Senior Principal DSP Software Engineer

Responsibilities Max Linear  is seeking Senior Principal DSP Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will focus on the following:

Architect and develop embedded DSP firmware including control-plane, management, diagnostics, telemetry for optical connectivity ASIC (PAM4 DSP) powering AI scale-up and scale-out architectures

Drive the design, development, validation, and performance optimization of firmware

Lead the implementation and optimization of digital signal processing algorithms for high-speed optical communication systems

Define and drive software-hardware co-design strategies

Drive pre-silicon software development, validation, and integration activities

Lead post-silicon bring-up, performance characterization, debugging, and software optimization across hardware and software boundaries

Ensure compliance with evolving industry standards and interoperability requirements, including CMIS, OIF, IEEE 802.3, and related optical networking specifications

Collaborating with ASIC, Communications Systems, and Systems Engineering teams to deliver highly optimized end-to-end solutions

Partners with customers, field engineering teams, and product management to solve challenging deployment issues

Mentor engineers across the team and provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews

Qualifications

Proven experience architecting and delivering multiple DSP centric embedded products from concept through production deployment

Strong software-hardware co-design experience and ability to drive architecture decisions across firmware and ASIC boundaries

Strong understanding of digital signal processing concepts and implementation techniques

Deep expertise in embedded firmware development using C and embedded operating systems (RTOS)
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles

Experience developing software for high-speed communication, networking, optical, or data center infrastructure products BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related + 11 years of experience, or MS + 9 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 6 years of experience

Compensation and Benefits Max Linear  has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation.

Max Linear's good faith estimate starting base salary range is:  $174,000 to $213,000 Annually We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are:  health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.

The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Company Overview Max Linear  is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting…