Wireless Technologist

Come join Analog Devices (ADI) - a place where Innovation meets Impact. For more than 55 years, Analog Devices has been inventing new breakthrough technologies that transform lives. At ADI you will work alongside the brightest minds to collaborate on solving complex problems that matter from autonomous vehicles, drones and factories to augmented reality and remote healthcare.

ADI fosters a culture that focuses on employees through beneficial programs, aligned goals, continuous learning opportunities, and practices that create a more sustainable future.

ADI At A Glance

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $12 billion in FY22 and approximately 25,000 people globally working alongside 125,000 global customers, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible.

Analog Devices is a market leader in Telecommunications Infrastructure, where we have built the industry's leading radio solutions to address the growing capacity demand for generations of cellular infrastructure. We are committed to provide superior technology, quality, responsiveness, delivery, and cost to our customers. The Advanced Technology & Systems Group in the Communications & Cloud Business Unit is responsible for understanding the megatrends in wireless communications industry and for developing new technologies as well as applications of artificial intelligence. We are looking for a self-motivated individual to solve problems at the intersection of RF systems, signal processing, and wireless communications.

As a member of the team, you will be involved with the system aspects of the systems on chip development. Working closely with systems architects, digital designers, and firmware engineers, you will influence and build innovative solutions together to solve complex technical and business relevant problems from simulation to implementation to full feature realization. You will help with building link level simulations and investigating algorithms for core functionalities of wireless communications systems. You will design and validate them to allow performance sign off and enable hardware development. You will also be part of building intellectual property and participating in industry academic research projects as well as contributing to future standard work items. Continuous learning, mastering and creation of new technologies are highly valued in this role.

Responsibilities (some to be learned on the job)

• Define technical contributions in different areas of the wireless systems, cellular protocols, and network architectures.
• Drive concept work, specifications, simulation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Build end-to-end simulation of sophisticated wireless systems from a multitude of signal processing and modeling disciplines.
• Analyze performance metrics leading to new product requirements.
• Conduct radio systems research for future wireless networks to enable new businesses and offer higher end-to-end performance by leveraging ADI's broad portfolio.
• Drive results of research projects into intellectual property and product roadmaps.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science or similar engineering field.
• Experience with modeling wireless systems to comprehend dependencies between system components, protocol layers and their interactions.
• Experience with MATLAB and Python for algorithm development, modeling, and simulation.
• Familiar with at least one of the following areas:
  • Communication theory, information theory.
  • Signal processing, linear algebra, convex optimization.
  • Machine learning, deep neural network fundamentals.
  • Beamforming, channel modeling, RF antennas.
• Knowledge of cellular radio and wireless standards (LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR, 802.11).
• Familiar with system level RF component characteristics and behavior.
• Hands-on experience in lab testing and characterization for evaluation of silicon and RF systems (preferred).
• Open mindset with drive for success and a solid work ethic are valued more than any particular skill.

For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position - except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) - may have to go through an export licensing review process.

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Job Req Type: Graduate Job

Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time