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Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff II - System Test
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. As part of the CellAirity™ Mobile Platform, Broadcom offers a family of LTE FDD/TDD, HSPA+, HSDPA/HSUPA, WCDMA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM baseband processors for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics. As a Test Engineer, you will be responsible for the system level test plan development/enhancement, execution, troubleshooting, optimization and problem resolution on 2G/3G/4G mobile devices. You will be working with a multi-discipline team to test and commercialize UMTS/LTE solutions. You will actively be involved in producing requirements for tools and system simulators and work closely with development teams and test equipment vendors to come up with the appropriate test set ups and associated automation. Close interaction will be required with the modem stack, multi media, RF, drivers,3GPP Standard representatives and System Design Engineers to ensure proper test coverage of the features. Successful candidate must have strong communication skills, be an effective team player and be able to work independently. The position involves in depth debugging of UMTS/LTE protocol stack. Exposure to UMTS/LTE test simulators and test systems like Anite, R&amp;S, Spirent, Anritsu and Agilent is a plus. Experience with LTE testing is preferred.
Job Requirements *Bachelor's degree in EE/CS plus 6 years of related experience or a Master's degree in EE/CS and 3 years of related experience or PHD in EE/CS *Exposure to Wireless/analog/digital/data communications, RF propagation, antennas.  *Good knowledge of LTE, WCDMA/HSPA and GSM /GPRS protocol stacks  *Perl Scripting skills, programming experience in TTCN, C or C++ is a plus.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Software Systems</description><date_new>2012-05-22 20:15:58</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff II - System Test</title><state>California</state><reqid>19102BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28869699</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28869699/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19107BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff II - System Test
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. As part of the CellAirity™ Mobile Platform, Broadcom offers a family of LTE FDD/TDD, HSPA+, HSDPA/HSUPA, WCDMA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM baseband processors for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics. As a Test Engineer, you will be responsible for the system level test plan development/enhancement, execution, troubleshooting, optimization and problem resolution on 2G/3G/4G mobile devices. You will be working with a multi-discipline team to test and commercialize UMTS/LTE solutions. You will actively be involved in producing requirements for tools and system simulators and work closely with development teams and test equipment vendors to come up with the appropriate test set ups and associated automation. Close interaction will be required with the modem stack, multi media, RF, drivers,3GPP Standard representatives and System Design Engineers to ensure proper test coverage of the features. Successful candidate must have strong communication skills, be an effective team player and be able to work independently. The position involves in depth debugging of UMTS/LTE protocol stack. Exposure to UMTS/LTE test simulators and test systems like Anite, R&amp;S, Spirent, Anritsu and Agilent is a plus. Experience with LTE testing is preferred.
Job Requirements *Bachelor's degree in EE/CS plus 6 years of related experience or a Master's degree in EE/CS and 3 years of related experience or PHD in EE/CS *Exposure to Wireless/analog/digital/data communications, RF propagation, antennas.  *Good knowledge of LTE, WCDMA/HSPA and GSM /GPRS protocol stacks  *Perl Scripting skills, programming experience in TTCN, C or C++ is a plus.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Software Systems</description><date_new>2012-05-22 20:14:12</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff II - System Test</title><state>California</state><reqid>19107BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28869613</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28869613/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18469BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - IC Design
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom’s radio team is responsible for the design of all WLAN radio transceivers. Products include Broadcom's AirForce™ product family offers the broadest line of Wi-Fi® integrated circuits in the industry for system designs ranging from PC and consumer devices to access points and routers. Broadcom's AirForce™ 802.11a, 802.11b, 54g® and Intensi-fi® solutions enable manufacturers to build Wi-Fi products with the performance, interoperability, security and ease-of-use that consumers and businesses demand. AirForce solutions can be found in leading brands of Wi-Fi gear such as Apple, Belkin, Buffalo, Dell, eMachines, Gateway, HP, Linksys/Cisco, and Motorola.  Additionally, our design team is an integral part in Broadcom’s pursuit to capture the COMBO SoC market (Combination chipsets including: Cellular, GPS, BT, NFC, FM).  If you have a desire to become part of our legacy in the design of analog baseband, receive front end, transmitter front end, and synthesizers, we are looking for talented engineers to continue the mission of excellence.
Job 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.

Job responsibilities include, but not limited to, the design and analysis of analog and digital semiconductor integrated circuits.

Duties require:

• Ownership of a complex sub-block or module
• To plan work and accurately predict outcomes
• Supervision of activities to support design through layout and testing.

• Must have Cadence – Spectre, Virtuoso experience

• Matlab and/or Mathcad would be a plus
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required None
Function Engineering
Discipline IC Design</description><date_new>2012-05-22 20:13:00</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Sr Staff - IC Design</title><state>California</state><reqid>18469BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28869587</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28869587/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19534BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff II - Test (Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy)
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description With a pure digital CMOS approach and excellent blocking performance, Broadcom's Bluetooth® chipsets and system solutions provide the technology to make wireless personal area networking a reality. Providing radio frequency, baseband, system and complete software support to OEMs and system integrators, Broadcom's Bluetooth chips enable the wireless sharing of data among scores of electronic devices, from mobile phones and wireless stereo headsets to PDAs and automobiles.

Responsibilities include development and execution of system test and verification plans as well as automated system tests for Broadcom chips. The tests will verify functionality as well as interoperability of entire Bluetooth systems. The resultant automated tests will be used to regress each firmware version prior to release as well as any new versions of silicon that may be required.  Responsibilities also include Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) specification understanding, automation and customer requirement testing.
Job Requirements -Typically requires a BSCS/BSEE degree and 6 years of experience, an MSCS/MSEE degree and 3 years of experience or a PhD.
-Experience with wireless communication systems Human Interface Device testing is required.
-Experience with Bluetooth is required.
-3+ years experience with verification and testing is required.
-Some background in automated test development is required.
-Experience with embedded real time firmware is required
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Test Engineering</description><date_new>2012-05-21 18:42:24</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff II - Test (Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy)</title><state>California</state><reqid>19534BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28833948</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28833948/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19422BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff I - Firmware
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Firmware Engineer to work on the Bluetooth Low Energy Technology.

Working closely with systems, ASIC design, and FW engineering to participate in architecture design and trade off discussions.
• Design a FW system to closely work with the underline ASIC to provide the best performances and lowest power in its class in the industry.
• Verify various HW blocks before chip tapeout based on the defined usage scenarios.
• Debug issues with the HW, system, AE, and FW team members that are reported by internal SVT or external customers.
• Enjoy working with the brightest, creative, results-oriented, and fun-filled engineers.
Typically requires a BSCS/BSEE degree and 3 years of related experience, an MSCS/MSEE degree and 0 years of related experience or a PhD.
• 1+ years embedded firmware development experience.
• Proficient in the use of the C and C++ programming language.
• Experience with embedded RTOS, Simulation environment and JTAG debugger.
• Bluetooth, USB, HID, FM, WLAN, GPS, NFC, 60GHz or other wireless technology experience is highly desirable.
• Understanding of digital baseband, RF, and wireless protocols (Bluetooth, 802.11, WiMAX, LTE) is highly desirable.
• Team player and excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills.
Job Requirements Good command of C/C++, hands on programming experience, understand scripting language is a plus, embedded experience a even bigger plus.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Firmware</description><date_new>2012-05-18 19:00:51</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff I - Firmware</title><state>California</state><reqid>19422BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28794642</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28794642/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19339BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Principal - Firmware (NFC/Bluetooth)
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is involved in Near Field Communications (NFC) and Bluetooth:

Near field communications (NFC) is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based technology that allows the secure transmission of data between devices that are in close proximity. Mobile payments have been widely touted as the killer application for NFC, but the proliferation of NFC is poised to expand the usefulness of smartphones and inspire a range of new applications that create simple, secure connections between devices, such as sending video directly to your Smart TV with a simple tap.

Broadcom is uniquely positioned to lead the NFC market with its vast IP portfolio, connected ecosystem and expertise in developing standards-based, integrated solutions. The company is designing new NFC innovations that meet the power, size and functional requirements to ignite NFC adoption in next generation handsets.

With a pure digital CMOS approach and excellent blocking performance, Broadcom's Bluetooth® chipsets and system solutions provide the technology to make wireless personal area networking a reality. Providing radio frequency, baseband, system and complete software support to OEMs and system integrators, Broadcom's Bluetooth chips enable the wireless sharing of data among scores of electronic devices, from mobile phones and wireless stereo headsets to PDAs and automobiles.

- Participate in BT and NFC baseband firmware development and perform substantial firmware trouble-shooting
- Provide sustained support to customer programs that integrate with Broadcom's BT and NFC chips.
- Design and develop demo and proof-of-concept SW/FW as needed
- Support the development, marketing and customer integration of BT and NFC applications.
- Train and support Broadcom’s sales team and FAEs as required

Location is flexible, will consider Irvine, or San Diego, CA.
Job Requirements - Typically requires a BSCS/BSEE degree with 12+ years of experience, an MSCS/MSEE degree with 9+ years of experience or a PhD with 6+ years of experience
- In-depth knowledge of programming language C or C++
- Experience with embedded development environment
- Experience with Perl or similar scripting language is a plus
- Knowledge on Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS, FM, NFC or similar wireless technology is a plus.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift Not Applicable
Percent of Travel Required 10% - 25%
Function Engineering
Discipline Firmware</description><date_new>2012-05-18 18:59:43</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Principal - Firmware (NFC/Bluetooth)</title><state>California</state><reqid>19339BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28794604</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28794604/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19104BR
Job Posting Title Manager, System Test
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. Mobile Platform, Broadcom offers a family of LTE, HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink 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 for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics.

In today’s complex cellular solutions such as smartphones which provide advanced communications, data, multimedia and connectivity services, designing for the power requirements of the system while still minimizing size, cost and battery drain is a major challenge.

Technical Responsibilities in this role include
• Leading a team of test engineers and working with marketing and architecture teams to measure and help optimize the system power performance requirements and targets.
• Analyzing the Baseband, RF and PMU ASIC architecture for power and clocking to determine impact on overall system design and power requirements, and feeding back improvement ideas to the ASIC design teams.
• Characterizing and optimizing the platforms to make sure the system meets power performance targets for key use case such as Standby, Talk, MP3 playback, Video playback, etc.
• Working closely with Software and Applications teams to ensure the customer’s phone products meet the optimized targets achieved on the reference platforms.

Successful candidate must have strong communication skills, be an effective team player and be able to work independently.
The position requires detail understanding of communications systems including both physical and upper layers, ability to evaluate wireless communications systems through lab testing, logging and handset and network log analysis manually and through post processing tools.
Candidate must be able to develop test procedure, lead a team of engineers to execute tests, and isolate issues accurately.

As a Manager, you will also be responsible for mentoring a team of engineers and manage their technical and personal growth.
Job Requirements Relevant work Experience:

9-10 years with at least 5 years of direct experience with managing a team of engineers

-Education Qualifications: MS in Electrical Engineering or similar with GPA of 3.5 or higher

-Technical Responsibilities in this role include
• Leading a team of test engineers and working with marketing and architecture teams to measure and help optimize the system power performance requirements and targets.
• Analyzing the Baseband, RF and PMU ASIC architecture for power and clocking to determine impact on overall system design and power requirements, and feeding back improvement ideas to the ASIC design teams.
• Characterizing and optimizing the platforms to make sure the system meets power performance targets for key use case such as Standby, Talk, MP3 playback, Video playback, etc.
• Working closely with Software and Applications teams to ensure the customer’s phone products meet the optimized targets achieved on the reference platforms.

Successful candidate must have strong communication skills, be an effective team player and be able to work independently.
The position requires detail understanding of communications systems including both physical and upper layers, ability to evaluate wireless communications systems through lab testing, logging and handset and network log analysis manually and through post processing tools.
Candidate must be able to develop test procedure, lead a team of engineers to execute tests, and isolate issues accurately.

As a Manager, you will also be responsible for mentoring a team of engineers and manage their technical and personal growth.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Test</description><date_new>2012-05-12 20:31:41</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Manager, System Test</title><state>California</state><reqid>19104BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28660592</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28660592/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19128BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Configuration/Release
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description We are actively seeking an experienced software configuration management and release expert whose primary responsibilities will include maintaining and enhancing existing automation systems for mission critical software build, test and release activities. In this role the candidate will be exposed to many new exciting technologies, tools and processes. The team is geographically distributed and the systems architected in this role have immediate impact on the large global software development community. The candidate should have previous successes architecting, implementing and deploying new features to production systems (IE: software development lifecycle for tools) with a major focus on change and configuration management, hooks, triggers, reporting, data mining, etc.

The job will span multiple functional areas including but not limited to Perforce, Electric Commander, Electric Accelerator, ReviewBoard, JIRA, ClearQuest, Coverity, and more). A fundamental/expert understanding of the PERL interpreted programming language and advanced UNIX skills are required.

The ability to work within a global team, excellent communication skills and excellent organizational skills are required for success. Independent debugging and reverse engineering existing solutions with a focus on performance and large scalability will be critical for success. Candidate will work within a large, globally distributed fast paced team of Configuration Management/Automation Specialists.
Job Requirements Required:
1. BS in Computer Science or higher degree.
2. Expert knowledge with the PERL interpreted language.
3. 5-10 years of experience with configuration and change management
4. 5-10 years build &amp; release management for software/firmware/embedded/web applications.
5. Excellent communication skills.
6. Excellent organization skills.
7. Excellent UNIX skills.
8. Proven automation experience enforcing processes with a source control tool and/or issue management system.

Optional:
1. Good knowledge in programming language C, C++ or Java.
2. Understands operating system concepts.
3. Linux &amp; Windows System Administration skills.
4. Experience with any of the following is a plus:
a. Electric Commander, Electric Accelerator
b. Coverity
c. Perforce
d. LSF
e. Reviewboard
f. ClearQuest,JIRA
g. Confluence, Wiki, TWiki
h. Black Duck
i. MSFT Project Server
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Configuration / Release</description><date_new>2012-05-12 20:31:34</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Sr Staff - Configuration/Release</title><state>California</state><reqid>19128BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28660569</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28660569/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18891BR
Job Posting Title Manager, System Test
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Technical Responsibilities in this role include:
- Leading a team of system level test engineers and working with HW/SW Development and program management teams to ensure that BRCM products meet critical device and platform level reliability, performance and stability requirements.
- Develop novel and efficient testing strategies for HW centric test areas on mobile platforms (such as USB, HDMI, charging, Radio frequency interactions, etc.)
- Work closely with colleagues in ASIC Development/test and platform test to ensure that all critical platform issues are addressed in a timely fashion
- Provide extensive test coverage to ensure that BRCM communication ASICs will meet all key customer expectations at the platform level

Successful candidate must have strong communication skills, be an effective team player and be able to work independently.
The position requires detailed understanding of communications systems - both from a HW and SW perspective. the ability to evaluate wireless communications systems through lab testing, logging and handset and network log analysis, and the ability to develop test plans and specify equipment for new wireless technology areas.
Candidate must be able to develop test procedures, lead a team of engineers to execute tests, and isolate issues accurately.

As a Manager, you will also be responsible for mentoring a team of engineers and managing their technical and personal growth.
Job Requirements Relevant work Experience:

9-10 years with at least 5 years of direct experience with managing a team of engineers. Hands on experience with system level testing of mobile handsets from a HW perspective is preferred.

-Education Qualifications: MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

-Technical Responsibilities in this role include:
- Leading a team of system level test engineers and working with HW/SW Development and program management teams to ensure that BRCM products meet critical device and platform level reliability, performance and stability requirements.
- Develop novel and efficient testing strategies for HW centric test areas on mobile platforms (such as USB, HDMI, charging, Radio frequency interactions, etc.)
- Work closely with colleagues in ASIC Development/test and platform test to ensure that all critical platform issues are addressed in a timely fashion
- Provide extensive test coverage to ensure that BRCM communication ASICs will meet all key customer expectations at the platform level

Successful candidate must have strong communication skills, be an effective team player and be able to work independently.
The position requires detailed understanding of communications systems - both from a HW and SW perspective. the ability to evaluate wireless communications systems through lab testing, logging and handset and network log analysis, and the ability to develop test plans and specify equipment for new wireless technology areas.
Candidate must be able to develop test procedures, lead a team of engineers to execute tests, and isolate issues accurately.

As a Manager, you will also be responsible for mentoring a team of engineers and managing their technical and personal growth.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 10% - 25%
Function Engineering
Discipline Test</description><date_new>2012-05-12 20:30:54</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Manager, System Test</title><state>California</state><reqid>18891BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28660562</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28660562/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19103BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff II - System Test
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. Broadcom offers a family of HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink 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 for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics.

Successful candidate will be responsible for executing and coordinating test activities in the lab, develop test plans for testing RF 3G/4G on cell phone based device in addition do data analysis through debug tools, compile test results and generate test reports. Responsibilities would include test plan development, test cases execution, test case automation, debugging and reporting of issues. Experience with RF 3G/4G testing including 3G/4G specifications and RF certification and strong knowledge of digital communications systems required. Basic knowledge of programming / scripting required. Understanding of wireless communication protocols such as CDMA or UMTS preferred.
The position also requires detail understanding of communications systems including both physical and upper layers, ability to evaluate wireless communications systems through lab testing, logging and handset and network log analysis manually and through post processing tools.
Candidate must be able to develop test procedures, execute tests, and isolate issues accurately.

Relevant work Experience:

2-3 Years

- Education Qualifications: BS / MS in Electrical Engineering or similar with GPA of 3.5 or higher

- Responsibilities would include test plan development, test cases execution, test case automation, debugging and reporting of issues.

- Experience with RF 3G/4G testing including certification required

- Strong digital communications background

- Basic knowledge of programming / scripting required.

- Understanding of wireless communication protocols such as CDMA or UMTS preferred.
Job Requirements Relevant work Experience:

2-3 Years

- Education Qualifications: BS / MS in Electrical Engineering or similar with GPA of 3.5 or higher

- Responsibilities would include test plan development, test cases execution, test case automation, debugging and reporting of issues.

- Experience with RF 3G/4G testing including certification required

- Strong digital communications background

- Basic knowledge of programming / scripting required.

- Understanding of wireless communication protocols such as CDMA or UMTS preferred.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Test</description><date_new>2012-05-12 20:30:53</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff II - System Test</title><state>California</state><reqid>19103BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28660561</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28660561/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19369BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff I - Software Development (C/C++, Firmware, TCP/IP)
Business Unit Broadband Communications
Job Description Join a world-class team and be responsible for designing and supporting some of the coolest products in millions of homes and businesses around the world. From enabling broadband services to and throughout the home, to providing complete solutions to cable, xDSL and satellite broadband and broadcast access networks, our Broadband Communications Group does it all. The Broadband group at Broadcom Corporation is at the forefront of all product innovation, providing complete silicon solutions for customers worldwide.

We’re looking for a Software Engineer with experience to bring to market wireless residential gateway systems. The ideal candidate should have at least 3 years of on the job programming experience with network protocols, routing, and TCP/IP. Must have strong C/C++ firmware development experience and debugging skills. Good understanding of embedded Linux kernel and programming is desirable. Experience with 802.11 protocols and programming is also very desirable.
Job Requirements - BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
- 3 years of direct experience with embedded firmware development using C/C++
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking concepts and protocols
- Direct experience with network device driver is highly preferred
- Experience with embedded Linux
- Team player willing to take on ownership of a task with a results oriented attitude
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Software Development</description><date_new>2012-05-10 19:09:42</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff I - Software Development (C/C++, Firmware, TCP/IP)</title><state>California</state><reqid>19369BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28606912</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28606912/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18144BR
Job Posting Title Multimode Systems Lead Engineer
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description We are looking for a Systems lead with design/development expertise in multiple broadband wireless technologies. The candidate will:
(i) work on leading edge products in the space comprising multiple IP based technologies such as 3G, WiMAX, LTE, WiFi, etc.
(ii) work in a highly dynamic environment with global cross functional teams (iii) architect, analyze and specify complex features, problems and/or products spanning RF/PHY, MAC, Network, Transport and Application level, (iv) travel as needed in order to accomplish the above.
Job Requirements ? Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
? 8+ years industrial experience
? Individual contributor as well as a team player
? Excellent oral and written communication skills
? Ideal candidate would have had experience in three or more of the following aspects:
•    Multiple radio coexistence
• System Architecture (device as well as network side)
• Algorithm Development (e.g., inter-technology handover to minimize packet loss and latency)
• Performance Analysis/Optimization (e.g., CPU utilization, power consumption)
• Intimate knowledge of some industry standards, e.g.
1. Networking standards: IETF RFC-s, IPv4/IPv6, Mobile IP, etc.
2. Cellular standards like 1x-EVDO, HSPA, WiMAX, LTE, etc.
3. LAN/PAN standards such as IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, BT, etc.
4. HW interface standard like USB2.0, SDIO, etc.
• Embedded systems SW architecture/performance
• Product design with multiple radios
• Project planning and execution
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Systems Design</description><date_new>2012-05-03 19:06:54</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Multimode Systems Lead Engineer</title><state>California</state><reqid>18144BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28406321</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28406321/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18143BR
Job Posting Title Sr Principal Smartphone Platforms Engineer
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description We are looking for a Smartphone Platforms Engineer with expertise in modem integration on a Smartphone platform. The candidate will define and architect multiple radio integration into different Smartphone platforms with specific attention to Modem connectivity, telephony, application layer, driver, BSP, performance and power management aspects.
BS and 15 years experience
? M.S. and 12 years experience or a PhD and 9 years experience
? Must have had project lifecycle experience on a Handset/Smartphone product e.g. developing Android Smartphone with LTE or 3G, WiFi and BT
? Excellent oral and written communication skills
? Must have excellent knowledge in the following areas:
o Smartphone Software Architecture
o Power Management
o Modem Driver architecture
o   Performance optimization
o Telephony and Data Connection Management
o Middleware/Framework

? Ideal candidate would also have had experience in two or more of the following aspects:
• Provisioning and Management SW such as OMA-DM
• Smartphone Hardware Architecture
• Intimate knowledge of some industry standards, e.g.
1. Networking standards: IETF RFC-s, IPv4/IPv6, Mobile IP, etc.
2. Cellular standards like 1x-EVDO, HSPA, WiMAX, LTE, etc.
3. LAN/PAN standards such as IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, BT, etc.
4. HW interface standard like USB2.0, SDIO, etc.
• HW/RF design
• Product design
• Project planning and execution

(Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, MeeGo, Symbian, Palm, etc.)
Job Requirements BS and 15 years expereince?
M.S. and 9 years experience or a PhD and 6 years experience
? Must have had project lifecycle experience on a Handset/Smartphone product e.g. developing Android Smartphone with LTE or 3G, WiFi and BT
? Excellent oral and written communication skills
? Must have excellent knowledge in the following areas:
o Smartphone Software Architecture
o Power Management
o Modem Driver architecture
o   Performance optimization
o Telephony and Data Connection Management
o Middleware/Framework

? Ideal candidate would also have had experience in two or more of the following aspects:
• Provisioning and Management SW such as OMA-DM
• Smartphone Hardware Architecture
• Intimate knowledge of some industry standards, e.g.
1. Networking standards: IETF RFC-s, IPv4/IPv6, Mobile IP, etc.
2. Cellular standards like 1x-EVDO, HSPA, WiMAX, LTE, etc.
3. LAN/PAN standards such as IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, BT, etc.
4. HW interface standard like USB2.0, SDIO, etc.
• HW/RF design
• Product design
• Project planning and execution

(Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, MeeGo, Symbian, Palm, etc.)
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Software Systems</description><date_new>2012-05-03 19:01:15</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Sr Principal Smartphone Platforms Engineer</title><state>California</state><reqid>18143BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28405905</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28405905/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18966BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job 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.
This is an engineering position in cellular systems at Broadcom.
In 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.
You 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.
You 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.
Job 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.



Knowledge in 3GPP GSM / GPRS / EDGE / WCDMA / HSPA Required..

Knowledge in C &amp; C++ is required.

In-depth understanding and knowledge in communication and signal processing theory and practices

Experience with mobile receiver design/overalll reciver architecture, and advanced algorithms for improving system performance is required.



Knowledge of algorithms for channel estimation, techniques in equalizer designs, receiver diversity, RF filters, etc. is desired.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Systems Design</description><date_new>2012-05-02 19:45:06</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Sr Staff - Systems Design</title><state>California</state><reqid>18966BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28335373</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28335373/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18860BR
Job Posting Title Scientist, Sr Principal - Firmware
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Typically requires a BS degree and 15 years of experience or an MS degree and12 years of experience or a PhD and 9 years of experience

- Candidate should have at least 3 years of embedded programming experience using the C programming language
- Requires at least 3 years working experience of debugging cellular and real time systems
- Candidate should have a strong understanding of communications theory applicable to cellular modems
- Good knowledge and experience with WCDMA standards is highly desired
Job Requirements Typically requires a BS degree and XX years of experience or an MS degree and YY years of experience or a PhD and ZZ years of experience

- Candidate should have at least 3 years of embedded programming experience using the C programming language
- Requires at least 3 years working experience of debugging cellular and real time systems
- Candidate should have a strong understanding of communications theory applicable to cellular modems
- Good knowledge and experience with WCDMA standards is highly desired
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Firmware</description><date_new>2012-05-01 18:28:46</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Scientist, Sr Principal - Firmware</title><state>California</state><reqid>18860BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28302495</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28302495/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18866BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Software Development
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job 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.

In this role as part of the mobile and wireless group, you will:

Design, develop, debug and verify embedded Linux software for mobile chipsets.
Debug and verify protocol stack software.
Solve challenging problems in software performance, power consumption and stability for mobile phones.
Work closely with systems architecture, ASIC, hardware, modem, other software development teams and system verification teams to resolve problems.
Travel as necessary to customer sites for board bring up, software integration and joint development effort.
Job Requirements Typically requires a BS in CS/EE with 9+ years of experience, or MS in CS/EE with 6+ years of related experience.
Requires strong C programming skills.
Requires experience in debugging modem software.
Requires strong embedded software debugging skills.
Prefer experience with tools such as JTAG/ETM.
Preference for experience in Linux/Android exposure to multi-processor environments is a big plus.
Experience with 2G/3G/4G protocol stack development is a plus.
Job requires strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Requires ability to manage multiple tasks.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift Not Applicable
Percent of Travel Required 10% - 25%
Function Engineering
Discipline Software Development</description><date_new>2012-05-01 18:28:42</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Sr Staff - Software Development</title><state>California</state><reqid>18866BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28302489</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28302489/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19051BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Software Development
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom's software suites for Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi® are widely used software in the world today. We are looking for individuals who want to be a member of our software development team and impact the way the world will use wireless technology for years to come. You will join our team of software developers to design, develop and maintain our Windows® suite of products. Responsibilities will include the following: -Design and implement product features, while enhancing and maintaining existing functionality. -Develop tools for assisting with build environment, testing, localization. -Perform unit testing, system testing and create documentation.
Job Requirements - Minimum 5 years industry experience in Windows® software development using C#, C++, C
- Experience developing software using Windows® Visual Studio, WPF/XAML
- Experience with multithreaded applications, Win32, COM and Shell programming
- Experience developing Windows® Applications and User Interfaces on Windows® Desktop.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent problem solving skills
- The ability to work with minimal supervision both individually and collaboratively in a team environment that spans multiple time zones
- Willingness to put in whatever effort is required to complete assignments within schedule
- Experience developing Bluetooth® profiles or applications desirable
- Experience with communications protocols a plus
- Knowledge of Clearcase and Clearquest will be a plus.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Software Development</description><date_new>2012-05-01 18:28:04</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Sr Staff - Software Development</title><state>California</state><reqid>19051BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28302471</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28302471/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19092BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Sr Staff - Firmware
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description With a pure digital CMOS approach and excellent blocking performance, Broadcom's Bluetooth® chipsets and system solutions provide the technology to make wireless personal area networking a reality. Providing radio frequency, baseband, system and complete software support to OEMs and system integrators, Broadcom's Bluetooth chips enable the wireless sharing of data among scores of electronic devices, from mobile phones and wireless stereo headsets to PDAs, PCs and automobiles.

In this unique position you will function as a firmware engineer involved with the technologies of Bluetooth RF, Modem, and Baseband Silicon Solutions and Bluetooth Firmware Solutions. Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
- Working closely with systems, ASIC design, and FW engineering to participate in architecture design and trade off discussions.
- Design a FW system to closely work with the underline ASIC to provide the best performances and lowest power in its class in the industry.
- Verify various HW blocks before chip tapeout based on the defined usage scenarios.
- Debug issues with the HW, system, and FW team members that are reported by internal SVT or external customers.
- Enjoy working with the brightest, creative, results-oriented, and fun-filled engineers.
Job Requirements - Typically requires a BSCS/BSEE degree and 9 years of related experience, an MSCS/MSEE degree and 6 years of related experience or a PhD and 3 years of related experience. (MSCS/MSEE preferred).
- 3+ years embedded firmware development experience.
- Proficient in the use of the C or C++ programming language.
- Bluetooth, FM, WLAN, GPS, NFC or other wireless technology experience is highly desirable.
- Experience with embedded RTOS and Simulation environment.
- Understanding of digital baseband, RF, and wireless protocols (Bluetooth, 802.11, WiMAX) is highly desirable.
- Team player and excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills.

NOTE: Exceptional college graduates (or candidates with solid fundamentals) will also be considered and are encouraged to apply.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Firmware</description><date_new>2012-04-30 20:21:59</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Sr Staff - Firmware</title><state>California</state><reqid>19092BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28276305</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28276305/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 19083BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff - Systems Design
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description With a pure digital CMOS approach and excellent blocking performance, Broadcom's Bluetooth® chipsets and system solutions provide the technology to make wireless personal area networking a reality. Providing radio frequency, baseband, system and complete software support to OEMs and system integrators, Broadcom's Bluetooth chips enable the wireless sharing of data among scores of electronic devices, from mobile phones and wireless stereo headsets to PDAs and automobiles.  Will participate in systems design and verification of a chipset with combined Bluetooth, GPS and other wireless functionality. Must be able to take ownership for the verification of the chip to ensure it meets all system performance requirements related at least one of the wireless standards as well as help with the verify the coexistence of the various wireless within the chip.   The successful candidate will work not only on the verification of the device, but initially in the design of physical layer algorithms for at least one of the relevant wireless components, including modelling RF and analog domain non-idealities and digital compensation techniques to combat these issues.  Successful candidate must have the ability to communicate with engineers of varying backgrounds: software, digital hardware, RF IC design, operations, and marketing.
Job Requirements Typically requires a BS degree and 6 years of experience in the wireless design field, an MS degree and 3 years of experience in the wireless design field or a PhD.
Wireless standards: experience in Bluetooth and/or Broadcast FM is required. Experience in WLAN, GPS or NFC is a plus.  General RF/electromagnetic and Signal Processing Experience: Experience with radio architectures, preferable in CMOS, Cascaded Gain, NF, Linearity (IP3/IP2),Front-end matching networks, phase noise requirements, etc.   Digital receiver processing, digital filter design, experience with C, C++, matlab.  Must understand issues related to board level design, grounding, supply decoupling, filtering, spurs sources, etc.  Ability to read and program automated test scripts in C/C++, Perl, Python, (LabView and GPIB a plus).  Must have experience Lab equipment,Oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, VSA, temp. chamber, etc.  Ability to collect, plot, and analyze data using excel, matlab, or other means.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Systems Design</description><date_new>2012-04-30 20:21:33</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff - Systems Design</title><state>California</state><reqid>19083BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>28276295</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/28276295/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18702BR
Job Posting Title Scientist, Staff II - Test
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. As part of the CellAirity™ Mobile Platform, Broadcom offers a family of LTE FDD/TDD, HSPA+, HSDPA/HSUPA, WCDMA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM baseband processors for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics. As a Test Engineer, you will be responsible for the system level test plan development/enhancement, execution, troubleshooting, optimization and problem resolution on 2G/3G/4G mobile devices. You will be working with a multi-discipline team to test and commercialize UMTS/LTE solutions. You will actively be involved in producing requirements for tools and system simulators and work closely with development teams and test equipment vendors to come up with the appropriate test set ups and associated automation. Close interaction will be required with the modem stack, multi media, RF, drivers,3GPP Standard representatives and System Design Engineers to ensure test coverage and feedback on Change Requests. Successful candidate must have strong communication skills, be an effective team player and be able to work independently. The position involves in depth debugging of UMTS/LTE protocol stack. Exposure to UMTS/LTE test simulators and test systems like Anite, R&amp;S, Spirent, Anritsu and Agilent is a plus.
Job Requirements *Bachelor's degree in EE/CS plus 6 years of related experience or a Master's degree in EE/CS and 3 years of related experience or PHD in EE/CS *Exposure to Wireless/analog/digital/data communications, RF propagation, antennas.  *Good knowledge of WCDMA/HSPA and GSM /GPRS protocol stacks  *Perl Scripting skills, programming experience in TTCN, C or C++ is a plus. * Knowledge of LTE TDD is preferred
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Test</description><date_new>2012-04-16 22:04:15</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Scientist, Staff II - Test</title><state>California</state><reqid>18702BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>27932862</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/27932862/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18465BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Principal - Firmware (NFC/Bluetooth)
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is involved in Near Field Communications (NFC) and Bluetooth:

Near field communications (NFC) is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based technology that allows the secure transmission of data between devices that are in close proximity. Mobile payments have been widely touted as the killer application for NFC, but the proliferation of NFC is poised to expand the usefulness of smartphones and inspire a range of new applications that create simple, secure connections between devices, such as sending video directly to your Smart TV with a simple tap.

Broadcom is uniquely positioned to lead the NFC market with its vast IP portfolio, connected ecosystem and expertise in developing standards-based, integrated solutions. The company is designing new NFC innovations that meet the power, size and functional requirements to ignite NFC adoption in next generation handsets.

With a pure digital CMOS approach and excellent blocking performance, Broadcom's Bluetooth® chipsets and system solutions provide the technology to make wireless personal area networking a reality. Providing radio frequency, baseband, system and complete software support to OEMs and system integrators, Broadcom's Bluetooth chips enable the wireless sharing of data among scores of electronic devices, from mobile phones and wireless stereo headsets to PDAs and automobiles.

- Participate in NFC baseband firmware development and perform substantial firmware trouble-shooting
- Provide sustained support to customer programs that integrate with Broadcom's NFC chips.
- Design and develop demo and proof-of-concept SW/FW as needed
- Support the development, marketing and customer integration of NFC applications.
- Train and support Broadcom’s sales team and FAEs as required

Location is flexible, will consider Irvine, or San Diego, CA.
Job Requirements - Typically requires a BSCS/BSEE degree with 12+ years of experience, an MSCS/MSEE degree with 9+ years of experience or a PhD with 6+ years of experience
- In-depth knowledge of programming language C or C++
- Experience with embedded development environment
- Experience with Perl or similar scripting language is a plus
- Knowledge on Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS, FM, NFC or similar wireless technology is a plus.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift Not Applicable
Percent of Travel Required 10% - 25%
Function Engineering
Discipline Firmware</description><date_new>2012-04-11 04:48:39</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Principal - Firmware (NFC/Bluetooth)</title><state>California</state><reqid>18465BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>27805965</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/27805965/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18680BR
Job Posting Title RTL IC Design (WPAN) - Staff Engineer I
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description With a pure digital CMOS approach and excellent radio performance, Broadcom's Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) chipsets and system solutions provide the technology to make wireless personal area networking a reality. Providing radio frequency, baseband, system and complete software support to OEMs and system integrators, Broadcom's WPAN chips enable the wireless sharing of data among scores of electronic devices, from mobile phones and wireless stereo headsets to PDAs and automobiles.

As a IC engineering team member, you will contribute to the design, development and verification of Broadcom's highly successful Wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) SOCs. Responsibilities include:
• Lead the block level architecture design
• Author detailed design documents
• Develop and execute thorough simulation and lab verification plan
• Participate in the emulation platform development and lab debugging
• Participate in synthesis, static timing analysis, DFT
• Assist in the development of embedded FW
Job Requirements • B.S. degree in EE or Computer Engineering and minimum of 3 years related experience or an M.S. or a Ph.D. degree.
• Excellent knowledge of communication systems and high speed digital circuit design.
• Strong analytical, and problem solving skills as well as hands-on lab debugging skills.
• Excellent knowledge of RTL simulation and synthesis.
• In-depth knowledge for design for low power and design for test and design for manufacturing.
• Good Knowledge in languages relevant to the ASIC development process including Verilog/VHDL, SystemVerilog, Unix Scripting, and C.
• Experience with the following areas in design and verification is a plus:
o Systems with Embedded ARM processors
o Systems using communication systems/protocols such as NFC, UICC/SIM, SWP, USB, UART, SDIO, SPI, I2C, I2S, Bluetooth, 802.11, FM/RDS
o Advanced Constrained-random functional verification methodology such as OVM/UVM/VMM
• Self-motivated, excellent communication skills and ability to excel in a team environment.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline IC Design</description><date_new>2012-04-05 04:23:44</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>RTL IC Design (WPAN) - Staff Engineer I</title><state>California</state><reqid>18680BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>27658120</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/27658120/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18457BR
Job Posting Title Multimedia Systems Design &amp; Architecture (Sr. Principal Engineer)
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description The candidate should have experience in system and/or architecture in cellular mobile phone, portable or handheld system with emphasis in multimedia and memory architecture. It is required to have technology depth in one or more of the following areas:
• Multimedia: 2D/3D Graphics (OpenVG, OpenGL), Video Codec Architecture (H.264, H.265, etc.), Display and Camera subsystems
• Memory Controller Technology Basic Knowledge
• Software Development, Software and Hardware Interaction
• Critical system trade-off understanding, e.g. loading, choice of hardware accelerators, internal vs. external bandwidth optimization, power efficiency, etc.
• Software Savvy: C/C++, assembly, RTOS
• MIPI Interfaces
• Experience in writing system specification
• Excellent team collaboration and communications
Experience and knowledge in some of these areas is also a plus:
• Android Architecture and Requirements
• System/Subsystem level modeling
• System C, Object Oriented Programming

Education:
The candidate should have experience in system and/or architecture in cellular mobile phone, portable or handheld system with emphasis in multimedia and memory architecture. It is required to have technology depth in one or more of the following areas:
• Multimedia: 2D/3D Graphics (OpenVG, OpenGL), Video Codec Architecture (H.264, H.265, etc.), Display and Camera subsystems
• Memory Controller Technology Basic Knowledge
• Software Development, Software and Hardware Interaction
• Critical system trade-off understanding, e.g. loading, choice of hardware accelerators, internal vs. external bandwidth optimization, power efficiency, etc.
• Software Savvy: C/C++, assembly, RTOS
• MIPI Interfaces
• Experience in writing system specification
• Excellent team collaboration and communications
Experience and knowledge in some of these areas is also a plus:
• Android Architecture and Requirements
• System/Subsystem level modeling
• System C, Object Oriented Programming
Job Requirements The candidate should have experience in system and/or architecture in cellular mobile phone, portable or handheld system with emphasis in multimedia and memory architecture. It is required to have technology depth in one or more of the following areas:
• Multimedia: 2D/3D Graphics (OpenVG, OpenGL), Video Codec Architecture (H.264, H.265, etc.), Display and Camera subsystems
• Memory Controller Technology Basic Knowledge
• Software Development, Software and Hardware Interaction
• Critical system trade-off understanding, e.g. loading, choice of hardware accelerators, internal vs. external bandwidth optimization, power efficiency, etc.
• Software Savvy: C/C++, assembly, RTOS
• MIPI Interfaces
• Experience in writing system specification
• Excellent team collaboration and communications
Experience and knowledge in some of these areas is also a plus:
• Android Architecture and Requirements
• System/Subsystem level modeling
• System C, Object Oriented Programming

Education:
Master Degree in EE or Computer Science is required
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Systems Design</description><date_new>2012-03-31 05:49:36</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Multimedia Systems Design &amp; Architecture (Sr. Principal Engineer)</title><state>California</state><reqid>18457BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>27534523</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/27534523/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18363BR
Job Posting Title FPGA Emulation (Principal Engineer)*
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. As part of the CellAirity™ Mobile Platform, Broadcom offers a family of HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink 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 for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics.

In this role, you will be part of a team developing SoC’s and digital hardware for advanced wireless communications products. Typical designs will include a ARM microprocessor, FLASH and various peripherals including USB, camera and LCD controllers.

You will perform the following aspects of FPGA and ASIC design:
Develop low level firmware for Broadcom’s RTOS and Linux based SoC validation environments.
Work closely with ASIC team and SW team to generate specification &amp; requirements of FPGA images, architecture, coding, test bench design, verification, synthesis, timing closure of FPGAs. Exposure to Palladium and TLM modeling is a plus
You will work closely with software developers for validation of the entire product or system.
You will have a hands-on roll in product integration and debugging utilizing various lab bench equipment and tools.
You must be a results-oriented problem-solver who requires minimal supervision.
Job Requirements Typically requires a BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent and
12 years of experience or a MS degree and 9 years of experience or a PhD and 6 years of experience

In order to qualify for this role, you must be/have:

Proficient in FPGA design using Verilog.
Solid hands-on designer able to debug digital hardware circuits using lab equipments oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc...
Knowledge of low power design techniques and familiar with designs with multiple clock domains and gated clocks.
Experienced with, Xilinx and Altera family of FPGA devices, Synplify , Certify &amp; Multiple FPGA partitioning
Experience with ASIC FPGA prototyping tools, ARM Architecture and ARM assembly language is a plus. Linux kernel and Board Support Package (BSP) development experience is a plus.
Schematic capture experience using Mentor Graphics' Design Architect and real-time embedded software skills are a plus.
Knowledge of mobile communications test equipment is desired.

Must have excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, and proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline IC Design</description><date_new>2012-03-28 02:00:07</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>FPGA Emulation (Principal Engineer)*</title><state>California</state><reqid>18363BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>27436325</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/27436325/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18366BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Principal - IC Design
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. As part of the CellAirity™ Mobile Platform, Broadcom offers a family of HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink 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 for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics.

As wireless handsets and portable media players emerge as the dominant platform for mobile multimedia, Broadcom offers a family of mobile multimedia processors offering the ability to build next generation handheld devices supporting the latest in multimedia applications such as audio and video telephony, messaging, interactive gaming, location-based services and improved Web browsing.

Broadcom is helping to build the next generation of mobile devices through our broad portfolio of industry-leading technologies for Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, VoIP, FM radio, DVB-H mobile TV, multimedia and other emerging technologies.

In this role you will:
Design and verification of blocks used in WCDMA Modem.
Develop and document micro-architecture of blocks used in WCDMA Modem.
Code, debug, audit, synthesize and verify the RTL.
Participate in test plan creation, block and Modem level verification, and  bit exact verification of RTL with higher level models
Job 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

5 or more years of experience in design and verification of blocks used in implementing WCDMA modem.

Proficiency in RTL coding, debug, verification, and synthesis.
Experience in optimization of signal processing micro-architectures for speed,  power and area. Experience in verification, creation of corner test cases, and code covearge.
Profiency in VHDL/Verilog, and experience in C/C++,PERL., Matlab and TCL programming.
A solid understanding of 3G standards is required.
Understanding of underlying digital communication theory for WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, CDMA, and familairity with signal processing algorithms, protocol stacks and testability is highly desirable.
Must be well organized, methodical, detail oriented, and able to work under pressure of dead lines.
Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline IC Design</description><date_new>2012-03-28 01:59:23</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Principal - IC Design</title><state>California</state><reqid>18366BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>27436318</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/27436318/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18438BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff II - System Test
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. As part of the CellAirity™ Mobile Platform, Broadcom offers a family of HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink 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 for use in cellular handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics.

As wireless handsets and portable media players emerge as the dominant platform for mobile multimedia, Broadcom offers a family of mobile multimedia processors offering the ability to build next generation handheld devices supporting the latest in multimedia applications such as audio and video telephony, messaging, interactive gaming, location-based services and improved Web browsing.

Broadcom is helping to build the next generation of mobile devices through our broad portfolio of industry-leading technologies for Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, VoIP, FM radio, DVB-H mobile TV, multimedia and other emerging technologies.


In this role you will be:
Responsible for system integration, verification, debugging and test of next generation mobile devices based on 2G/3G/4G wireless technologies with a focus on position location technologies (GPS, GLONASS, etc.).
Ensure high quality of new products in development through lab and field test efforts.
Develop and execute test scenarios, analyze results and create detailed test reports.
Participate in system-level testing of mobile platforms using RF and baseband test equipment.
Job Requirements Typically requires a BS degree and 6 years of experience, an MS degree and 3 years of experience or a PhD and no experience. Advanced degrees are preferred.


Requires detailed understanding of communications systems including both physical and upper layers and the ability to evaluate wireless communications systems through lab testing and analysis of handset and network logs.
Must be able to develop test procedures, execute tests, and isolate issues accurately.
Must have strong communication skills (written and verbal), be an effective team player, and be able to work independently.


Desired:
- Wireless communications background with particular focus on position location technologies
- Substantial experience with LTE, WCDMA and/or GSM physical and upper layer protocols with particular focus on GPS related protocols and system design.
Prior test experience with wireless handsets, and/or experience with RF test equipment such as Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, RF Faders; UMTS test simulators and GPS simulators and test systems is a major plus.

Some travel for field testing and customer support will be required, including international travel.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Test</description><date_new>2012-03-28 01:57:32</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff II - System Test</title><state>California</state><reqid>18438BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>27436290</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/27436290/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18372BR
Job Posting Title Engineer, Staff II- RFIC Design
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom’s radio team is responsible for the design of all WLAN radio transceivers. Products include Broadcom's AirForce™ product family offers the broadest line of Wi-Fi® integrated circuits in the industry for system designs ranging from PC and consumer devices to access points and routers. Broadcom's AirForce™ 802.11a, 802.11b, 54g® and Intensi-fi® solutions enable manufacturers to build Wi-Fi products with the performance, interoperability, security and ease-of-use that consumers and businesses demand. AirForce solutions can be found in leading brands of Wi-Fi gear such as Apple, Belkin, Buffalo, Dell, eMachines, Gateway, HP, Linksys/Cisco, and Motorola.  Additionally, our design team is an integral part in Broadcom’s pursuit to capture the COMBO SoC market (Combination chipsets including: Cellular, GPS, BT, NFC, FM).  If you have a desire to become part of our legacy in the design of analog baseband, receive front end, transmitter front end, and synthesizers, we are looking for talented engineers to continue the mission of excellence.
Job Requirements * PhD or MS in Electrical Engineering preferred (or equivalent)
* Desired to have 2-7 years of CMOS design experience on multiple sections of transciever blocks such as ADC/DAC, analog baseband, receive frontend, transmit frontend, and synthesizer
* System-level specification, floorplanning, characterization, and productization experience is desired
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift Not Applicable
Percent of Travel Required 10% - 25%
Function Engineering
Discipline IC Design</description><date_new>2012-03-07 22:42:32</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Engineer, Staff II- RFIC Design</title><state>California</state><reqid>18372BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>26992789</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26992789/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 17004BR
Job Posting Title Sr Principal Smartphone Platforms Engineer
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description We are looking for a Smartphone Platforms Engineer with expertise in modem integration on a Smartphone platform. The candidate will define and architect multiple radio integration into different Smartphone platforms with specific attention to Modem connectivity, telephony, application layer, driver, BSP, performance and power management aspects.
BS and 15 years experience
? M.S. and 12 years experience or a PhD and 9 years experience
? Must have had project lifecycle experience on a Handset/Smartphone product e.g. developing Android Smartphone with LTE or 3G, WiFi and BT
? Excellent oral and written communication skills
? Must have excellent knowledge in the following areas:
o Smartphone Software Architecture
o Power Management
o Modem Driver architecture
o   Performance optimization
o Telephony and Data Connection Management
o Middleware/Framework

? Ideal candidate would also have had experience in two or more of the following aspects:
• Provisioning and Management SW such as OMA-DM
• Smartphone Hardware Architecture
• Intimate knowledge of some industry standards, e.g.
1. Networking standards: IETF RFC-s, IPv4/IPv6, Mobile IP, etc.
2. Cellular standards like 1x-EVDO, HSPA, WiMAX, LTE, etc.
3. LAN/PAN standards such as IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, BT, etc.
4. HW interface standard like USB2.0, SDIO, etc.
• HW/RF design
• Product design
• Project planning and execution

(Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, MeeGo, Symbian, Palm, etc.)
Job Requirements BS and 15 years expereince?
M.S. and 9 years experience or a PhD and 6 years experience
? Must have had project lifecycle experience on a Handset/Smartphone product e.g. developing Android Smartphone with LTE or 3G, WiFi and BT
? Excellent oral and written communication skills
? Must have excellent knowledge in the following areas:
o Smartphone Software Architecture
o Power Management
o Modem Driver architecture
o   Performance optimization
o Telephony and Data Connection Management
o Middleware/Framework

? Ideal candidate would also have had experience in two or more of the following aspects:
• Provisioning and Management SW such as OMA-DM
• Smartphone Hardware Architecture
• Intimate knowledge of some industry standards, e.g.
1. Networking standards: IETF RFC-s, IPv4/IPv6, Mobile IP, etc.
2. Cellular standards like 1x-EVDO, HSPA, WiMAX, LTE, etc.
3. LAN/PAN standards such as IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, BT, etc.
4. HW interface standard like USB2.0, SDIO, etc.
• HW/RF design
• Product design
• Project planning and execution

(Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, MeeGo, Symbian, Palm, etc.)
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Software Systems</description><date_new>2012-03-07 22:40:53</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Sr Principal Smartphone Platforms Engineer</title><state>California</state><reqid>17004BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>26992761</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26992761/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 18197BR
Job Posting Title Manager, IC Design/Verification
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing the next generation handheld devices with integrated cellular phone, digital camera, video camcorder and television capability using Broadcom's family of mobile multimedia processors. Broadcom's mobile multimedia processors offer high-performance programmable multimedia capability with minimum power consumption and are designed to support the convergence of voice, video and data in handheld devices.

Our design verification team supports multiple lines of products within the Mobile Platform Solutions Business Unit.

Your management responsibilities will include:
- Manage an IC design verification team of 8-10 people
- Handle resource assignments and prioritize work across team
- Able to be a design verification lead on a project
- Able to debug technical issues for your team
- Able to guide the overall verification team's strategies and flows
- Be a hands-on technical design verification manager

Your individual verification responsibility will include:
- Developing functional verification testplan
- Developing verification environments and test suites for full chip and block level with team members
- Work closely with RTL designer as well as software and hardware engineers (such as FPGA team) to port test to/from other environment
- Assist in functional test vector generation and bring up on ATE
- Assist in silicon bring up
Job Requirements Job Requirements:
- BSEE with 12+ years related experience, MSEE with 9+ years related experience, or PhD with 6+ years related experience
- Experience in verifying designs at system and block level
- Strong Verilog, PERL, TCL, C/C++ programming skills
- Experience in System Verilog is required
- Experience with VMM / OVM / UVM required
- Experience in setting up randomly constrained verification environments
- Experience with ARM architecture is a plus
- Must have managed a team of verification engineers before
- Must be able to multi-task, self motivated, and be detail oriented
- Must have an excellent communication skills and be a team player
- Ability to interact with multiple teams in different locations to execute ASIC verification for a successful silicon tapeout
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline IC Design</description><date_new>2012-03-06 20:47:20</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Manager, IC Design/Verification</title><state>California</state><reqid>18197BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>26961443</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26961443/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 17919BR
Job Posting Title Baseband Systems Design (All levels)
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description oadcom 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.
This is an engineering position in cellular systems at Broadcom.
In 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.
You 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.
You 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.
Job 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.



Knowledge in 3GPP GSM / GPRS / EDGE / WCDMA / HSPA Required..

Knowledge in C &amp; C++ is required.

In-depth understanding and knowledge in communication and signal processing theory and practices

Experience with mobile receiver design/overalll reciver architecture, and advanced algorithms for improving system performance is required.



Knowledge of algorithms for channel estimation, techniques in equalizer designs, receiver diversity, RF filters, etc. is desired.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Systems Design</description><date_new>2012-02-23 21:24:46</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Baseband Systems Design (All levels)</title><state>California</state><reqid>17919BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>26714266</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26714266/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 17662BR
Job Posting Title Scientist, Principal - Test
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom's Mobile and Wireless Group is developing ASICs integrating baseband modems
and application processors supporting multiple technologies. These cutting edge ASICs integrate multiple modem technologies like 2G/GSM, 3G/WCDMA/HSPA and 4G/HSPA+/LTE. They also incorporate multimedia components such as video decoder, video encoder, image processor, and graphics accelerator.

In this highly technical role, you will be working on system level test, verification and analysis of system SW and HW architecture. In addition to executing on existing test plans, you will use your knowledge of Mobile/SOC system architecture to develop new test cases to stress the system and identify the strengths and weaknesses, and the limits of the system. You will use your understanding of System SW, Android, ARM processors and bus protocols to analyze test results and
work with Systems and SW teams to propose improvements to existing implementations or algorithms, and successfully help implement them. You will use your knowledge of
ARM performance counters, and profiling tools, to propose and implement new parameters
and metrics to evaluate system performance.

You will use your team and interpersonal skills to partner and work closely with engineers from other technical teams to profile system performance metrics for key use cases in standalone and concurrency scenarios. You will improve the verification process and focus on enhancing product quality through test case addition and automation. You will help improve processor and bus loading, memory read and write latency, cache hit and miss rate, and other metrics relevant to improve the SW and HW performance of an SOC. You will specify and develop requirements for logging, tools and other software necessary to properly evaluate and improve SOC system performance.
Job Requirements • MS in EE/CS with 3-4 years of relevant full time work experience, or BS in EE/CS with 5-6 years of relevant full time work experience
• Relevant prior experience with commercialization of Basebands, Application Processors, and SOC chipsets for mobile devices is required
• In-depth knowledge of ARM processors and bus architecture, gained from relevant system performance profiling and analysis work is preferred
• Proven ability to work in a fast paced environment, with highly technical engineers, in a dedicated and tightly knit team, while handling multiple priorities successfully
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Test</description><date_new>2012-02-20 20:00:12</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Scientist, Principal - Test</title><state>California</state><reqid>17662BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>26630026</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26630026/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 17719BR
Job Posting Title Principal RF Firmware Engineer - 3G/4G
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description In this role, you will be responsible for developing and validating cellular RF systems.
• Real-time SW architecture for multi-mode 2G/3G/4G cellular RF reference designs
• Firmware development and testing for 2G/3G/4G cellular RF reference designs
• Radio system integration with baseband
• Evaluate transceivers, design and develop RF drivers for various transceivers
• develop firmware to control RF front end devices
• work closely with HW, system and Stack engineers to optimize RF performances
• Design and develop calibration firmware to improve test time and performances
• FPGA verification
Job Requirements In this position you will be part of a team working on developing firmware for 2G/3G/4G RF transceiver. Candidate needs to be proficient in C embedded real-time software development. Knowledge in 2G/3G or LTE L1 is essential. You will have a hands-on role in RF HW/FW integration and debugging utilizing various lab bench equipments and tools. You must be a results-oriented problem-solver who requires minimal supervision. Must have excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, and proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. Experience with ASIC FPGA prototyping tools, ARM Architecture and ARM assembly language is a plus. Linux development experience is a plus. Knowledge of mobile communications test equipment is desired.

An Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent degree. Typically requires a BS degree and 15+ years of experience, an MS degree and 12+ years of experience or a PhD and 9+ years of experience.
• 10 or more years of experience in RF systems design, integration and test for cellular communication systems.
• Strong understanding of at least one of the wireless standards (2G, 3G or LTE) is essential. Knowledge of LTE is a preferred.
• Must have hands-on experience with GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA test systems and calibration methodology.
• 2G/3G RF firmware implementation and resolving RF conformance issues
• Good knowledge of C language
• Good knowledge of RF components and understanding of schematics
• Solid hands-on experience with lab equipments
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Firmware</description><date_new>2012-02-02 21:07:38</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Principal RF Firmware Engineer - 3G/4G</title><state>California</state><reqid>17719BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>26283333</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26283333/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 17645BR
Job Posting Title Platform Power Architect and System Design Engineer
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Mobile Platform Group is looking for an experienced System Design Engineer to be responsible for Mobile Phone platform power management architecture and systems design. The successful candidate will be involved in the following:
• drive system engineering aspects of platform level power and thermal management technology to influence product platform development
• define platform level power budget for the overall mobile phone platform
• define use case power consumption estimation and drive correlation to measured power consumption on existing and future platforms
• define critical thermal use cases and develop thermal model and correlation to platform measurement
• working with cross functional team to analyze use case data flow and performance metrics from power consumption optimization perspective
• working with cross functional team including software to optimize architecture solution from the overall power consumption
• drive the development of power consumption and thermal model at the platform level
Job Requirements The candidate should have 10+ years of experience in low power consumption design and architecture. Ideally, the candidate will have breath in wireless/mobile phone system design. Deep understanding on the regulator (SMPS, LDO) design considerations is required.
It is required to have some technology depth in the following areas:
• Low Power Design experience in consumer electronics and/or mobile phone
• Low Power Design analysis and optimization
o DVFS
o Clock Gating
o Other techniques
• Deep understanding on regulator (SMPS and LDO) design considerations
• Power Consumption and Thermal Modeling techniques
• Overall Platform System Control: Power Up/Down, Clock Distribution and Control
• Mixed signal design experience
• Understanding of major component power contribution
• Platform/System Modeling
• Experience in writing system specification
• Excellent team collaboration and communications


Education:
Master Degree in EE or related field is required
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Systems Design</description><date_new>2012-01-26 20:09:23</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Platform Power Architect and System Design Engineer</title><state>California</state><reqid>17645BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>26134470</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/26134470/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 16814BR
Job Posting Title Systems Design &amp; Architecture (Sr. Principal Engineer)
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description The candidate should have 10+ years of experience in system and/or architecture in cellular mobile phone with emphasis in memory, processor and graphics architecture. Successful candidate shall have experience in defining the overall low power system architecture involving processor, cache, memory partition, internal interconnect, external interfaces and standards, memory interface, graphics processing and overall clocking architecture to generate optimum system power.  System experience including system loading, MIPS analysis, interfaces, bandwidth optimization is also required.
As described above, this candidate should have both breadth and depth in system architecture experience. It is required to have some technology depth in the following areas:
• Microprocessor, Memory, Cache and Interconnect Architecture and Optimization
• Memory Controller Technology Knowledge: LP-DDR2/3, eMMC/MMC/SD, Flash Memory (NOR, NAND), WideIO, UFS, etc.
• Graphics Processing Technology
• Cellular Connectivity Protocols (USB, MIPI, etc.)
• Software and Hardware Interaction
• Platform design consideration (interface compatibility and PCB considerations) and peripheral component selection
• Overall Platform System Control: Power Up/Down, Clock Distribution and Control
• System level modeling
• SOC (System-On-Chip) development, focusing on low power optimization
• Peripherals involved in the cellular baseband design
• Internal SOC system interconnect
• Firmware and Hardware Partition
• Critical system trade-off understanding, e.g. loading, choice of hardware accelerators, internal vs. external bandwidth optimization, power efficiency, etc.
• Experience in writing system specification
• Excellent team collaboration and communications

Experience and knowledge in some of these areas is also a plus:
• General multimedia knowledge, e.g. video, image processing
• RFIC interface and Modem operations
• Chip level modeling experience desirable
• Audio Processing
• Security and DRM

Education:
Master Degree in EE or Computer Science is required
Job Requirements The candidate should have 10+ years of experience in system and/or architecture in cellular mobile phone with emphasis in memory, processor and graphics architecture. Successful candidate shall have experience in defining the overall low power system architecture involving processor, cache, memory partition, internal interconnect, external interfaces and standards, memory interface, graphics processing and overall clocking architecture to generate optimum system power.  System experience including system loading, MIPS analysis, interfaces, bandwidth optimization is also required.
As described above, this candidate should have both breadth and depth in system architecture experience. It is required to have some technology depth in the following areas:
• Microprocessor, Memory, Cache and Interconnect Architecture and Optimization
• Memory Controller Technology Knowledge: LP-DDR2/3, eMMC/MMC/SD, Flash Memory (NOR, NAND), WideIO, UFS, etc.
• Graphics Processing Technology
• Cellular Connectivity Protocols (USB, MIPI, etc.)
• Software and Hardware Interaction
• Platform design consideration (interface compatibility and PCB considerations) and peripheral component selection
• Overall Platform System Control: Power Up/Down, Clock Distribution and Control
• System level modeling
• SOC (System-On-Chip) development, focusing on low power optimization
• Peripherals involved in the cellular baseband design
• Internal SOC system interconnect
• Firmware and Hardware Partition
• Critical system trade-off understanding, e.g. loading, choice of hardware accelerators, internal vs. external bandwidth optimization, power efficiency, etc.
• Experience in writing system specification
• Excellent team collaboration and communications

Experience and knowledge in some of these areas is also a plus:
• General multimedia knowledge, e.g. video, image processing
• RFIC interface and Modem operations
• Chip level modeling experience desirable
• Audio Processing
• Security and DRM

Education:
Master Degree in EE or Computer Science is required
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift 1st Shift - Day
Percent of Travel Required 5% - 10%
Function Engineering
Discipline Systems Design</description><date_new>2011-11-29 19:24:09</date_new><country>United States</country><company>Broadcom</company><title>Systems Design &amp; Architecture (Sr. Principal Engineer)</title><state>California</state><reqid>16814BR</reqid><state_short>CA</state_short><location>San Diego, CA</location><uid>25089952</uid><url>http://broadcom.jobs/xml/25089952/job</url></job><job><country_short>USA</country_short><city>San Diego</city><description>Auto req ID 15253BR
Job Posting Title Director, Systems Design Engineering
Business Unit Mobile and Wireless Group
Job Description Broadcom is developing solutions supporting the next generation of 3G and 4G high-speed mobile technologies. Broadcom offers a family of 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 handsets, PC cards and other wireless-enabled consumer electronics.

This is a senior management position in Mobile and Wireless group systems &amp; architecture at Broadcom.  The successful candidate will lead teams to define requirements and specifications for SOC architecture and PMU system for future cellular chip set.

In this role, you will work closely with marketing, product management ASIC, and SW engineering teams to drive the technology roadmap for multimedia subsystem, memory subsystem and power management unit.  In addition, you will be responbile for providing guidance/direction to the teams in performance modeling of the multimedia subsystem, memory subsystem, power estimation which lead to the definition of the SOC roadmap.
Job Requirements The candidate should have 15+ years of experience in system and/or architecture in cellular mobile phone with emphasis in multimedia architecture and its assocciated technology such as display, video codec, memory technology, etc. Successful candidate shall have experience, in-depth knowledge and familarity with the industry trends in the above mentioned areas. Knowledge in Android operation system, ARM core will be a plus.
Country United States
State/Province California
City/Town San Diego
Shift Not Applicable
Percent of Travel Required 10% - 25%
Function Engineering
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