ResponsibilitiesMaxLinear is seeking Principal DSP Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will focus on the following:
- Drive the design, development, validation, and performance optimization of firmware for optical connectivity ASIC (PAM4 DSP) powering AI scale-up and scale-out architectures
- Define and drive software-hardware co-design strategies
- Drive pre-silicon software development, validation, and integration activities
- Lead post-silicon bring-up, performance characterization, debugging, and software optimization across hardware and software boundaries
- Ensure compliance with evolving industry standards and interoperability requirements, including CMIS, OIF, IEEE 802.3, and related optical networking specifications
- Collaborating with ASIC, Communications Systems, and Systems Engineering teams to deliver highly optimized end-to-end solutions
- Partners with customers, field engineering teams, and product management to solve challenging deployment issues
- Mentor engineers across the team and provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews
Qualifications- Strong understanding of digital signal processing concepts and implementation techniques
- Proven experience architecting and delivering multiple DSP centric embedded products from concept through production deployment
- Strong software-hardware co-design experience and ability to drive architecture decisions across firmware and ASIC boundaries
- Deep expertise in embedded firmware development using C and embedded operating systems (RTOS)
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
- Experience developing software for high-speed communication, networking, optical, or data center infrastructure products
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related + 9 years of experience, or MS + 7 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 4 years of experience
Compensation and BenefitsMaxLinear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation.
MaxLinear's good faith estimate starting base salary range is: $153,000 to $203,000 Annually
We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.
The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience.
