MAC Firmware Engineer, Senior

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With the approaching and widely spread of WIFI technology, Qualcomm connectivity business is growing rapidly to fulfill these AP/Station chip demands, we are actively seeking talented engineer who will be responsible for MAC Host/FW development inside hardware/system team. The candidate needs to engage team across geos and possesses with solid knowledge of 802.11AX/BE MAC protocols, embedded system, and testing infrastructure. The job requires to follow the timeline strictly and have capability of fast turn-around for solution of highly complex, challenging issues.

The responsibilities cover overall chip lifecycle development, including FPGA emulation for MAC mainly, involve with world-wide design team to complete the pre-silicon verification, ASIC bring up for MAC/FW/Host, as well as system performance tuning and customer support.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree in Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

4+ years of proven Firmware Engineering, IEEE802.11 MAC/PHY design, or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

- Comprehensive understanding of IEEE802.11 MAC protocol design, including data transfer sequence, MSDU/MPDU/PPDU, CSMA/CA. Experience of 11AX/BE is a plus.

- Linux/firmware/embedded-system design, kernel driver development.

- Pre-silicon bring-up and verification. PHY layer experience is a plus.

- Understanding of ASIC verification process, WIFI testing/issue analysis. IEEE Lab certification experience is a plus.

- Source code management system such as Perforce, GIT.

Education Requirements

Electrical Engineering or Computer Science/Networking

- Solid understanding of WIFI networks and IEEE802.11 stds.

- Solid knowledge in using bench equipment (e.g. oscilloscope, Litepoint tester, sniffer,…).

- C/C++ programming skill. Python/Perl/Shell script is a plus.

- Fluent English capability.

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