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Lead ASIC Modem Design Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon · San Diego, CA · 2 mo ago
ManufacturingFull-time

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

About the role

Be part of Leo’s sub-team responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways. This is a unique opportunity to define a groundbreaking wireless solution with few legacy constraints. The team works with customer requirements and wireless system teams to define modems, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors, and DSP solutions in latest CMOS generation technologies.

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

  • Implement wireless system architecture in silicon from system specification to chip specification to RTL to optimizing timing/power to chip level validation.
  • Develop solutions optimizing customer experience (throughput, latency, and availability) while meeting power and cost constraints.
  • Drive high quality designs for first-time right silicon solutions, and meeting the power objectives.
  • Create standalone verification test bench to verify the correctness of your block.
  • Work with the verification team and participate in System level verification using test benches constructed using UVM, System C and DPI-C.
  • Ensure that the block meets DFT, timing and power targets by working closely with the implementation team.
  • 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).
  • Engage with architects and system engineers to drive hardware micro-architecture.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Communications Engineering, or experience working in electrical engineering field.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Pay

  • USA, CA, San Diego: $159,200.00 - $215,300.00 USD annually
  • USA, CA, Sunnyvale: $183,000.00 - $247,600.00 USD annually

Benefits

  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans).
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
  • Medical Advice Line.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.

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