Senior Staff Engineer - System

Samsung Semiconductor•San Jose, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Samsung's San Jose Location Group is seeking an experienced Systems/DSP engineer at the Staff/Senior Staff level. This role involves working on receiver model development, receiver design, fixed-point design, and performance analysis for cutting-edge location IP used in mobile and wearable devices. The ideal candidate will be an expert in architecting and modeling wireless baseband receivers for GNSS systems, with a strong understanding of trade-offs and experience collaborating with various engineering teams. The Location Group is part of the broader SoC organization responsible for Exynos line of SoC products.

Requirements

Bachelors with 15+ years of relevant industry experience, or Master with 13+ years or Ph.D. with 10+ years in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, or related.
Strong software development skills in C/C++, Python, and MATLAB
Deep understanding and experience with wireless receiver architecture for GNSS receivers and/or CDMA receivers such as AGC, DSP filters, correlators, FFT, AFC and PLL
Excellent foundation in signal processing, detection theory, estimation theory, wireless channels, random processes, demodulation and decoding.
Good understanding of GNSS acquisition and tracking algorithms.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Data analysis, visualization and triage experience.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Experience with Jira, Gerrit, Git
Strong debugging skills, discipline coding practice, and proficient code analysis skills
Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
Resourceful Achiever: self-motivated and proactive, you flex to try new approaches and creatively solve problems
Avid Learner: you thrive with challenges, seek continuous growth and improvement, and seek data to prove your hypotheses
Devoted Professional: you are diligent and deliberate in your work, leveraging your expertise to deliver results without ego
Thoughtful Collaborator: you build relationships across teams, offering help and welcoming ideas from others to drive work forward in an inclusive manner
Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.
Inclusive, adapting your style to our people's situation and diverse global norms.

Responsibilities

Develop key location technologies using GNSS signals such as GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, Beidou, etc.
Develop, optimize, and maintain C/C++ receiver model for RTL bit and cycle accurate verification and receiver algorithm development
Design advanced signal processing algorithms, front-end, and baseband architectures for location receivers.
Work with large receiver end-to-end simulation models to demonstrate/benchmark system performance, verify functional behavior, and validate hardware design.
Collaborate closely with DV, RTL, and SW/FW engineers to model and verify receiver ASIC implementation
Design verification on FPGA, bring up ASIC and board, and hands-on lab testing and debugging
Perform detailed data analysis of product logs for performance characterization and issue resolution efforts.
Collaborate effectively with teams within and outside the organization for realizing the best product outcomes
Prepare and present detailed technical reports on algorithms, software and test results.
Travel internationally and/or domestically to support product optimization for customers and to collaborate with team members in other geographies