Staff Platform Systems Engineer
About The Position
Silicon Labs is a global leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology that powers a more connected world. Our Hardware Platform team plays a pivotal role in defining the next generation of scalable compute platforms for IoT edge applications. We transform business needs and market trends into forward-looking product architectures that drive innovation and enable rapid deployment across a broad range of applications. Platform & Product Management is responsible for translating customer and market needs into well-defined product requirements and executable product development programs. The team leads product definition through planning by developing market and product requirements, business cases, product architecture inputs, technical requirements, risk assessments, and cross-functional execution plans. Working closely with cross-functional teams, Platform and Product Management ensures future products are technically sound, commercially viable, and positioned for successful execution. New Product Introductions require significant technical analysis before development begins. Platform Systems Engineers serve as the technical bridge between customers, product management, and engineering. They evaluate customer use cases, analyze system architectures, identify technical risks, assess solution alternatives, and translate ambiguous market opportunities into clear, actionable product definitions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in EE or related engineering discipline required.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in embedded systems, wireless products, systems engineering, or technical product definition.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives is highly desirable.
- Strong embedded software development or embedded systems design background.
- Experience with wireless embedded systems and wireless communication protocols.
- Experience with systems engineering, product definition, or product architecture.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical problems involving both hardware and software.
- Experience evaluating architectural trade-offs and translating customer requirements into product requirements.
- Ability to rapidly learn new technologies and evaluate emerging market trends.
- Proven ability to independently drive technical investigations.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience working directly with customers to understand needs and influence product direction.
- A track record of solving ambiguous technical problems with limited initial guidance.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or PhD preferred.
- Knowledge of core compute architecture (ARM cores, AXI/AHB interconnects)
- Familiarity with PPA (Power, Performance, Area) trade-offs, power and die size estimation
- Experience applying AI or machine learning within embedded or connected systems.
- Prior experience building products using Silicon Labs devices or similar embedded wireless platforms.
- Experience in gateways, wearables, robotics, industrial automation, or other emerging connected-device markets.
- Familiarity with always-on sensing, display systems, audio processing or low power system design.
Responsibilities
- Work with business segment managers, customers, Product Management, and field teams to understand emerging market trends, customer requirements, and future product opportunities.
- Translate customer use cases into clear product, system, and architectural requirements that guide new product development.
- Drive and conduct technical feasibility studies for new product concepts and identify technical risks, assumptions, and mitigation strategies early in the planning process.
- Lead cross-functional technical investigations involving technical and non-technical audience.
- Build alignment across diverse technical teams by communicating complex findings and driving decisions.
- Contribute to product requirement documents, architecture proposals, competitive analyses, and supporting technical collateral for executive and engineering reviews.
- Collaborate closely with R&D throughout product planning to ensure proposed solutions are feasible, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.
- Present technical recommendations and product direction to internal leadership as well as strategic customers.
Benefits
- Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental and vision plans
- Highly competitive salary
- 401k plan with match and Roth plan option
- Equity rewards (RSUs)
- Life/AD&D and disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Adoption assistance
- Back-Up childcare
- Commuter benefits
- Legal benefits
- Pet insurance
- Flexible PTO schedule
- 3 paid volunteer days per year
- Charitable contribution match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Monthly wellness offerings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
