Principal Wireless Algorithms Engineer (MAC Layer Scheduling)
Tarana Wireless, Inc.2 months ago
Milpitas, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$185k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Invent algorithms for MAC scheduling, resource allocation, link adaptation, interference management, spectrum coordination, latency, and fairness.
- Define tractable problems from ambiguous performance issues and determine which problems are worth solving.
- Use simulations, offline analysis, and field data to validate algorithm ideas before implementation.
- Design robust algorithms that operate reliably across varied conditions and difficult edge cases.
- Write production C++ and support integration, field validation, and real-world deployment.
- Analyze field anomalies, customer-reported issues, telemetry, and network-scale performance data.
- Evaluate machine learning approaches within embedded, real-time constraints.
- Review designs and code, collaborate with systems engineering, DSP, and field teams, and mentor other engineers.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience designing wireless-system algorithms, including significant ownership of scheduler, resource allocation, link adaptation, or related production functionality.
- Master of Science or doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong knowledge of wireless communications, including OFDM, MIMO, beamforming, and interference modeling.
- Understanding of optimization, estimation, probability, and practical tradeoffs between theoretical models and deployed hardware.
- Strong production-level C++ experience on Linux, including independently implementing complex designs and conducting code reviews.
- Proficiency with simulation and data-analysis tools such as Python and MATLAB or equivalent.
- Track record of developing and shipping innovative solutions with measurable real-world results.
- Extensive hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools in engineering environments.
- Preferred: experience with multi-core embedded platforms, real-time constraints, on-device inference, wireless machine learning, large-scale field telemetry, 3GPP, 802.11, scheduling, or interference coordination.
- Preferred: experience building reusable agent workflows, skills, or team productivity tooling.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 401(k) match, flexible time off, and stock options.
About Tarana Wireless, Inc.
Tarana Wireless builds fixed wireless access systems used by broadband service providers to deliver high-speed residential and enterprise internet. Its ngFWA/G1 platform combines base nodes and subscriber radios with management software, and is also applied to radio backhaul and industrial connectivity. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, the privately held company reports deployments with hundreds of operators across the U.S. and abroad.