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PHY RTL Design Engineer

San Diego, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-27 → 2026-09-28

Core

Develop signal processing intensive RTL designs for wireless communication SoCs, focusing on energy efficiency, low latency, and scalability.

Role type

Senior IC RTL Design Engineer (Wireless PHY)

Builds

Wireless SoCs for consumer electronics

Domain

Semiconductor / Wireless Communications

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

RTL Design, Digital Communications, DSP fundamentals, Microarchitecture definition, Power/Area optimization, Synthesis, Timing constraints

Preferred skills

UVM DV, Fixed-point arithmetic, Bit-true cycle-accurate verification, Wireless protocols (802.11, 802.15, Bluetooth, 3GPP), Filter design, Bus fabric (APB/AHB/AXI), FPGA/emulation

Technologies

MATLAB/C, RTL, UVM, IEEE 802.11, 802.15, Bluetooth, 3GPP, APB, AHB, AXI

Responsibilities

Write specifications and define microarchitecture based on system models; Architect area and power-efficient designs; Perform RTL coding and verification for PHY modem development; Support backend activities and silicon bringup.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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