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

Innovation is the oxygen of our company, and in 2023, we invested more than US$850 million in research and development (R&D). We’re now opening a new Research & Development Centre in Cork, Ireland focused on designing software for the company’s comprehensive land mobile radio (LMR) portfolio, with plans for expansion across other technologies in the future.

Motorola Solutions’ ecosystem of technologies is centred on safety and security, with LMR representing a foundational core. The company has deployed more than 13,000 LMR networks worldwide, trusted by governments and enterprises for highly secure communications designed to work in the most extreme conditions. Modernised with broadband and advanced data applications, LMR remains at the forefront of providing public safety agencies with the communications they rely on and need.

You’ll be part of our diverse and experienced global team, developing meaningful solutions that support thousands of public safety agencies and enterprises worldwide in solving complex safety and security challenges. Come join our team to work on real-world projects with a real-world impact.

Job Description

Role Overview

The Android Applications Technical Lead role provides hands-on technical leadership for the design, development, and delivery of mission-critical Android mobile applications supporting public-safety communications, situational awareness, and operational workflows. The role combines strong architectural ownership with active development contributions, ensuring solutions meet the reliability, security, and performance expectations required for first-responder environments.

This position partners closely with Product Management, UI/UX, Platform Engineering, Device Integration teams, and cross-site engineering teams to deliver scalable and resilient mobile capabilities while strengthening engineering standards, architectural consistency, and technical capability across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Ownership

Own the technical architecture and implementation strategy for major Android application components and feature domains.
Define and maintain scalable Android architectures (e.g., Clean Architecture, MVVM, modularization) aligned with enterprise mobile platform standards.
Lead complex technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and solution evaluations.
Ensure engineering solutions meet Motorola Solutions’ mission-critical requirements for reliability, quality, performance, and security.

Engineering Delivery

Contribute directly to the design and development of Android applications using Kotlin-first development practices and modern Android frameworks.
Guide the implementation of offline-capable, resilient mobile solutions operating in degraded or intermittent network environments.
Drive performance optimization, stability improvements, and long-term maintainability across mobile codebases.
Oversee integration with backend systems, messaging platforms, device interfaces, sensors, and communication technologies.
Support CI/CD pipelines, release readiness activities, and production monitoring practices.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

Provide day-to-day technical leadership across feature teams, influencing technical direction without formal line management responsibility.
Mentor engineers and senior developers, strengthening architectural thinking, design quality, and engineering best practices.
Partner with cross-functional teams across sites to ensure alignment on shared platform components and integration strategies.
Support troubleshooting of complex production issues, root-cause investigations, and implementation of durable technical fixes.

Basic Requirements

Core Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Significant experience building production Android applications using Kotlin and the Android SDK.
Experience serving as a technical lead, senior engineer, or architectural owner for complex mobile software systems.
Strong experience designing enterprise-grade or mission-critical mobile applications.
Deep knowledge of Android architecture components and modern Android development practices.
Experience implementing offline-first data handling, synchronization, and conflict-resolution strategies.
Experience integrating mobile applications with device hardware, communication interfaces, or backend service platforms.
Strong debugging, performance optimization, and secure-coding capabilities.
Experience working within Agile development environments and collaborative cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working on public-safety, communications, defense, or highly regulated enterprise platforms.
Experience integrating with real-time communications, messaging, or radio communication systems.
Experience with dependency injection frameworks (Hilt/Dagger), modern testing frameworks, and CI/CD automation.
Familiarity with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and Compose Multiplatform.
Experience guiding cross-team technical initiatives, reusable platform components, or shared architecture standards.
Experience mentoring engineers and supporting technical capability growth across engineering teams.

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

Company

Motorola Solutions Ireland Limited

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.

Android Applications - Technical Lead

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