[{"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sunnyvale", "description": "Auto req ID 19365BR\nJob Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - System Design\nBusiness Unit Mobile and Wireless Group\nJob Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. Broadcom offers a family of LTE (Long Term Evolution), HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple-Access), EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) baseband processors, power management ASIC and RF ASIC for use in cellular smartphones and handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics. With Broadcom\u2019s power consumption being a major product feature and best-in-class, this position is that of a System Design Engineer responsible for power management.\nIn this role, you will be part of a team responsible for the system power consumption performance for the cellular platforms which includes modem, multimedia and wireless connectivity features (i.e. Bluetooth, Wireless LAN, GPS). The individual is expected to have portable electronics device development experience such as cellular phone, portable multi media player, PDA, etc..\nExposure to system level knowledge of ASIC architecture, board level hardware, and embedded software (specifically in the area of design for minimal power implementation and optimization) is required, in addition to hands-on technical involvement throughout the entire product cycle from product definition and architecture, all the way through the integration of power savings features and power optimization on customer products.\n\nThe selected individual will be part of a team whose day-to-day operations include\n\u2022 Participating in activities of the system power management which integrates and delivers the power savings features of the ASICs by detailed measurement, analysis, and optimization of the system power performance.\n\u2022 Working with the system architects and ASIC designers at the pre-silicon stages to understand the power improvement features, and providing feedback and further improvement ideas based on the experience on current platforms.\n\u2022 Collaborating with hardware design and tools teams to ensure extensive related measurement and debug capabilities are incorporated into the hardware and measurement tools\n\u2022 Working closely with software team to verify the power savings features and then implement further power optimizations for customer critical use cases such as idle, talk, MP3, video playback/record, and connectivity. Board schematics analysis and understanding is a requirement.\n\u2022 Defining and championing improvement upon the overall low power design and optimization process for all of the cellular mobile devices in Broadcom\u2019s product portfolio\n\u2022 Working directly with customers and application engineering as needed to understand their power performance requirements, and participate in and/or lead the troubleshooting and power improvement efforts needed to launch Smartphone products that meet these stringent power requirements.\n\nThe candidate is expected to have prior experience in the following domains:\n\n\u2022 ASIC level clock, frequency and voltage management for minimization of power consumption\n\u2022 Optimal allocation of buck converting SMPS and LDOs to enable reduced dynamic and leakage power\n\u2022 I/O configuration to minimize floor current and deep sleep leakage currents\n\u2022 In-series current measurement methods and tools, including use of sense resistors (Kelvin sensing), DMMs and power meters\nJob Requirements Typically requires a BS degree and 9 years of experience. An advanced degree is a plus.\n\n\u2022 Proven self starter and team leader with excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills\n\u2022 Strong board and component level hardware understanding with PCB design / schematic capture experience and minor board rework / soldering skills a big plus.\n\u2022 Solid understanding and experience working with communications systems in the lab, preferably wireless cellular 2G/3G standards (GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA).\n\u2022 Experience with embedded software development in C/C++ strongly preferred\n\u2022 Extensive lab experience characterizing and debugging complex embedded systems, preferably cellular phones or other wireless devices.\n\u2022 Good working knowledge and comfort level with lab measurement equipment such as protocol testers, oscilloscopes, current meters, and logic analyzers.\n\u2022 Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail; Strong follow-through skills and strong sense of ownership\nCountry United States\nState/Province California\nCity/Town Sunnyvale\nShift 1st Shift - Day\nPercent of Travel Required 5% - 10%\nFunction Engineering\nDiscipline Systems Design", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:40:27", "url": "http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28833897/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Broadcom", "title": "Engineer, Sr Staff - System Design", "reqid": "19365BR", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sunnyvale, CA", "uid": 28833897}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Auto req ID 18966BR\nJob Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design\nBusiness Unit Mobile and Wireless Group\nJob Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. Broadcom offers a family of HSPA , WCDMA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM baseband processors for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics.\nThis is an engineering position in cellular systems at Broadcom.\nIn this role, your primary job responsibility will be the development of algorithms to improve receiver performance, implement codes to support new features and the corresponding HW verifications.\nYou will be responsible for the system architecture, definition, design, simulation, performance analysis, verification, and troubleshooting of the signal processing subsystems used in the wireless cellular baseband modem.\nYou will also work with FW/stack engineers to support log analysis and provide support for system related issues as well as system engineers to add functions/blocks in the C platform to support new features. Other responsibility is to support FW/Stack and HW team on GSM / WCDMA / HSPA system related issues during chip bring-up and verification stage.\nJob Requirements Typically requires a BS degree and 9+ years of experience, an MS degree and 6+ years of experience or a PhD and 3+ years of experience.\n\n\n\nKnowledge in 3GPP GSM / GPRS / EDGE / WCDMA / HSPA Required..\n\nKnowledge in C & C++ is required.\n\nIn-depth understanding and knowledge in communication and signal processing theory and practices\n\nExperience with mobile receiver design/overalll reciver architecture, and advanced algorithms for improving system performance is required.\n\n\n\nKnowledge of algorithms for channel estimation, techniques in equalizer designs, receiver diversity, RF filters, etc. is desired.\nCountry United States\nState/Province California\nCity/Town San Diego\nShift 1st Shift - Day\nPercent of Travel Required 5% - 10%\nFunction Engineering\nDiscipline Systems Design", "date_new": "2012-05-02 19:45:06", "url": "http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28335373/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Broadcom", "title": "Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design", "reqid": "18966BR", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28335373}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sunnyvale", "description": "Auto req ID 17496BR\nJob Posting Title Engineer, Sr. Staff - Systems Design\nBusiness Unit Mobile and Wireless Group\nJob Description The candidate will be working on the latest communications technologies including OFDM-MIMO. The candidate needs to have deep knowledge of multi-user (MU) and single-user (SU) MIMO algorithms. The candidate will be responsible for developing OFDM-MIMO algorithms for the next generation WLAN systems both in bit-accurate C-model as well as debugging performance in the lab.\nJob Requirements The ideal candidates will have:\n\u2022 A good understanding of system level interaction of PHY, Radio, Board, MAC, and Driver.\n\u2022 Strong analytical skills with attention to details, is highly motivated and problem-solving oriented\n\u2022 A background in signal processing and digital wireless communication. Knowledge of OFDM basics is highly desirable.\n\u2022 Prior systems integration lab experience. Familiarity with RF \u2013 digital interactions in SoCs and boards is a plus\n\u2022 Software experience in C, python, Tcl or proven ability to pick up these skills\n\nEducational requirements:\n\nPh.D and 3+ yrs work experience\n\u2022 MSEE with 6+ years of work experience\n\u2022 BSEE with 9+ years of work experience\nCountry United States\nState/Province California\nCity/Town Sunnyvale\nShift 1st Shift - Day\nPercent of Travel Required None\nFunction Engineering\nDiscipline Systems Design", "date_new": "2012-03-25 03:10:06", "url": "http://broadcom.jobs/xml/27374602/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Broadcom", "title": "Engineer, Sr. Staff - Systems Design", "reqid": "17496BR", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sunnyvale, CA", "uid": 27374602}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sunnyvale", "description": "Auto req ID 17595BR\nJob Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design\nBusiness Unit Mobile and Wireless Group\nJob Description You will get to work on very challenging problems in the PHY layer design of 4G modems. The position requires deep thinking, rigor, and a strong background in signal processing and communication theory. Understanding of wireless communication systems, RF electronics, familiarity with RF measurement procedures, and a passion for measuring and analyzing data is a required. You need to know C and Matlab. You might write the occasional modules in which things have to be coded with great precision; one-offs for testing and validation will be more of the norm. This is not a coding job.\n\nIntelligence, creativity, critical thinking skills, independence and excellent communication skills are a must. The successful candidate will develop algorithms and system design specifications and verify the implementation of the same in the lab and in simulation. We are looking for people with a passion for measuring things in the lab, mathematical sophistication, the desire to develop a deep understanding of the LTE standard, and an interest in cross layer design issues.\n\n\nKey Job Responsibilities\n\nTypical tasks include architecting, designing, and documenting bit accurate models of digital signal processing and control algorithms, along with accompanying models of RF and channel impairments. You will work closely with RF systems and RF IC engineers to understand radio requirements, RTL engineers to drive the implementation and verification of new designs, and baseband firmware engineers to support driver development.\n\nSpecifically:\n\nDevelop, implement, and validate signal processing architectures and algorithms for 4G modems.\n\nDevelop a deep understanding of the LTE standard and use it for performance optimization, the design of new features.\n\nConduct rigorous, carefully calibrated, and repeatable measurements and experiments. Analyze these data to developing a deep understanding of what\u2019s happening, interpreting it, and communicating the results clearly.\n\nDevelop test code to exercise the firmware and hardware. These test scripts are used to support experiments and data collection.\n\nDevelop models for RF and mixed-signal paths. Validate system performance using these models along with bit-accurate hardware models using Matlab.\nJob Requirements A Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering plus 4-5 years of experience in the field\nDepth in signal processing, linear algebra, communication theory and wireless communication systems\nAn affinity for detailed design, lab measurement, understanding how things work at a very deep level\nProficiency with C and Matlab\nCountry United States\nState/Province California\nCity/Town Sunnyvale\nShift 1st Shift - Day\nPercent of Travel Required 10% - 25%\nFunction Engineering\nDiscipline Systems Design", "date_new": "2012-02-13 20:04:10", "url": "http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26496753/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Broadcom", "title": "Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design", "reqid": "17595BR", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sunnyvale, CA", "uid": 26496753}, {"country_short": "IND", "city": "Bangalore", "description": "Auto req ID 17743BR\nJob Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design\nBusiness Unit Mobile and Wireless Group\nJob Description Broadcom offers a family of WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple-Access), EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) products for use in cellular phones, cellular modem cards and wireless PDAs. As wireless devices including handsets, data-cards and smart-phones, emerge as the dominant platform for mobile media convergence they are driving the need for higher data rates. Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of high-speed mobile technologies with a product roadmap that includes base-band processors for WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple-Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), as well as a portfolio of mobile multimedia co-processors. Broadcom will help to build a new generation of mobile devices supporting new applications such as video telephony and messaging, graphics-rich sports and news clips, interactive gaming, location-based services and improved web browsing.\n\nIn this position you will:\n--Participate in the continuous development and improvement of cellular protocol stack, including implementing new relevant 3GPP features/CRs as well as customer specific requirements.\n--Participate in modem performance enhancements, memory and MIPS optimization.\n--Participate in system integration, verification, debugging and test of new generation of mobile devices based on GSM, GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS and LTE standards.\n--Support interoperability (IOT) and live network testing. It will require performing analysis of the problem scenarios and generating efficient solutions. In addition, it may also require travel to the IOT lab or location of live network testing.\n--Participate in conformance testing of mobile platform using in-house test equipment and at official test houses.\n\nRequirements:\n- Strong understanding of wireless standards (UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EGPRS) is essential, knowledge of LTE is a plus.\n- Must have solid background in Software development for embedded systems and protocol stack.\n- Knowledge of ARM microprocessor, DSP, and RTOS is a plus.\n- Must have experience with integration and testing of cellular system.\n- Knowledge of mobile communications test equipment is desired.\n- Self starter with good problem solving skills and ability to work on complex issues requiring in-dept analysis.\nJob Requirements - Typically requires a BS degree and 9\nyears of experience or an MS degree and 6 years of\nexperience or a PhD and 3 years of experience.\nCountry India\nState/Province India Cities\nCity/Town Bangalore\nShift 1st Shift - Day\nPercent of Travel Required 10% - 25%\nFunction Engineering\nDiscipline Systems Design", "date_new": "2012-01-30 22:59:07", "url": "http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26199120/job", "country": "India", "company": "Broadcom", "title": "Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design", "reqid": "17743BR", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Bangalore, IND", "uid": 26199120}, {"country_short": "IND", "city": "Bangalore", "description": "Auto req ID 17750BR\nJob Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design\nBusiness Unit Mobile and Wireless Group\nJob Description Broadcom offers a family of WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple-Access), EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) products for use in cellular phones, cellular modem cards and wireless PDAs. As wireless devices including handsets, data-cards and smart-phones, emerge as the dominant platform for mobile media convergence they are driving the need for higher data rates. Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of high-speed mobile technologies with a product roadmap that includes base-band processors for WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple-Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), as well as a portfolio of mobile multimedia co-processors. Broadcom will help to build a new generation of mobile devices supporting new applications such as video telephony and messaging, graphics-rich sports and news clips, interactive gaming, location-based services and improved web browsing. In this position you will: --Participate in the continuous development and improvement of cellular protocol stack, including implementing new relevant 3GPP features/CRs as well as customer specific requirements. --Actively articipate in modem performance enhancements, memory and MIPS optimization. --Participate in system integration, verification, debugging and test of new generation of mobile devices based on GSM, GPRS, EGPRS and UMTS standards. --Support interoperability (IOT) and live network testing. It will require performing analysis of the problem scenarios and generating efficient solutions. In addition, it may also require travel to the IOT lab or location of live network testing. --Participate in conformance testing of mobile platform using in-house test equipment and at official test houses.\nJob Requirements - Typically requires a BS degree and 12+ years of experience or an MS degree and 9+ years of experience or a PhD and 6 years of experience.\n- Must have 3-5 years of experience with integration and testing of cellular system.\n- Strong understanding of 2G wireless standards (GSM, GPRS,EGPRS) is essential, knowledge of WCDMA or HSDPA/HSUPA is a plus.\n- Knowledge of ARM microprocessor, DSP, and RTOS is essential. Nucleus experience preferred.\n- Past experience with software development for embedded systems and protocol stack is required.\n- Knowledge of mobile communications test equipment is desired.\nCountry India\nState/Province India Cities\nCity/Town Bangalore\nShift 1st Shift - Day\nPercent of Travel Required 5% - 10%\nFunction Engineering\nDiscipline Systems Design", "date_new": "2012-01-30 22:58:28", "url": "http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26199112/job", "country": "India", "company": "Broadcom", "title": "Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design", "reqid": "17750BR", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Bangalore, IND", "uid": 26199112}]