Communications Engineer LMR (Land Mobile Radio) Systems Specialist

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

LMR
RF
Radio
Lifecycle Management
Technical Support
Reliability Engineering
IT Management

Job Details

Role - Communications Engineer LMR (Land Mobile Radio) Systems SpecialistWork Location: Columbia, MD (Onsite)
Job Type : Contract

NEED LOCAL CANDIDATES
Job Summary:

Justification: Must have operational and technical expertise with Motorola, L3Harris, and Kenwood systems to support ongoing SFMTA integration and testing.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership and hands-on support for the integration, configuration, testing, and maintenance of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems, including Motorola, L3Harris, and Kenwood platforms.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and vendor partners to plan and execute system integration activities, ensuring seamless interoperability between disparate radio systems.
  • Perform detailed system analysis, coverage assessments, and troubleshooting of RF and LMR infrastructure components, including base stations, repeaters, antennas, combiners, and network interfaces.
  • Support acceptance testing, validation, and certification of LMR systems for operational deployment within transit and public safety environments.
  • Develop and execute test plans, document test results, and provide recommendations for system optimizations and issue resolution.
  • Interface with software engineers, network engineers, and field technicians to resolve complex system integration challenges.
  • Conduct root cause analysis of system faults and develop effective mitigation strategies to ensure system reliability and availability.
  • Maintain accurate documentation of system configurations, design changes, test reports, and integration procedures.
  • Provide ongoing technical support, preventive maintenance, and system upgrades as part of the LMR system lifecycle management.
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