Software Engineer - PHD program

Silicon Labs is seeking a junior software engineer in Rennes, France, to develop embedded software solutions for LPWAN stacks in the IoT sector. This role involves designing, implementing, and debugging wireless IoT protocol stacks, collaborating with chip design teams, and improving testing infrastructure. The engineer will contribute to a highly-skilled team, focusing on optimal resource utilization, reliability, performance, and energy efficiency for cutting-edge connectivity applications.

Must Have

• Design, implement, and debug wireless IOT protocol stacks.
• Work with circuit and chip design teams to specify and verify new designs.
• Work to improve testing infrastructure, validation process, and code reliability.
• Debugging technically demanding challenges and helping customers to succeed in their business.
• Providing ideas and innovations for making products and working methods even more competitive and extraordinary.
• Tune code for optimal resource utilization, reliability, performance, and energy efficiency.
• Uphold a high standard of software quality.

Good to Have

• Knowledge about digital wireless, signal processing.

Perks & Benefits

• Key role in the IoT industry.
• Dynamic, fast-growing and profitable company.
• Modern office space close to the brand-new metro line B in Rennes.
• Work with a fun and great team of top industry experts.
• Company cares greatly about employees and wants to be a truly great place to work.

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at www.silabs.com

Silicon Labs is looking for a junior software engineer to work on our chip embedded software solutions in Rennes, France. As part of our proprietary stack team, you will help create and extend our offering of LPWAN stacks for the IoT. We count among our customers some of the most recognized and well-respected companies in the world, and innovators in IoT.

You will be part of a highly-skilled and tight-knit team where everyone has a significant impact on, and responsible for, the end product. The Rennes site is cross-functional and therefore you’ll be interacting firsthand with chip designers and the customer support team. We strive to strike a good work/life balance and make our environment welcoming and fun, so we seek someone whose technical skills are matched by their interpersonal skills.

Silicon Labs has a track record of multiple industry firsts and transforming and disrupting large and diversified markets. Our Engineers are at the forefront of that success!

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and debug wireless IOT protocol stacks.
• Work with circuit and chip design teams to specify and verify new designs
• Work to improve testing infrastructure, validation process, and code reliability
• Debugging technically demanding challenges and helping customers to succeed in their business
• Providing ideas and innovations for making our products and working methods even more competitive and extraordinary
• Tune code for optimal resource utilization, reliability, performance, and energy efficiency
• Uphold a high standard of software quality

Skill/Experience

• Good C/C++ language knowledge as well as Python
• RTOS environment knowledge ( FreeRTOS )
• Ability and desire to contribute new ideas, build consensus, and drive tasks to completion
• School or personal wireless/networking software projects. ( Wi-FI, BLE, ZIGBEE, LPWAN, LORA, WI-SUN, WM-BUS, 6LoWPAN)
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Knowledge about digital wireless, signal processing is counted as a benefit

Education requirements

Master-level degree in Computer Science, Software, Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing or a similar area with a software focus.

What we offer

We offer you a key role in the IoT industry in a dynamic, fast-growing and profitable company. Our modern office space close to the brand-new metro line B brings vibrant Rennes city center to our door. https://www.rennes-business.com/en/why-rennes/

You will also get to work with a fun and great team of top industry experts. At Silicon Labs, we also care greatly about our employees and want to be a truly great place to work.

Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and job-related criteria without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.