Sr. ASIC Modem Design Engineer, Amazon Leo

Amazon • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

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.

Come work at Amazon!

We're hiring a Sr. Modem Engineer within a high performance ASIC design team.
This team is using industry leading methodologies to develop proprietary IP’s.

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.

In this role you will:
· 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).

Export Control Requirement:
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.

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.

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level