Amazon

ASIC Design Engineer, Satellite Communication

Amazon$136K — $184K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Experience verifying multiple logic levels from IP blocks to full SoCs
  • Master's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering (preferred)
  • Familiarity with RF standards in cellular and broadband wireless (preferred)
  • Experience with automation tools and scripting (e.g., Python, Perl) (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Implement architecture from specification to chip level validation
  • Build complex, high-performance digital solutions
  • Drive designs to be first-time right for silicon
  • Collaborate with verification teams for system-level testing
  • Define and integrate key IP blocks for SOC
  • Analyze and optimize timing and power constraints
  • Assist with debugging and chip bring-up

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Mental health support resources
Full Job Description
We9re hiring a ASIC Digital Design Engineer within a high performance ASIC design team. This team is using industry leading methodologies to develop proprietary IP9s.

The Role:

Be part of Leo9s 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 state-of-the-art 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.
• Build complex, high-performance digital solutions and develop solutions by leveraging AI-assisted techniques 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 PPA objectives
• Work with the verification team and participate in System level verification using test benches constructed using UVM/System C/DPI-C including test plan development

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.

Key job responsibilities
• Work closely with the system architects to develop world-class SOC and IP blocks, which meet power, area and performance targets.
• Define, configure and integrate key IP blocks for SoC
• Control plane architecture and implementation for PHY subsystem for the SoC
• Configure, instantiate and integrate 3rd party IP blocks
• Understand low power design & the impact of DFT on the blocks
• Perform initial synthesis & timing analysis
• Assist verification team in unit verification including test plan development
• Assist with debug and bring-up

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor9s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field

- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities and experience in software development

- Experience verifying at multiple levels of logic from IP blocks to SoCs to full system testing

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master9s degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field

- Experience with formal verification techniques including abstraction and end-to-end checking

- Bachelor9s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or experience with current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G), WiMAX, 802.11ad, microwave backhaul, DVB-S2 / DVB-C, or related broadband wireless standards

- Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Python or Perl) for automation

- Experience with ARM, various DSP ISAs, DMAs, NoC

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, San Diego - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually

About Amazon

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