Systems Engineer - EEC Si
Posted Sep 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Walk me through a time you had to design or stage a communications system for a customer whose requirements weren't fully nailed down yet. How did you handle the ambiguity?
whether the candidate can extract concrete requirements and move forward without perfect information
Tell me about a system integration project where something failed during testing right before a deadline. What did you do?
composure and troubleshooting discipline under schedule pressure, a core part of the staging process
Tell me about a time you had to get cooperation from a team outside your own group to solve a problem, when there was no formal authority to make them help.
the multi-organizational influence skill the posting calls out directly
Tell me about a piece of system design documentation you produced that someone else had to use later. How did you make sure it was clear enough for them?
attention to documentation quality, since design drawings and docs are a stated deliverable
Describe a time you had to explain a technical problem to someone non-technical, maybe a customer, in a way they actually understood.
the communication and public-speaking ability needed for a customer-facing engineering center
Technical
Explain how you would set up and validate LAN/WAN connectivity between core network elements and radio infrastructure for a new system build.
real hands-on TCP/IP and network design competence, not just familiarity with terms
Have you worked with Motorola's Dimetra, Astro, or Mototrbo systems, or an equivalent radio platform? Tell me what you configured and what problems came up.
depth of direct exposure to the specific platforms this team supports versus general radio knowledge
Describe your experience with virtualization platforms like VMware or KVM. What have you had to design or troubleshoot in that environment?
whether virtualization knowledge is theoretical or has actually been applied to design decisions
What is your comfort level with Linux and Windows environments, including Active Directory? Give me an example of something you configured or fixed in each.
cross-platform competence needed to integrate mixed-OS systems
Have you written any scripts in Python, shell, or similar to solve a real problem? Walk me through one.
whether scripting is a resume line or an actual working skill
What do you know about P25, LTE, or Tetra standards, and how would that knowledge change how you approach staging a system built on one of them?
depth of standards knowledge relevant to the customer systems they'll be staging
Situational
A customer arrives at the Experience Center expecting to see their system working, and during the demo something in the staging environment breaks. What do you do in that moment?
ability to manage a live customer-facing failure calmly while still being technically accurate
If you found a repetitive manual step in the systems staging workflow that was eating hours every week, how would you go about automating it?
the stated 'drive to automate' and whether they can turn scripting skill into practical process improvement
Suppose testing reveals a defect that traces back to a product issue rather than something in your staging configuration. How do you handle escalating that versus just working around it?
judgment about when to escalate a problem up the chain versus solving it locally
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