Development teams to support USSOCOM acquisition stakeholders and Component Commands. In this position, you will assist in demonstrating the technical capabilities, interoperability, low-signature performance, and field-readiness of our StreamCaster MANET radio portfolio across multi-domain, tactical edge, and uncrewed environments. This role requires up to 50% travel to customer sites, research laboratories, and strategic field-testing environments, with a 100% remote working option depending on location.

The following is a list of at least some of the current essential job functions of the position. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time at its discretion.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in analyzing USSOCOM capability gaps, SOF-peculiar communications requirements, and Hyper-Enabled Operator/tactical edge network design goals, mapping operational needs to tactical radio solutions.

• Support technical planning, network configuration, and live-on-the-air execution of field trials, modernizations, and user evaluations.

• Collaborate with the Applications Engineering team to leverage continuous testing and competitive benchmarking data, helping verify that proposed solution architectures are technically sound.

• Maintain close alignment with the Business Development team to support their ongoing technical needs and align work with established strategic priorities.

• Assist in building and presenting technical demonstrations tailored to low-signature, resilient, and tactical edge operational needs of USSOCOM and its component commands (USASOC, NAVSPECWARCOM, AFSOC, MARSOC).

• Contribute technical input and review support for RFI/RFP proposal responses.

• Perform market research to identify potential integrations with industry partners and test end-to-end network architectures.

• Assist Business Development in engaging with technical stakeholders across USSOCOM PEO-SOF Digital Applications / PEO-C4, SOF AT&L, SOFWERX, and Component Command Science & Technology (S&T) leads.

• Serve as an internal voice for the SOF Operator by gathering field feedback, signature management requirements, and operational needs, helping translate them into product roadmap inputs, and tracking engineering progress against operational needs.

• Perform other related duties of which the above are representative.

• Travel Requirement – 50%; frequent travel to customer sites, research laboratories, and strategic field-testing environments.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related C5ISR field with 2–5 years of demonstrated experience in systems engineering, technical business development, or defense technology roles; OR High School Diploma/GED with 5+ years of relevant technical or defense experience.

• Exposure to or working knowledge of Software-Defined Radios (SDRs), IP-based routing protocols, or tactical communication systems.

• Basic familiarity with RF test equipment, such as spectrum analyzers and signal generators.

• Security Clearance: Active U.S. Government SECRET clearance or the ability to obtain one within 15 months of hire.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.

• All employment is contingent upon the successful…