Senior Staff Software Engineer - Automation Tooling Development (Chicago Hybrid)

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we're guided by a shared purpose - helping people be their best in the moments that matter - and we're living up to our purpose everyday by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We're solving for safer - safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses - safer everywhere. We're building integrated technologies that help protect people, property and places. We're connecting public safety agencies and enterprises - enabling the collaboration that's critical for a more proactive approach to safety and security. We're committed to solving for safer every day because the work we do here matters.

Department OverviewMotorola Solutions’ innovations, products and services play essential roles in people’s lives. Our end-to-end suite of software solutions helps our customers answer thousands of emergency calls and text messages, and process video, disparate evidence and records. We are also proud to be industry leaders in video security solutions installed in more than 120 countries at thousands of customer sites, including school campuses, transportation systems, healthcare centers, public venues, critical infrastructure, prisons, factories, casinos, airports, financial institutions, government facilities, and retailers. The Vehicle Intelligence and CTO System Solutions Engineering department as part of MSI integrates video, radio, cloud, and advanced AI to form an end-to-end suite that helps people interact with their security system.
Job Description

We are looking for a senior staff software engineer who is an expert in automation tooling development. The person will be responsible for setting up the strategy, architecting the ecosystem, and implementing tools that facilitate test automation for product engineering teams across the organization. The person will provide systematic quality and performance metrics on Motorola’s product offerings. 

What you’ll do:

• Lead the development of the overall test automation ecosystem that will increase testing efficiency and enable product engineering teams’ self-testing.

• Architect and implement the monitoring, reporting, issue tracing, and other supporting services to provide insights, metrics, and risks of overall product quality and performance.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify the needs of quality improvements and required automation tooling. 

• Perform code reviews to ensure code quality of built tools and internal facing services.

• Design quality guidelines on ensuring product performance, scalability, and high reliability.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers as they propose, prototype, evaluate, and iterate solutions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ Engineering or equivalent work experience required.

• Proven skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and Java development.

• 8+ years of professional experience in test automation framework development from scratch on API, web UI, and mobile with CI/CD pipeline integration or in software engineering web development. 

• Strong communication skills.

Note: Candidate must be in the Chicago office 2 times a week.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelors degree with 8+ years of test automation framework development experience.

• OR Bachelors degree with 8+ years of software engineering experience.

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanNo

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.