Staff Systems Integration & Test Development Engineer

Responsibilities

The Staff Systems Integration & Test Development Engineer will play a critical role in defining and executing system-level test strategy and automation for complex embedded semiconductor and high-performance communication platforms. This role requires deep expertise in system validation, test development, and automation frameworks, with strong exposure to high-speed data path validation, PHY/DSP subsystems, and end-to-end system integration. The engineer will work closely with Software, RFIC, ASIC, and CommSys teams to ensure robust validation, coverage, and product readiness. You will focus on:

• Understand firmware, PHY/DSP, and system requirements and derive comprehensive Test Plans and Test Procedures
• Collaborate with Software, RFIC, ASIC, DSP, and Systems Engineering teams to ensure testability and coverage
• Lead system-level bring-up and validation of complex silicon platforms
• Validate and debug high-speed serial interfaces and data paths
• Perform validation of PAM4 DSP data path pipelines including CTLE, DFE, FEC, and BER analysis
• Develop automated test cases using Python and Robot Framework
• Perform deep debug and root cause analysis across hardware, firmware, and PHY/DSP layers
• Mentor engineers and contribute to test architecture and best practices

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electronics & Communications, or related field
• Strong foundation in Digital Signal Processing and Digital Communication
• Understanding of mixed-signal blocks such as ADCs, DACs, and clocking circuits
• Understanding Forward Error Correction (FEC) and BER analysis
• 8+ years of experience in Systems Integration, Validation, or Test Development
• Experience with embedded systems validation and firmware testing
• Strong programming skills in Python and C/C++
• Strong debugging skills across hardware and firmware

Company Overview

MaxLinear 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 opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

 

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

 

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

 

We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.