Communication Systems Firmware Engineer Job in Carlsbad Or Irvine 92011, California Us
MaxLinear is a provider of highly integrated radio-frequency analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions for broadband communication applications. Our products enable the display of broadband video in a wide range of electronic devices, including cable and terrestrial set top boxes, digital televisions, mobile handsets, personal computers, netbooks and in-vehicle entertainment devices.
We combine our high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductor design skills with our expertise in digital communications systems, software and embedded systems to develop RF receivers and RF receiver SoCs. We integrate our RF receivers with digital demodulation and other communications functions in standard CMOS process technology.
Function:
We are looking for firmware engineers who have experience architecting and implementing protocol processing for broadband communication semiconductor products. In particular, we are interested in engineers with experience in MAC control and data plane design and who have worked in close cooperation with SoC/ASIC designers to make design choices and tradeoffs related to firmware/hardware partitioning, and power and memory optimization. Suitable candidates should be familiar with packet processing (e.g. segmentation and reassembly), DMA architectures and programming, efficient memory allocation schemes for routers and bridges, and protocols such as MoCA, WiMAX, and 802.11.
You should have the following experience:
1) Set up a development environment for FW development
2) Architect the firmware for at least one SoC product that has gone into volume production
3) Serve as technical lead for an SoC firmware development team for at least two years
4) Implement a range of FW functions including bootloaders, drivers, and IP/algorithm-specific firmware
Experience and Education Needed:
- Masters in Electrical Engineering
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work across departmental lines in a multidisciplinary team environment
- 6+ years of experience in embedded software development using C language within an RTOS environment
- Understanding of microprocessor and system-on-chip architectures (SRAM, ROM, Bus)
- Real time embedded systems experience using Tensilica or ARM microprocessors
- Solid knowledge of DMA, interrupt service routines, I2C, SPI, SDIO
- Must have experience with ICE, JTAG, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and other tools that are commonly used to debug embedded communication software
- Strong written communication skills in the form of Functional, Design, and Test Plan Documentation
- Assembly language programming experience is a plus