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Sr. RTL Design Engineer – Wireless Modem, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Come work at Amazon! We're hiring a Sr. RTL Design Engineer – Wireless Modem within a high performance ASIC design team. This team is using industry leading methodologies to develop proprietary IP's.

The Role
Be part of Project Kuiper's sub-team responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways. This is a unique opportunity to define a groundbreaking wireless solution with few legacy constraints. The team works with customer requirements and wireless system teams to define modems, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors, and DSP solutions in latest CMOS generation technologies.

In This Role You Will

• Implement wireless system architecture in silicon from system specification to chip specification to RTL to optimizing timing / power to chip level validation.
• Develop solutions optimizing customer experience (throughput, latency, and availability) while meeting power and cost constraints.
• Drive high quality designs for first-time right silicon solutions, and meeting the power objectives
• Create standalone verification test bench to verify the correctness of your block.
• Work with the verification team and participate in System level verification using test benches constructed using UVM, System C and DPI-C.
• Ensure that the block meets DFT, timing and power targets by working closely with the implementation team.
• Learn about requirements and solutions for systems operating in space
• Drive trade-off analysis to benefit customer experience and optimization of resources (costs, power, spectrum).

Export Control Requirement
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Engage with architects and system engineers to drive hardware micro-architecture.
• Lead design of 1 or more DSP data path modules in System Verilog. Able to interpret reference models in MATLAB.
• Involve in control plane logic design and interfaces to bus fabrics.
• Explore and propose innovative ideas and work towards optimization of the modem.
• Mentor and assign work to junior team members.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in FPGA digital logic design, preferably in DSP or communication systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering.
• 10+ years in FPGA digital design, preferably in communication systems

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