Staff Platform Systems Engineer

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the worlds 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. Learn more at.

• Work with business segment managers customers Product Management and field teams to understand emerging market trends customer requirements and future product opportunities.
• Translate customer use cases into clear product system and architectural requirements that guide new product development.
• Drive and conduct technical feasibility studies for new product concepts and identify technical risks assumptions and mitigation strategies early in the planning process.
• Lead cross-functional technical investigations involving technical and non-technical audience.
• Build alignment across diverse technical teams by communicating complex findings and driving decisions.
• Contribute to product requirement documents architecture proposals competitive analyses and supporting technical collateral for executive and engineering reviews.
• Collaborate closely with R&D throughout product planning to ensure proposed solutions are feasible scalable and aligned with business objectives.
• Present technical recommendations and product direction to internal leadership as well as strategic customers.

• Bachelors degree in EE or related engineering discipline required.
• Masters degree or PhD preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in embedded systems wireless products systems engineering or technical product definition.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives is highly desirable.

• Strong embedded software development or embedded systems design background.
• Experience with wireless embedded systems and wireless communication protocols.
• Experience with systems engineering product definition or product architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical problems involving both hardware and software.
• Experience evaluating architectural trade-offs and translating customer requirements into product requirements.
• Ability to rapidly learn new technologies and evaluate emerging market trends.

• Proven ability to independently drive technical investigations.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience working directly with customers to understand needs and influence product direction.
• A track record of solving ambiguous technical problems with limited initial guidance.

• Knowledge of core compute architecture (ARM cores AXI/AHB interconnects)
• Familiarity with PPA (Power Performance Area) trade-offs power and die size estimation
• Experience applying AI or machine learning within embedded or connected systems.
• Prior experience building products using Silicon Labs devices or similar embedded wireless platforms.
• Experience in gateways wearables robotics industrial automation or other emerging connected-device markets.
• Familiarity with always-on sensing display systems audio processing or low power system design.

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