Lead Systems/DSP Engineer
Ethernovia · San Francisco, CA · 1 wk ago
HybridEngineering$180k–$250k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the DSP/system architecture for high-speed transceivers, balancing power, performance, and silicon area
- Drive key architectural decisions across DSP, analog front-end, and system partitioning
- Lead system-level trade-offs and provide technical direction across the organization
- Develop and maintain high-fidelity system models of complete transceivers using MATLAB, Simulink, Python, and/or C++
- Design, evaluate, and optimize advanced equalization techniques, including FFE, DFE and MLSD
- Architect robust Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) solutions with wide frequency acquisition range and very low phase noise
- Develop efficient and advance echo cancellation algorithms for full-duplex high-speed links optimizing for power and silicon area
- Design adaptive DSP algorithms with strong focus on rate of convergence, robustness, and implementation efficiency
- Develop channel model including nonlinear effects and complex noise sources
- Translate system-level requirements into block-level specifications (AFE, ADC/DAC, PLL, DSP blocks, etc.)
- Collaborate closely with analog, RTL, and physical design teams to ensure accurate and efficient implementation
- Ensure alignment between algorithm models and hardware realization
- Drive pre-silicon to post-silicon correlation, ensuring models accurately predict silicon behavior
- Define and support silicon bring-up, characterization, and debugging
- Establish lab validation methodologies and support compliance testing and performance benchmarking
- Contribute to system-level bring-up and production ramp readiness
Qualifications
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
- 10+ years of experience in DSP/system architecture for high-speed communication systems
- Deep expertise in digital communications theory including advanced, efficient and adaptive equalization and echo cancellation algorithms, CDR algorithms, phase noise characterization and loop dynamic analysis, channel modeling and nonlinear effects
- Strong hands-on experience with system modeling tools (MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++)
- Solid understanding of mixed-signal design fundamentals, including ADC/DAC architectures, PLL behavior and phase noise analysis, channel and analog front-end modeling including non-idealities
- Proven track record of driving complex systems from concept to silicon
Preferred
- Experience in designing high-speed IEEE 802.3 transceivers for automotive, robotics and data center applications over both optical and copper channels
- Prior technical leadership or mentoring experience