Job description
Role title: Comms Systems Architect
Location: Cambridge, UK
Department: Systems Architecture and Tools
Reporting to: Software Manager
Percentage of Travel: 5-10% mostly within the EU
Icera Inc has recently opened a development facility in Cambridge and we are looking to build a talented software engineering there to help develop our cellular software capabilities. We are looking for expertise in all software disciplines related to a complete cellular platform and are keen to build our systems architecture and tools expertise in the development of complete modem platforms, from 2G/3G/HSDPA/HSUPA today to HSPA+ and LTE in the future.
As the ideal candidate you will have significant design, development and integration experience in cellular modem solutions, either in the context of modem software or the s/w infrastructure supporting it. This is a hands on role, driving software architecture for modem and supporting infrastructure forward.
You will need a strong degree qualification (ideally 1st or 2.1) from a reputable university and a minimum 2 years (ideally 5 years+) experience
Essential Skills
- Embedded C programming experience
- Experience of embedded Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
- Good system knowledge of 3GPP modem designs
- Good system architecture understanding
- Relevant experience in designing, implementation and integration
Desireable Skills
- Experience of using real-time embedded debug tools / emulators
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl and Python
Key Responsibilities
- Design & implementation of modem infrastructure
- Maintenance of system code & modem sub-systems for required functionality/performance within entire platform
- Contributing to new designs/implementations for new technology developments
- Providing ‘core’ expertise/support to customer engineering group and the marketing department
- Providing ‘core’ expertise to the validation teams as the system is tested for GCF, IOT, field test approval
