Sr. Engineer- Algorithms and Standards Research

Title:  Algorithms and Standards Research

Company: Samsung Research America (SRA)

Lab:  Standards and 5G Mobility Innovation Team

Location: Plano, TX

Lab Summary: The Standards & 5G Mobility Innovation team is committed to developing technologies that enable ubiquitous access to information and provide immersive multimedia experiences for mobility users.  Our research focuses on:

• Wireless standards and technology including 5G, LTE-A, IoT
• RF & fast prototyping of 5G wireless systems
• Multimedia standards and technology including VR, HDR, All-IP delivery

Position Summary:   The ideal candidate must be able to work within Samsung in cross-functional, cross-divisional teams and assist in the design, analysis and standardization of PHY/MAC layers of IEEE 802 and 3GPP standards. Candidates applying for this position may expect up to one week of travel per month in support of standardization activities. Performance will be measured in part by the quality and quantity of technical results produced, quality of documentation of these results and contribution to the efforts to standardize selected technologies with the wireless industry.

• Solid knowledge of multiple antenna (MIMO) technologies and digital signal processing.
• Expertise in advanced receiver algorithms and link level simulations.
• Understanding of advanced radio access technologies such as UWB, MIMO, OFDM, OFDMA, and Single Carrier FDMA physical layers.
• Working understanding of the systems engineering and architecture concepts of advanced mobile cellular networks.
• Proven skills in the simulation of cellular network technologies, to derive tradeoffs and to predict performance in diverse channel conditions.
• Ability to clearly define high level requirements and criteria to be used in the evaluation of air interface technology alternatives.
• Ability to generate clear and organized technical submissions (presentations as well as contribution text documents) for standards-bodies.
• Excellent verbal communication skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts developed in the course of the work.
• IEEE 802 and 3GPP standards knowledge, experience desired.
• MSEE or PhD with 5+ years experience preferred,or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.