Wireless Systems Engineer - PHY & RF

Job description

**General Summary:** At Qualcomm, the Modem Systems team has played a key role in shaping technologies from CDMA and 3G to LTE, LTEAdvanced, and 5G NR. Today, the team continues to lead innovation across 5G NR (Sub 6 and mmWave), NTN, IoT, URLLC, and early 6G research, taking ideas from concept to largescale commercial deployment. This role offers opportunities to work across modem architecture, PHY algorithm design, RF and baseband interaction, system simulations, and standardization driven system studies. **Minimum Qualifications:** Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience. **(3-7 Years)** - MTech with up to 5 years of relevant industry experience - PhD with up to 3 years of industry or applied research experience - Open to strong industry profiles and fresh PhD candidates with relevant research focus Modem and **PHY system design** for 5G NR and beyondPhysical layer algorithm development for wireless transceiversRF and baseband interaction, including RF impairments and digital mitigationSystem performance analysis, modeling, and tradeoff studiesSpectral and transmitter requirements such as CFR, ACLR, SEM, PAPR, and power controlBeamforming concepts and multiantenna systemsRF and baseband filtering conceptsContribution to **system architecture** studies and design documentationCollaboration with software, firmware, RF IC, and test teams to debug systemlevel issuesResearch oriented systems work, including standardization driven studies **Strong foundation in wireless communication and signal processing**Solid understanding of communication theory, signal processing, probability and random processes, detection and estimation theoryExposure to or hands-on experience with **Matlab**, **C** or **C++** simulationsCandidates should have either taken relevant courses or applied these concepts in real systems or research and be ready to use them in physical layer solution developmentExperience or strong interest in 5G NR, LTE, WLAN, or related wireless technologies