Senior Software Engineer - AI/Computer Vision (Camera Systems)

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

Motorola 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.
Our products leverage cutting edge voice technology, language models, natural language understanding, video analytics, and Machine Learning to enable our customers to focus on what matters while providing faster responses, safer outcomes and greater transparency. The candidate will join a talented team of scientists and engineers (located in Chicago, Boston, Vancouver and Krakow, Poland) in the Chief Technology Office at Motorola Solutions working on developing mission-critical AI solutions for our public safety and commercial customers. Our mission is to provide meaningful value to MSI’s customers by developing domain-specific applications and services in the areas of Speech & Audio, Machine Translation, Natural Language Understanding and Computer Vision.
Our AI team is focused on all aspects of 1) designing, prototyping and developing solutions (algorithms and architectures for object detection and tracking, classification etc.), 2) Machine Learning training and optimization (distributed training and inference acceleration) and 3) data (tools for data acquisition, annotation – both human and machine-powered, data pipelines and supporting ML infrastructure). We’re excited about the work we are doing in AI. We often describe it as “Mission Critical AI” because our approach is founded on our many years of Public Safety and Video Security experience and knowledge. We know the mission-critical needs of our customers are unique and different from the most consumer technologies that leverage AI today.

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer in our camera systems group, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and optimizing C++ code for embedded systems. You will work on implementing and deploying AI models and sophisticated algorithms directly on our camera hardware, enabling real-time analysis of video feeds for critical safety and security applications. This position requires a deep understanding of modern C++, strong software engineering principles, and experience with camera technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and test high-performance modern C++ code for implementing AI models and computer vision algorithms on embedded camera platforms.
• Optimize code for performance and resource constraints on embedded systems.
• Integrate and deploy AI models onto camera hardware.
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to translate models into efficient C++ implementations.
• Work with camera SDKs and APIs to access and process video streams.
• Develop and maintain unit and integration tests.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices and documentation
• Troubleshoot and debug software issues on embedded systems.
• Contribute to the development of new features and enhancements for our camera systems.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI, computer vision, and embedded systems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Masters or Ph.D. is a plus.
• 4+ years of experience in C++ software development, with a strong emphasis on performance optimization.
• Significant experience working with camera systems, including image processing, video encoding/decoding, and camera SDKs/APIs.
• Experience implementing and deploying AI models on embedded platforms is highly desired.
• Proficiency in Python for scripting and tooling is a plus.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including design patterns, testing methodologies, and version control (e.g., Git).
• Experience with Linux/embedded Linux development environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with computer vision libraries (e.g., OpenCV) is a plus.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX Runtime) is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD systems like GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps is also a plus.

Target Base Salary Range: $140,000 USD - $170,000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Note: Candidate will be in the Waltham, MA office 2-3 days a week.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelors degree with 4+ years of Software Engineering experience
• AND 3+ years of C++ software development experience
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.