Sr. ASIC Design Engineer, Project Kuiper

About the position

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the system architects to develop world-class SOC and IP blocks, which meet power, area and performance targets.
• Define, configure and integrate SoC Subsystems
• Contribute to the SoC floor planning effort
• Define and develop any necessary support logic
• Configure, instantiate and integrate 3rd party IP blocks
• Understand low power design & the impact of DFT on the blocks
• Perform initial synthesis & timing analysis
• Assist verification team in unit verification including test plan development
• Assist with debug and bring-up

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in digital design, preferably in SoC design and implementation

Nice-to-haves

• Master's or Ph.D degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in digital design, preferably in communication systems
• Familiarity with UVM and Matlab
• Ability to write assertions and exposure to Formal verification

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Equity options
• Sign-on payments
• Comprehensive employee benefits