Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 5+ years

Education PhD, or Master's degree in a related field

Category Engineering (Non-Software)

About this role

Sr. communication research scientist for Amazon Leo, responsible for design and integration of Ka/ S-band payloads and ground terminals, developing L1/L2 HW/SW/sharp DSP architectures and simulation/testbeds for a high-performance LEO network.

Key Responsibilities

Design L1/L2 algorithms for Leo system; develop proof-of-concept HW/SW using SDRs; collaborate with ASIC teams for L1/L2 accelerators; specify embedded HW/SW architectures; develop system integration and testbeds

Technical Overview

Focuses on advanced wireless systems, MIMO, DSP, HDL design, FPGA/SoC integration, and HW/SW co-design across SDRs and RF test environments; emphasizes system-level integration from PHY to network layer.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a PhD or Master with 5+ years in wireless system research, deep expertise in DSP, MIMO, HDL, and hands-on hardware-software co-design across FPGAs, SDRs, and SoCs, capable of building L1/L2 HW/SW solutions and integrated testbeds.

Must-Have Skills

PhDor Master's degree and 5+ years of quantitative field research experience5+ years professional experience working in wireless communications at the system or implementation level

Nice-to-Have Skills

PhD with emphasis in broadband wireless or wireline communication systemsDeep understanding of OFDMATDMACDMAExpertise in multi-user MIMO processingHDL languages (VHDL/Verilog) experienceMATLAB/Python/C++ simulation expertise

Tools & Platforms

MATLABPythonC++VHDLVerilogFPGASoCs

Required Skills

PhD or Master's degree in related field; 5+ years wireless communications experience; knowledge in DSPmulti-user MIMOL1/L2; SDRFPGAHDL (VHDL/Verilog); C/C++PythonMATLAB; SDR platforms; channel emulators; antenna arrays; phased arrays; anechoic chamber instrumentation; Agile/TDD/BDD/CI; Git

Hard Skills

Digital signal processingInformation theoryWireless communicationsMulti-User MIMOFPGAsC/C++PythonMATLABVHDLVerilogEmbedded HW/SW architecturesSoCsSoftware Defined Radios (SDRs)Channel emulatorsAntenna arraysPhased-arraysAnechoic chamber instrumentationLab test equipment

Soft Skills

team collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationownershipflexibility

Industry & Role

Industry Cloud & Infrastructure

Job Function Design and develop high-performance wireless system components for Amazon Leo including HW/SW integration and testbed development

Role Subtype Engineering (Non-Software)

Tech Domains Digital signal processing, Information theory, Wireless Communications, Kubernetes, Python, C++, MATLAB

Keywords for Your Resume

digital signal processinginformation theorywireless communicationsmulti-user mimol1/l2sdrfpgac/c++pythonmatlabvhdlverilogembedded hw/sw architecturesso cschannel emulatorsantenna arraysphased-arraysanechoic chamber instrumentationlab test equipmentagiletddbddgitcil1/l2 algorithmsvh d lc++

Deal Breakers

Less than 5 years in wireless system implementation, No experience with FPGAs/HDL or SDRs, No exposure to L1/L2 HW/SW architectures

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