5G/4G Cellular Layer1 Control Firmware Engineer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hardware
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As a Cellular Physical Layer Firmware Engineer on this team, you will be at the center of the embedded 5G/4G/multimode cellular firmware effort within a silicon design group responsible for designing and productizing state-of-the-art cellular SoCs. This position requires someone comfortable will all aspects of embedded software development, that thrives in a multifaceted multi-functional organization, is not afraid to debate ideas openly, and is flexible enough to pivot on constantly evolving requirements.
Key Qualifications
- Minimum Bachelors degree, with 10 + years of relevant industry experience
- In-depth hands-on experience with L1 Software/Firmware and or MSIM RF arbitration/RF ctrl in 2G/3G/4G/5G
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, and core computer science fundamentals.
- Strong understanding with C and/or C++, compilers, build and source code control tools.
- Experience with memory constrained Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and concurrent programming.
- Working knowledge of computer architecture with particular emphasis on the HW/SW interfaces of high-speed communication subsystems.
- Experience with silicon prototyping, emulation systems, and virtual platforms.
- Strong experience with debugging embedded software systems.
- Familiarity with UARTs, JTAG, and oscilloscopes.
- Knowledge and experience of Matlab is a plus.
Description
- Specify, design, and implement PHY L1 firmware of a state-of-the-art mobile wireless communications system.
- Implement key scheduling, control processing in tight timeline, latency, and energy constraints.
- Work with Software designers to define interfaces to RFSW, protocol stack, PHY, MAC/RRC and required processor subsystems.
- Assist in the development of pre-silicon emulation systems/virtual platforms and use them for pre-silicon L1 FW design and verification.
- Evaluate and implement leading edge tools for build, formal verification, and test.
- Define methodologies and standard methodologies.