Sr. Staff Systems Design Engineer

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Synaptics is the pioneer and leader of the human interface revolution, bringing innovative and intuitive user experiences to intelligent devices. Synaptics’ broad portfolio of touch, display, biometrics, voice, audio, and multimedia and edge AI products is built on the company’s rich R&D, extensive IP and dependable supply chain capabilities. With solutions designed for mobile, PC, smart home, and automotive industries, Synaptics combines ease of use, functionality, and aesthetics to enable products that help make our digital lives more productive, secure and enjoyable. (NASDAQ: SYNA) www.synaptics.com.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing next-gen signal processing/communication algorithms for wireless connectivity product.
• System Modeling of digital design, analog and RF impairments
• Conducting C/C+ and Matlab simulations to study end-to-end system performance under various impairment and channel propagation conditions
• Working closely with the hardware team and RF team to develop an implementation that meets system requirements
• Participating in Pre-silicon development, Post-silicon bring-up, system performance characterization and optimization
• Wireless Products includes : BT, WLAN, Zigbee, Thread
  

Qualifications

• Good knowledge in communications theory, digital signal processing, error correcting codes, information theory, probability and random processes
• Good understanding of wireless communication systems especially in the areas of MIMO, OFDM
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in C/C+ and Matlab
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of MU-MIMO, OFDMA, multiuser scheduling, data network protocols
• Experience in wireless technologies such as WLAN (802.11n/ac/ax), BT/BLE, 3G (UMTS, CDMA2000/EvDO), GSM/GPRS, cellular/WiFi based positioning Technologies
• Good understanding of analog and RF systems
• Familiarity with lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, VSA/Litepoint
• Familiarity with 802.11g/n/ac/ax standards
• Familiar with TCL, Python
• Experience using Git, Veloce/QT, HLS (High-Level Synthesis) Tools