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The Baseband Hardware/Systems Engineer joins the Central Baseband Hardware Systems organization to develop baseband and embedded system reference designs. This role involves co-designing silicon, package, and PCB interconnect technologies for application processors and power management ASICs. You will define system requirements, develop platform architectures for mobile, AR/VR, wearable, and compute products, and implement high-speed digital hardware. Daily tasks include schematic capture, BOM development, PCB layout support, and stackup definition. You will perform signal integrity and power integrity analysis for interfaces like PCIe, USB, Ethernet, SPI, and I2C. Required skills include board-level hardware design, digital/baseband and analog circuit design, and proficiency with Xpedition or Allegro. The work focuses on integrating high-speed memories, displays, and 5G RF transceivers into complex consumer electronics form factors.
Hardware Board Design
Schematic Capture
Cadence Allegro
HyperLynx
SPICE
Verilog
FPGA
CPLD
x86
ARM
DDR4
DDR5
PCIe
SATA
USB
Ethernet
I2C
SPI
UART
RS232
Signal Integrity
Power Distribution