Director of Modem Chip Design & Implementation

Job Site: San Jose, California

Lead and implement the company’s next-generation 5G modem chip development from top-level function to low-level modem IP implementation.

1. Develop modem features and operation mode lockdown in collaboration with the algorithm team:

  • Analyze (algorithm and simulator) and define architecture  (including simulator modification customizing for hardware) of each building block.

  • Collaborate with the algorithm team for modem architecture hardware optimization sustains the same performance and behavior requested by the Algorithm team.

2. Implement key modem building blocks, such as time-domain RX front-end signal processing, frequency- domain signal processing, the data path of Tx modem in collaboration with the algorithm team about the new 5G modem:

  • Implement each building block (RTL design, simulation, design budget (size, timing).

  • Collaborate with RTL simulation test vector extraction and verification.

3.  Verify implemented blocks with the software simulation developed by the algorithm team:

  • Verify each building block with RTL-C for bit-wise behavior correctness between RTL code and reference simulation code and regression with random vector generation.

  • Collaboration with algorithm team for RTL-C co-simulation test vector extraction.

4.  Build modem core as integration of building blocks:

  • Full integration and simulation.

  • Collaborate with ASIC front-end, back- end teams.

  • Collaborate with the testing engineer for FPGA verification.

Knowledge and Skills Applied:

·       Good understanding of the modem chip design process.

·       Understanding of digital wireless communication theory and modem algorithms.

·       Good understanding of chip design and digital design flow.

·       Experience in hardware design with HDL and verification with RTL to C co-simulation.

·       ASIC design tool including RTL simulation, verification, synthesis, etc.

·       C, C++, VHDL, Verilog, MATLAB programming language.

·       Chip design and ASIC design flow.

·       RTL design for signal processing hardware as the modem.

·       RTL-C co-simulation and environment setup.

·       FPGA.

·       Complete understanding of modem algorithm and modem simulator.

·       3GPP specification including 4G and 5G standard.

Requirements

MS in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science / or foreign equivalent +5 years of experience

Job Site: San Jose, CA.

Email resume to: mvargas@gctsemi.com