Senior Staff GNSS Receiver Architect

Samsung Semiconductor Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Charitable matching

Paid time off

Family support

Emotional wellness program

Fitness facilities

Flexible work options

Job summary

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. in San Jose seeks an experienced Systems/DSP engineer to lead GNSS receiver architecture and implementation.

You will design, model and optimize location receivers, collaborating with hardware, DV, RTL and firmware teams to deliver high-performance IP across mobile and wearable products. The role requires deep expertise in GNSS, DSP, and signal processing, with strong debugging skills, and a willingness to travel for cross-location collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's with 15+ years of relevant industry experience, or Master with 13+ years or Ph.D. with 10+ years in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, or related.
• Strong software development skills in C/C++, Python, and MATLAB
• Deep understanding and experience with wireless receiver architecture for GNSS receivers and/or CDMA receivers such as AGC, DSP filters, correlators, FFT, AFC and PLL
• Excellent foundation in signal processing, detection theory, estimation theory, wireless channels, random processes, demodulation and decoding
• Good understanding of GNSS acquisition and tracking algorithms
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Data analysis, visualization and triage experience
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Experience with Jira, Gerrit, Git
• Strong debugging skills, disciplined coding practice, and proficient code analysis skills
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)

Responsibilities

• Develop GNSS receiver architectures, front-end and baseband designs for location receivers.
• Create, verify and optimize receiver models using RTL and end-to-end simulations.
• Collaborate with hardware, RF, firmware, DV, RTL and SW/FW teams for ASIC/board bring-up and verification.
• Design verification on FPGA, bring up ASIC and board, and hands-on lab testing and debugging.
• Analyze product logs for performance characterization and issue triage.
• Prepare and present detailed technical reports on algorithms, software and test results.
• Travel internationally and domestically to support product optimization and cross-geography collaboration.
• Contribute to architecture definition, silicon design and system integration.

Skills

C/C++

Python

MATLAB

GNSS receivers

DSP filters

FFT

AFC

PLL

Data analysis

Communication

Teamwork

Git/Jira

Education

Bachelor's with 15+ years of experience; Master 13+; PhD 10+

Tools

Jira

Gerrit

Git

Job description

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. in San Jose seeks an experienced Systems/DSP engineer to lead GNSS receiver architecture and implementation.

You will design, model and optimize location receivers, collaborating with hardware, DV, RTL and firmware teams to deliver high-performance IP across mobile and wearable products. The role requires deep expertise in GNSS, DSP, and signal processing, with strong debugging skills, and a willingness to travel for cross-location collaboration.