Software Engineer I
Silicon Labs28 days ago
Base Salary
$79k - $146k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain embedded software features for Silicon Labs wireless radio platforms.
- Design, implement, test, and debug C/C++ firmware for resource-constrained microcontrollers.
- Support transmit, receive, power management, timing, diagnostic, and other radio-control capabilities.
- Collaborate with hardware, radio design, SDK, validation, and applications engineering teams to deliver wireless products and features.
- Investigate software and hardware integration issues using debuggers, logic analyzers, and other laboratory tools.
- Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, automated testing, and development-process improvements.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Academic or project experience developing embedded software with C or C++.
- Understanding of wireless communication concepts including RF, modulation, packet-based communication, or digital signal processing.
- Familiarity with microcontrollers, embedded peripherals, interrupts, memory-constrained systems, and real-time software concepts.
- Ability to use JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or protocol analyzers.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, debugging, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Preferred experience includes embedded firmware, wireless systems, IoT devices, bare-metal development, Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi, proprietary wireless protocols, multiprotocol systems, Python, RTOS concepts, device drivers, bootloaders, power optimization, embedded security, Git, unit testing, and automated hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans, including PPO and Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA options.
- 401(k) plan with company match and Roth option, equity rewards, life and disability coverage, and flexible spending accounts.
- Adoption assistance, backup childcare, commuter benefits, legal benefits, and pet insurance.
- Flexible paid time off and three paid volunteer days per year.
- Tuition reimbursement, free downtown parking, onsite gym, monthly wellness offerings, free snacks, and monthly company updates with the CEO.
- The role is associated with a hybrid work arrangement, as indicated by the posting’s #LI-Hybrid designation.
About Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs designs and sells low-power wireless SoCs, MCUs, modules, and software stacks for IoT device makers in smart home, industrial, and commercial markets. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a public company on NASDAQ (SLAB) and provides SDKs and development tools supporting Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, and sub‑GHz protocols.