Principal Connectivity Systems Engineer

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

The Role:
As a Principal Connectivity Systems Engineer, you will:
- Define wireless architecture for consumer electronics devices
- Define key performance metric and drive modeling efforts to predict end-to-end system performance
- Perform gap analysis and system performance optimization across radio, PHY, MAC, firmware and software.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience in communication theory, OFDM, MIMO, Digital/Wireless Communication Systems or RF engineering
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 10 + Experience in Wireless Architecture or Systems
- 10 + years of experience in Wireless/RF
- Experience in Wi-Fi/BT/BLE/ZigBee/WAN/GPS/UWB or NFC
- Strong knowledge in PHY/MAC
- Experience with scripting languages and simulation tools such as Python/MatLab, and etc.

Preferred Qualifications

- Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Experience in wireless architecture for consumer electronics
- Experience with wireless (Wi-Fi/BT/BLE/ZigBee) protocols
- Experience with Network Simulators and PHY/MAC layer modeling
- Experience in RFIC or Custom wireless chipset development

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 217,800.00 - 294,700.00 USD annually