Senior Wireless & Modem Connectivity Engineer (combined LTE and BLE)
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 148000 - 226000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer more productive and more profitable. For the first time ever safety operations and finance teams can manage their drivers vehicles equipment and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100000 customers from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses across a wide range of industries including transportation and logistics construction energy field service manufacturing agriculture food and beverage retail and the public sector.
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About the Role
As a Senior Wireless & Modem Connectivity Expert you will play a key role in shaping Motives next-generation connectivity solutions. You will drive the design architecture and development of Bluetooth Classic BLE LTE-M NB-IoT and 5G features across embedded platforms and mobile devices (iOS and Android). Beyond being a strong individual contributor you will also provide technical leadership mentoring and cross-functional guidance to ensure high-quality scalable and future-proof connectivity solutions.
This role will help define and deliver advanced wireless capabilities across Motives embedded and mobile product stack. You will bring deep expertise in Bluetooth LTE and modem technologies embedded systems and mobile frameworks influencing both technical direction and execution. This position offers immense career growth visibility and the opportunity to work on industry-leading IoT and mobile products. We are looking for a motivated hands-on technical leader who thrives in startup-style environments driving innovation from concept to deployment.
What Youll Do
- Lead the architecture design and development of Bluetooth Classic BLE LTE-M NB-IoT and 5G features for embedded platforms and smartphones.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and mentor guiding team members on best practices for wireless development debugging protocols and modem firmware updates (FOTA).
- Collaborate with product hardware and mobile teams to define end-to-end connectivity requirements and solutions including SIM/eSIM management and device provisioning.
- Debug optimize and validate wireless protocols and firmware across multi-core embedded systems and mobile OS environments with a focus on power consumption and data throughput.
- Design and implement automated testing frameworks for both Bluetooth and LTE certification (e.g. PTCRB GCF) and interoperability testing.
- Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies such as Bluetooth SIG standards 3GPP specifications low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) and cellular V2X to ensure Motive products remain cutting-edge.
What Were Looking For
- 7 years of experience in wireless connectivity or embedded software development with significant focus on Wireless LTE 5G modem connectivity and Bluetooth Classic/BLE.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a related field.
- Strong programming experience in C/C for embedded systems and Java/Kotlin/Swift for mobile platforms.
- Deep expertise in both Bluetooth stacks (profiles pairing/bonding custom services) and LTE/5G stacks (protocols like IP UDP TCP) including performance and QoS optimization.
- Experience with embedded systems and real-time operating systems (RTOS).
- Hands-on experience with both iOS and Android APIs related to Bluetooth (CoreBluetooth) and LTE/modem connectivity (TelephonyManager CellularGateway NetworkExtension frameworks).
- Understanding of wireless coexistence challenges and mitigation strategies (e.g. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth).
- Familiarity with network simulation tools and RF lab equipment (e.g. spectrum analyzers network emulators).
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors including education work experience and certifications. For certain roles total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health pharmacy optical and dental care benefits paid time off sick time off short term and long term disability coverage life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role the compensation range is:
United States
$148000 - $226000 USD
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motives core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds experiences abilities and perspectives.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Cisco ISE
- Network Engineering
- LAN
- Computer Networking
- WAN
- Zigbee
- Technology Management
- 5G
- 3G
- MPLS
- Network Architecture
- 4G/LTE
About Company
Motive provides a integrated platform to help improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of fleet operations for the physical economy.
