Senior Staff Systems Test & Integration Engineer

MaxLinear is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Test & Integration Engineer to join our growing team. In this position, you will focus on the following:

• Develop next-generation Wireless SoC product from concept to production release
• Extensive experience in understanding of radio 3GPP specifications
• Well versed with O-RAN Alliance Working Group 4 Control, User, Synchronization and Management Plane specifications
• Fine tune RF line up to achieve best performance with Maxlinear DPD solution for different customer Power Amplifiers
• Work with Customers to resolve issues and propose new solutions
• Mentor the team on test specifications, debug and reviews
• Involves testing the silicon at block level, subsystem level and system level using various test equipment like oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, vector signal generators and vector signal analyzers
• Involves analysis of test results to identify issues, analyze them and work closely with multiple teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues on variety of platforms

• Good understanding of RF Systems including circuit blocks such as LNAs, Mixers, Power Amplifiers, and VCOs and their impact to overall systems
• Understanding of digital signal processing (DSP), digital pre-distortion (DPD)
• Experience in Pre and Post Silicon validation / Characterization of RF/Mixed signal chips
• Extensive experience in the use of RF test equipment like Vector Spectrum Analyzer, Vector Signal Generator, DU Emulators, Network Analyzer, Logic Analyzer, etc
• Good understanding of digital communications systems and technologies such as GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE and 5G NR, and underlying modulation schemes
• Experience in test automation using Python or any language is highly desirable
• Experience in complete system design of wireless infrastructure products like base-stations and RRH is desirable
• Minimum 6 years of experience in development of application/system/ATE for Test and Measurement, preferably for RF
• Experience in validation and characterization of RFIC devices/components such as RFFE, Power Amplifier, Transceivers (TRx), Filters, Switches etc
• Practical experience with chip bring-up, debugging, system integration, and lab validation
• BE in Electronics & Communication Engineering or related + 10 years of experience, or MS + 7 years of experience

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Waltham, Massachusetts; Vancouver, Canada; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Villach, Austria; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,500 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.