Wireless Hardware Applications Engineer

Wireless Hardware Applications Engineer 

We are Silicon Labs. We are a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world. Our integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, unmatched ecosystem and robust support make us the ideal long-term partner in building advanced industrial, commercial, home and life applications. We make it easy for developers to solve complex wireless challenges throughout the product lifecycle and get to market quickly with innovative solutions that transform industries, grow economies and improve lives.   

Silicon Labs is looking for a junior to join the Applications Engineering team. We are the bridge between our Customers and the internal engineering teams. We help our Customers by providing technical collateral like documentation, coding and hardware examples, and deep technical analysis to solve their actual issues. Our Customers are engineers of those companies who determine the worldwide IoT market. On the other side, we take their technical feedback into internal discussions, as a contribution to new product definitions and/or bug fixes. 

What does the Hardware Applications Engineering team do? 

Silicon Labs Wireless portfolio includes many different transceivers and wireless MCUs for applications like Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Wi-SUN, and a lot more, less known proprietary protocols. Our small team is an expert of and responsible for the lower abstraction layers of the embedded software, below MAC, down the radio configuration registers and peripherals inside the chip, and the surrounding hardware components, schematics, layout including RF matching circuitry and antenna design.  

As our new application engineer, you get 

• A job in a dynamic and highly innovative technology company in a rapidly growing global market 

• The chance to join a group of highly professional and dedicated colleagues who share your passion 

• Exposure to a broad set of technologies, platforms, and tools 

• The satisfaction of seeing your work in action 

What you will do 

In this role you will be working with our cutting-edge 32-bit Wireless MCU products. You will have a direct impact on the success of our biggest customers as they design and build connected systems, and you will be directly contributing to the definition of our next generation products. 

Here is what your daily role will look like: 

• Actively help customers with their design, development activities, by reviewing schematics, layouts, or fine tune RF performance on Customer PCBs 

• Troubleshoot communication system performance issues by targeted measurements, identify root cause and offer options for solution 

• Create reference designs, hardware design guides for wireless applications 

• Collaborate with IC design, software engineering and marketing teams on product evaluations and new product definition 

Mastery needed for success in this role: 

• BSc or MSc degree in Electrical Engineering