Lead ASIC Modem Design Engineer, Amazon Leo

About the role

This role is within a high-performance ASIC design team at Amazon Leo, which is developing proprietary IP for Low Earth Orbit satellite communications. The Lead Modem Engineer will be responsible for defining and implementing digital chip SOCs for communications.

Responsibilities

• Implement wireless system architecture in silicon from system specification to chip specification to RTL
• Optimize timing / power and ensure chip level validation
• Create standalone verification test bench to verify the correctness of your block
• Work with the verification team and participate in System level verification using UVM, System C, and DPI-C
• Ensure that the block meets DFT, timing, and power targets by working closely with the implementation team
• Drive high quality designs for first-time right silicon solutions, and meet power objectives
• Learn about requirements and solutions for systems operating in space
• Drive trade-off analysis to benefit customer experience and optimization of resources (costs, power, spectrum)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Communications Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in digital logic design, preferably in DSP or communication systems
• Experience in designing and implementing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms and systems in RTL
• Ability to convert DSP algorithms into RTL code and optimize for performance, power, and area

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering preferred
• 7+ years of experience in digital design, preferably in communication systems
• Familiarity with UVM and Matlab
• Ability to write assertions and exposure to Formal verification

Skills

• Ability to engage with architects and system engineers to drive hardware micro-architecture
• Able to interpret reference models in MATLAB
• Involve in control plane logic design and interfaces to bus fabrics
• Explore and propose innovative ideas and work towards optimization of the modem

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. For more information, visit here.