Sr Wireless Modem Design Engineer
Renesas Electronics
- Αθήνα
- Μόνιμη
- Πλήρης Απασχόληση
- Specify, develop, verify, and support the Wireless Modems used in the Wireless SoCs of the Connectivity Solutions Division of Renesas, throughout the complete project cycle.
- Closely follow standardization efforts and translate existing and roadmap radio PHY requirements into highly efficient and innovative algorithms, architectures, and modem hardware solutions, in order to provide Renesas a competitive advantage in the IC market.
- Contribute to shaping the future of Renesas wireless products.
- Translate complex radio PHY standardization specifications, as well as customer proprietary PHY requirements, into optimal modem algorithm, architecture, and hardware solutions, meeting performance, gate count, power, testability, product type-approval, and timeline constraints.
- Execute feasibility studies.
- Understand the background of the standards and application scenarios for system implementation.
- Break down the RF and DBB specifications, develop high level models, and run high level verification simulations.
- Review and optimize existing modem algorithms and implementations.
- Verify the functionality and performance of the proposed modem solutions in simulation environments or using fpga test platforms.
- Evaluate the modem solutions in the lab and fine-tune the configuration of the modem towards an optimum system performance and system power consumption balance.
- Support the HW/SW development for evaluation, characterization, and testing.
- Troubleshoot design and architectural issues.
- Document all development / design issues.
- Work closely with multidiscipline team members, and contribute to datasheets, architectural spec's and development plans.
- Support DFT strategy and implementation.
- Support test development and ramping up production.
- Participate and have a consulting function in reviews of designs, of radio low level driver firmware, as well as of test results from evaluation, characterization, and production testing.
- Function as lead engineer in complex projects.
- Schedule tasks and report progress to project leader; identify project problems.
- 5+ years of industry experience in Modem algorithm and Modem hardware design, with chip commercialization track record.
- Deep understanding of Digital Communications and DSP Theory, including algorithms such as timing recovery, channel estimation, equalization, forward-error correction, filter design, signal estimation and detection, automatic gain control, RF impairments estimation and correction, etc.
- Proficiency with hardware description languages, and with Matlab & Simulink for low power / low gate count algorithm development, modeling (floating-point and fixed-point), and optionally for High Level Synthesis.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Radio System Architectures, Software Defined Radio techniques, and experience on wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread, DECT, or Wi-Fi.
- Experience in chip bring-up, modem performance optimization, use of lab equipment.
- Excellent problem solving, debugging, and analytical (linear algebra, random processes, etc.) skills.
- Eagerness to contribute new ideas, build consensus, and drive tasks to completion.
- Competition awareness.
- Excellent team working skills, multi-disciplinary focus.
- Fluent in English language (written and oral).
- Competent of being the lead engineer in projects.
- C and Python Language skills.
- Experience with version control systems, e.g. Git.
- Filed patents or published technical papers.