Careers at SiPort

We at SiPort believe that if we hired the very best and provided them the right environment, our employees will create wonders.

Open Positions:

Senior Software Engineer (Position #124)
Senior Communication System Engineer (Position #125)
Hardware Engineer (Position #129)
Sr. RF Product Engineer (Position #130)
Sr. System Test Engineer (Position #132)
Sr. Product Test Engineer (Position #133)
RFIC analog Design Engineer (#134)

Send your resume to jobs@siport.com if you qualify for any of these positions.

Please include your name and position number in the email subject.

Senior Software Engineer (Position #124)

Responsibilities include:

Support Integration of SiPort Silicon to multiple customer platforms
Educate customers and partners on SiPort API, hardware and Firmware
Software Requirement Generation based on reviewing customer needs, competitive analysis and appropriate standards
Customizing Software based on customer requirements
Debugging customer problems in the lab or field
Help the Porting of SDK to multiple platforms
Interface with customers and partners
Customer Issue Management

The ideal candidate would have:

BS/MS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering
7+ years experience developing and supporting embedded SW in a Silicon Company
Must have excellent working knowledge of C in a real time embedded processor Environment.
Knowledge of writing Device Drivers for WinCE, Linux is Highly Desired
Must have good knowledge of systems and hardware
Ability to debug complex embedded software and hardware using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and Spectrum Analyzers.
Comfortable in a high volume, consumer oriented Silicon development environment.
Excellent Verbal and Written Communication skills

Senior Communication System Engineer (Position #125)

Responsibilities include:

Develop algorithms, performance simulation for digital wireless communication systems.
Specify signal processing logic for communication SOC.
Implement algorithms on DSP processor for a wireless communication products .
Integration of analog front end (tuners, receivers) with digital SOC.
Develop digital communication platforms including digital HW and RF circuitry.
Lab bring-up of reference boards, performance evaluation and system debugging.

Successful candidates must have:

Excellent practical and theoretical knowledge of digital wireless communication system
C/C++ programming knowledge. Experience with developing device drivers e.g. programming tuners or
Strong Experience in system integration & bring-up
Experience in implementing demodulation and communication algorithms on DSPs
MSEE or PhD in DSP or digital communication systems, with 8+ years in design & implementation.

Advantage to have:

Strong experience in developing HW for wireless communication systems, including RF components
Good RF skills – have designed or brought-up analog front ends of communication systems
Board design and bring-up knowledge (schematics, layout etc).

Hardware Engineer (Position #129)

Responsibilities Include:

Design and develop reference and evaluation boards to bring up, test and demo SiPort's wireless IC products.
Responsibilities include all aspects of board level HW design: Board specifications, RF & digital schematic design, components selection, layout review fabrication/assembly, bring up, validation and customer/manufacturing support.
Work with ASIC designers, systems engineers, SW engineers, and QA to bring up, trouble-shoot, and characterize the silicon.
Design boards to be delivered to OEM`s for high volume production.
Test system performance

Successful candidate must have:

Understanding the basics of RF board design and testing.
Experience with RF test equipment.
Understanding basics of antenna matching/interfacing, analog circuits, memory, regulators, and digital communication protocols.
Good hands on experience.
BSEE required plus minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

Advantage to have:

Experience with RF and digital design of highly integrated mobile products such as cellphones or PDAs.
Teamwork, self-motivation and drive required.

Sr. RF Product Engineer (Position #130)

Qualifications:

BSEE Required. MSEE Preferred
The successful candidate will have 7+ years of RF semiconductor experience in Product Engineering discipline
Must be very familiar with RF building blocks circuits such as LNA, Mixer, Filters, Digital modulation/demodulation, etc
Data analysis tools such as Galaxy

Responsibilities:

Understand RF device block diagrams and performance spec
Make certain customer requirements are met i.e. guaranteeing specifications
Work with TE, Sys, DE and QA to define production testing and characterization testing
Develop and perform characterization testing on bench and work with TE for ATE.
Design RF Bench HW with DE for bench set up
Work with PCB vendors for proper DIG/MS/RF layout of Bench HW
Design SW & GUI interface to drive bench instruments
Work with DE on initial design verification and evaluation of IC on bench with full automated test set up
Start wafer lots during development phase and track them through assembly
Drive qualification and reliability program with the QA counterpart
Do data analysis to set final device spec and yield standard
Perform characterization and generate full characterization report
Establish correlation between bench and ATE
New Product Introduction Champion For Successful Launch .
Monitor and maintain yield after production release
Work with Fab and device engineers to maintain and improve device yield
Reduce cost by improving yield, test time reduction

Sr. System Test Engineer (Position#132)

Responsibilities:

Characterization of communication system performance under various impairments
Responsible for developing test plans and test procedures
Develop automated test setup environment
Responsible for running automated and manual tests in lab and field.
Analyze & debug test results
Work closely with system / HW / software developers to resolve software/firmware defects

Experience/Education:

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
Minimum 5 years experience in testing system performance of digital wireless communication ICs .
Extensive experience with lab equipment such as scope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, channel simulators , noise generators.
Experience in characterization / testing of communication systems
Experience in setting an automated testing environment
Knowledge of communication theory and understanding of communication systems
Familiarity with wireless communication standards a plus.
Knowledge of C/C++, Labview, Matlab, Pearl, RTL a plus.

Sr. Product Test Engineer (Position #133)

Responsibilities:

Ensure that the overall quality of the entire product is within specification
Developing product test plans and test procedures
Develop an automated test environment
Responsible for running automated and manual tests in lab and field
Analyze & debug test results
Coordinate and work closely with software test, system test, and RF test teams
Work closely with system / HW / software developers to resolve software/firmware defects

Experience/Education:

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
Minimum 5 years experience in product testing of devices with digital wireless communication ICs
Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, channel simulators, noise generators
Experience in manual and automated testing of communication products
Experience in creating an automated testing environment
Some knowledge of communication theory and understanding of communication systems
Familiarity with wireless communication standards a plus
Knowledge of C/C++, Labview, Perl, Python, and Expect a plus

RFIC analog Design Engineer (#134)

As RFIC, analog Design Engineer you will perform circuit design, optimization, and worst-case analysis. This includes schematic capture, design documentation and layout review using Cadence tools. You must be disciplined and able to follow established design practices.

As a key member of the design team, you are required to have a MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent. A minimum of 5 to 7 years of industry experience in the following areas:

Experienced in full-custom RF CMOS, or BiCMOS wireless communication circuit design, transistor level design of LNA, Mixer, VCOs.
Transistor level design of IF filters such as Gm-C, active filter, AGC, A/D and D/A, Driver, bandgap, Oscillator circuitry.
In-depth knowledge of RF device physics and device models
In-depth knowledge of parasitic extraction of layout, package and PCB and its circuit modeling
Knowledge of substrate noise analysis and simulation
Experienced in top level design, floor planning, performance trade-off of variety of integrated transceiver IC topologies for different wireless or wired standards.
In-depth knowledge of RF layout practices and optimization of RF passive elements such as Inductor and varactors,
Proficient with Cadence tools.
Experience with RF circuit characterization and bench testing