Principal Engineer, PHY/MAC Design (P)
- Pay
- $216,091 – $220,000 per year
- Location
- San Jose, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Executive
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- SystemVerilog RTL design
- digital signal processing
- WiFi physical layer
Also useful
- FPGA prototyping
- VCS
- Verdi
- Spyglass
Job duties
- Develop end-to-end simulation frameworks for sophisticated wireless systems.
- Work spanning the full signal chain from propagation channel modeling and RF/antenna behavior to PHY & MAC protocols and signal processing algorithms.
- Develop and refine Digital Signal Processing engines for wireless communication systems.
- Develop micro-architecture, and System Verilog RTL to meet size, timing, and power target.
- Analyze, and identify bottlenecks in design and provide feedback on micro-architecture, and optimizations.
- Develop, and refine design, verification and analysis tools and flows.
- Work closely with Verification, and Validation teams on test-plans, coverage-analysis
- Work closely with Physical Design teams to provide guidance on Floor planning, specification of constraints, and timing closure.
Education and Experience
Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus ten (10) years of relevant experience. Must also have:
- Experience in ASIC development and/or FPGA prototyping
- Experience in RTL design using Verilog, SystemVerilog
- Understanding of Digital Signal Processing theory, and mapping to design
- Experience in WiFi Physical Layer, or other Physical layer such as Cellular
- Experience with VCS, Verdi, Spyglass, or equivalent tools
- Experience in synthesis, timing closure for FPGA and ASICs
- Experience with front-end design and integration tasks including lint, CDC, synthesis, and developing timing ECOs.
*Up to 15% domestic travel.
Pay and benefits
Principal Engineer, PHY/MAC Design position with Innophase IOT, Inc. in San Jose, California. Duties include Work spanning the full signal chain from propagation channel modeling and RF/antenna behavior to PHY & MAC protocols and signal processing algorithms. Salary range $216,091- $220,000 per year. Up to 15% domestic travel. To apply, direct resumes to, and reference job title. Innophase IOT, Inc. is an EOE.
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About InnoPhase IoT
If you are keen to work with a bunch of brilliant people with various backgrounds, if you share the same value of working smart and celebrating successes, if you have enthusiasm for big technology in a small company, if your goals are to learn and experience different aspects of work--not just singing the same song every day, you'll find your playground at Innophase IoT.
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Position With: Innophase IOT, Inc.
- Position Title: Principal Engineer, PHY/MAC Design
- Rate of pay: $216,091- $220,000 per year
- Location: San Jose, CA
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