Quality Engineering Technician
Motorola Solutions · Los Angeles, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Motorola Solutions (industrial) in Los Angeles, CA. Walking/Moving in the labs.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Tooling
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $101k–$149k.
Median of the low and high ends of 84 live postings that list pay, out of 179 quality engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
California plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 178 other live quality postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $100k–$149k, from 82 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 78%
- FMEA 56%
- Supplier quality 49%
- AS9100 44%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 44%
- ISO 9001 40%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Team leadership, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Motorola Solutions in Los Angeles
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Full description from Motorola SolutionsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
responsibilities
at any time at its discretion.
Responsibilities
- ◆Perform acceptance testing on first article PCBs, assemblies, and components in a Linux-based environment.
- ◆Prepare assemblies according to established acceptance testing procedures.
- ◆Support maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and upgrading of test stations.
- ◆Perform rigorous stress testing on fully built assemblies to validate components.
- ◆Identify the serviceability of parts and components and appropriate tooling.
- ◆Inspect First Article components and subassemblies.
- ◆Read and interpret part documentation including blueprints, drawings, schematics, etc.
- ◆Prepare in-process inspection report ensuring completeness and accuracy.
- ◆Work closely with engineering and operations leadership to develop and maintain Quality Assurance and Quality Control documentation.
- ◆Collaborate with the engineering and quality teams to identify, investigate, and document any inconsistent or abnormal test results.
- ◆Perform other related duties of which the above are representative.
Required qualifications
- ✓High School Diploma or GED, with a minimum of 3-4 years of experience in electronics assembly, inspection, or repair; OR an Associate’s degree in Electronics, with 1-2 years of relevant experience; OR a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or a related field.
- ✓Experience with utilizing inspection tools (i.e., multi-meters, calipers, micrometers, microscopes).
- ✓Ability to read basic schematics, specifically those related to PCBs and PWAs.
- ✓Proficient with PC and familiar with MS Office.
- ✓Must have excellent organizational skills, be highly attentive to details, and have the capacity to handle numerous tasks simultaneously.
- ✓Excellent and effective oral and written communication.
- ✓Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts
- ✓All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.
Requirements
- ✓Indoor air-conditioned facility.
- ✓While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to do the following:
- ✓Perform bending and reaching movements to place items on lower and higher shelves.
- ✓Kneeling or squatting to access lower shelves.
- ✓Lift up to 50 lbs.
- ✓Walking/Moving in the labs.
#silvuscareers
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.
Basic
Requirements
- ✓High School Diploma or GED, with a minimum of 3-4 years of experience in electronics assembly, inspection, or repair; OR an Associate’s degree in Electronics, with 1-2 years of relevant experience; OR a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or a related field.
- ✓Experience with utilizing inspection tools (i.e., multi-meters, calipers, micrometers, microscopes).
- ✓Ability to read basic schematics, specifically those related to PCBs and PWAs.
- ✓Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts
- ✓All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.
Travel
Requirements
None
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
Yes
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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
Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, is reshaping mesh network technology for mission-critical applications – on the ground, in the air and at sea. Its battle-proven StreamCaster family of MANET radios and proprietary MN-MIMO waveform provides the vital communications link for defense, law enforcement and public safety agencies around the world, and in the toughest operational environments.
With deep roots in DARPA research, Silvus Technologies develops world-class advanced communications technologies that are reshaping the tactical communications landscape. From pure line-of-sight to extreme non-line-of-sight, Silvus radios form a self-healing, self-forming mesh network, enabling secure and reliable connectivity, including video and high-bandwidth data.
Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Job Description
Would you like to join an incredibly talented group of people, doing very challenging work, with the prime directive of “ Keeping Our Heroes Connected ”?
The opportunity
Silvus is seeking a Quality Engineering Technician who will report to the Q uality Engineer Supervisor on the Operations - Quality Control team. The successful individual in this role will be responsible for inspecting and maintaining proper documentation and reporting of incoming electronic and mechanical parts. This role collaborates closely with our Engineers and Suppliers to suggest changes, improvements, and communicate customer requirements.
This position is 100% onsite, Monday through Friday, at Silvus Technologies’ headquarters in the heart of vibrant West Los Angeles, CA .
The following is a list of at least some of the current essential job functions of the position. Management may assign or reassign duties and
Preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities
- +Prior experience in a fast-paced production/manufacturing environment. Soldering experience.
- +IPC Certification.