Applications Engineer I

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at www.silabs.com.

What does the Customer Applications Engineering team do?
Silicon Labs applications engineers are utilizing their domain specific expertise to provide engineering technical collateral like documentation, code examples, and customer technical support related to our IoT products, including multi-protocol wireless SoC’s, and ARM Cortex-based MCU’s.
Silicon Labs wireless portfolio includes many different transceivers and wireless MCUs for applications like Bluetooth, Zigbee/Thread, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, and proprietary wireless radios. Our devices simplify design effort and accelerate time to market for a wide range of communications applications.
The Customer Applications Engineering team at Silicon Labs is a critical link between our products and the end customer’s success. Our Customers are other engineers working on new and innovative wireless products. Our primary function is to enable and support them in their rapid prototyping and development efforts for their systems using our products. We are application and product experts who provide our customers with technical guidance and contribute to the knowledge base and technical documentation for the products.
 

Learn more about our wireless solutions here: https://www.silabs.com/products/wireless
What You Will Do
In this role you will be part of the Customer Applications Proprietary and Hardware team with the primarily focusing on hardware related matters. Primary activities include providing advanced technical product support to high tier customers, creating technical collateral and documentation and working with internal teams on improving software quality and developer experience via early feedback from the customer perspective. A wide range of technical activities is involved in this role:
Providing technical support in complex RF issues, which involves analyzing the system (analog front-end, digital signal processing blocks, networking layers), reproducing issues, and narrowing down to system parameters or embedded software component via gathering further evidence and designing additional tests. The activities often involve working on actual Customer hardware, e.g. smart devices of industrial, commercial, home or life market segments.  
Developing proof of concept designs and prototypes to showcase the competitive advantage of our products in different application fields. Developing tools to optimize and streamline repetitive tasks, e.g. measurements, reports.
Helping to improve wireless software product quality and developer experience by providing technical feedback to internal development teams via requirements review, test plan review, pre-release technical evaluation, bug reporting, etc.
Creating and reviewing technical collaterals, including knowledge base articles, quick start guides, application notes, and code examples
Education and Skills for Success

• BSc or MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• Understanding RF measurements and wireless communication systems (radio transceivers, modulations, signal processing) as well as the OSI model (protocols)
• Embedded C programming skills: ability to troubleshoot and debug code, devices and systems, knowledge of related programming tools (IDEs, programmers and debuggers)
• Experience in explaining technical topics to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Bonus Skills and Experience

• Experience with wireless communication protocols (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave)
• Experience with embedded or real-time operating systems
• Experience with analog and/or digital hardware design and prototyping
• Experience with measurement automation and scripting languages (e.g. Python)
• Experience with customer-facing technical interactions and working in distributed teams

Benefits and Perks at Silicon Labs

Not only will you be joining a highly-skilled and tight-knit team where every engineer makes a significant impact on the end product, we also strive for good work/life balance and to make our environment welcoming and fun.You can also look forward to the following benefits:

• Annual Budapest travel card or parking in the office garage
• Great cafeteria system
• Opportunity to join Employment Stock Purchase Plan
• Private health care access
• Life and accident insurance for every employee
• Contribution to a voluntary private pension fund
• AYCM card option
• Possibility to meet with the executive team regularly
• Supportive and multicultural office with enthusiastic, hard-working colleagues
• We prioritize the time for social activities, competitions, after work dinners and so much more!

Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and job-related criteria without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.