Wireless Platform Architect

Description

About the Business Unit

Ceva is at the forefront of the Smart Edge revolution, with innovative state-of-the-art Silicon and Software solutions that enable products to Connect, Sense and Infer. Within the Wireless Internet of Things Business Unit (WIoT BU), we are offering you a unique opportunity to shape the future of connected devices. Our advanced wireless technologies, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi UWB, and 5G Cellular IoT, are integrated into over a Billion devices annually.

About the role

As a Wireless Platform Architect, you will play a key role in defining the architecture of Ceva's next-generation Radio Subsystem (RSS) platforms for wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and UWB. You will take end-to-end responsibility on the system-level architecture of a complete wireless communication subsystem, including system spec, requirements for implementation teams, definition of interfaces and testing concept. You will work closely with multidisciplinary development teams and directly with customers, from early system architecture and trade-off analysis through implementation, integration, validation and productization.

Responsibilities

• Define the RSS end-to-end architecture and HW/SW partitioning, including interfaces between the radio, PHY, MAC, CPU/MCU, memories, PMU, clock and reset management (CRM) and other subsystem components.
• Define architecture and operational mechanisms for multi-protocol operation and interoperability, including HW interfaces, state machines, control flows and operation sequences.
• Define sleep/wake-up modes, testability, security and debug.
• Drive PPA optimization and competitive benchmarking of the RSS, with particular focus on low-power operation, silicon area and overall system efficiency.
• Work closely with RF, PHY/algorithm, HW, SW/firmware, verification and integration teams, from early system studies and architecture definition through RTL/FPGA validation and system bring-up.
• Work directly with customers during technical engagements to define the RSS integration into their SoC and support customers throughout SoC integration, validation and productization, addressing system-level architecture, interoperability and integration challenges.

Requirements

• B.Sc. or M.Sc in Electrical Engineering
• Proven experience in system and architecture definition for hardware based wireless communication systems
• Experience in wireless communication standards (such as WiFi/BT/Cellular/UWB etc.)
• Strong understanding of low-power design and system architecture
• Good understanding of SoC architecture and IPs integration, including system interfaces, memory, interrupts, clocks, resets and power domains
• Deep understanding of VLSI/ASIC development processes and methodologies
• Good understanding of ASIC productization and system bring-up flows
• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to drive architectural decisions
• Team player with good communication skills
• Strong customer-facing technical skills, with the ability to translate customer requirements and SoC constraints into system architecture
• Flexibility and innovation mindset
• Advantages
• Knowledge in RF integration, control and calibrations
• Knowledge in Signal Processing and PHY architecture
• Knowledge in MAC layer Architecture
• Experience with embedded processors/MCUs and low-level firmware architecture
• Experience in lab work, Silicon validation and bring-up