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Bluetooth MAC Systems Validation Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2025-11-03 → 2026-09-28

Core

Chip-level bring-up and validation of Bluetooth MAC layer protocols to ensure seamless performance, compliance, and reliability of wireless connectivity solutions.

Role type

Senior IC validation engineer (Bluetooth MAC systems)

Builds

Wireless silicon SoCs with optimized MAC layer performance

Domain

Consumer electronics / Wireless communications

Required skills

Lab testing and characterization, Python, C/C++, algorithm development, modeling, simulation, test-bench infrastructure

Preferred skills

Bluetooth MAC layer protocol, signal processing, wireless communications systems, modem architecture, microprocessor architecture, SoC design and validation, low-power algorithm design, multi-radio coexistence management, High-Level Synthesis (HLS), silicon prototyping, emulation systems, network simulators (OPNET, NS2, NS3)

Technologies

Python, C/C++, OPNET, NS2, NS3

Responsibilities

Bringing up, testing, characterizing and optimizing real silicon in the lab; Analyzing and improving the efficiency of wireless MAC layer protocols; Implementing MAC system models and investigating algorithms for performance enhancements; Defining control procedures for MAC layer hardware modules; Collaborating with PHY system and firmware teams to integrate MAC layer algorithms; Documenting design processes and performance outcomes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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