DESCRIPTION Job summary
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.
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As a member of Kuiper MAC-SW, you will be responsible for delivering embedded FW code running on ground networks on customer terminals and on satellites. Come and join the innovative and unique wireless project "Kuiper". You would be focused on designing, developing and testing complete Kuiper-MAC FW. You will be a key member of a cross functional team of innovators, working on unique wireless technology that will enable millions of people to stay connected.
The Role
- Design, develop, integrate and bring up Kuiper-MAC FW components/drivers in a real-time embedded environment
- Working in a cross-functional environment to define multi-dimensional performance requirements (e.g., MIPs, memory BW)
- Make performance and optimization trade-offs to meet end-to-end use case requirement
- Build component use-cases/test-cases and debug your code in Kuiper embedded environment
- Profile and execute the code on RTOS and/or bare-metal embedded environment
- Contribute in defining services and functionalities delivered by your FW-subsystems
- Define, document, test and debug your FW-HW interfaces
- Familiarity with SW/FW best practices (e.g., clean architecture, refactoring, ...)
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 1 years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
- 2 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science or related degree or equivalent experience
- 3 years' experience in embedded FW development
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience in wireless technology e.g., 4G/5G, Bluetooth.
- Familiar with SoC components and their roles e.g., DMA, PCIe, memory systems.
- Experience in embedded C and/or C programming and firmware debugging techniques.
- Experience and hands-on in wireless FW development.
- Experience working with different chip interfaces e.g., RF, PHY.
- Experience of end-to-end system integration and testing.
- Experience with embedded microprocessor tools/architecture (e.g., ARM).
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