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About the Role
Join Silicon Labs' RAIL team, developing embedded software for wireless radio abstraction, enabling developers to configure, control, and optimize wireless radios across IoT products. The team collaborates with various engineering groups to deliver high-performance wireless capabilities for technologies like Bluetooth Low Energy, proprietary wireless, and multiprotocol IoT solutions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain embedded software features for Silicon Labs wireless radio platforms.
- Design, implement, test, and debug firmware in C/C++ for resource-constrained microcontrollers.
- Support radio-control capabilities, including transmit, receive, power management, timing, and diagnostic features.
- Collaborate with hardware, radio design, SDK, validation, and applications teams to bring new wireless products and features to market.
- Investigate software and hardware integration issues using debuggers, logic analyzers, and other lab tools.
- Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, automated testing, and continuous improvement of development processes.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong interest in embedded software, wireless communications, and low-level system development.
- Academic or project experience in embedded software development using C or C++.
- Understanding of fundamental 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.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
- Ability to use development and debugging tools such as JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or protocol analyzers.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment and communicate technical concepts clearly.
- Ability to learn complex technical systems, analyze issues, and turn requirements into well-tested software.
- Clear communication and a collaborative approach to solving engineering challenges.
Skills
- Internship, co-op, research, or project experience related to embedded firmware, wireless systems, or IoT devices.
- Experience with bare-metal embedded software development, including low-level programming without an RTOS.
- Exposure to Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi, proprietary wireless protocols, or multiprotocol systems.
- Experience with Python or other scripting languages for test automation, data analysis, or development tooling.
- Knowledge of RTOS concepts, device drivers, bootloaders, power optimization, or embedded security.
- Exposure to Git, CI/CD workflows, unit testing, and automated hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Participation in engineering competitions, technical organizations, research publications, or relevant student leadership activities.
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- Master's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $78,750 - $146,250 USD
Benefits
- Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental and vision plans
- Highly competitive salary
- 401k plan with match and Roth plan option
- Equity rewards (RSUs)
- Life/AD&D and disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Adoption assistance
- Back-Up childcare
- Additional benefit options (Commuter benefits, Legal benefits, Pet insurance)
- Flexible PTO schedule
- 3 paid volunteer days per year
- Tuition reimbursement
- Free downtown parking
- Onsite gym
- Monthly wellness offerings
- Free snacks
- Monthly company updates with our CEO
About the Company
- Silicon Labs 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.