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Senior Engineer, Wireless Research

Nearly 70 years ago, Masaru Ibuka founded our great company with just one, primary motive:  to create a stable work environment where engineers who have a deep and profound appreciation for technology can realize their societal mission and work to their hearts content.”  Today, we not only celebrate the enduring history of our world-changing products and the prodigious minds behind them but seek far and wide to rally the most talented and passionate engineers in the world to our cause.  Together, we work as One Sony, built and driven by engineering; intensely focused on delivering the experiences that put that beaming smile on our customers’ faces, time after time.

Sony R&D US Laboratory, CA in Sony Corporate of America is seeking to welcome the best and the brightest into our world-class R&D team, and if you’re up to the challenge, we’d love to see what you’ve got.  We’re inventing right here the technology and products that go on to touch customer’s lives all over the world. Sony has a vision to prepare wireless communication technologies to provide immersive entertainment content for customers around the world.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 

Support the team to advance state-of-the-art wireless technology, including generating patents.

Participate in standard bodies and OSS community to make technical contributions.

Investigate new research areas to realize Sony vision.

Collaborate with our global teams in the world to reach an optimal outcome.

Honesty, trustworthiness and ethical conduct are material requirements for the responsibilities outlined above

QUALIFICATIONS

Your qualifications and experience should include:  

Ph.D. degree, or Master’s degree with 3 years of experience, in electrical/communication engineering or in Computer Science.

Excellent wireless communication background including system or link level aspects.

Experience in wireless LAN systems, cellular systems, sensor network technologies, distributed networking technologies, or wireless PAN systems.

A good knowledge of wireless LAN protocol. Experience on wireless LAN (IEEE802.11) MAC/PHY layers protocol design and/or analysis is preferred.

Experience in WLAN standard (802.11ac/ax/be/bn, etc.) development or 3GPP is preferred.

Experience in link level or system level simulation (e.g, ns-3) is preferred.

Experience in cross-layer system design is preferred.

Essential programming language knowledge, such as Matlab, C/C++, and Python, is required.

Excellent oral and written communications skills. Ability to propose new features, drive consensus, and capture the results in writing in the form of designs, models, and requirements.

Flexibility and adaptability to work and collaborate with researchers in global locations, internally and externally.

In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we offer an environment and culture that promotes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We are committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for you to thrive as part of Sony’s purpose to “fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology”.

Benefits:   

SCA offers benefits-eligible employees (generally regular employees scheduled to work 20 or more hours a week) a comprehensive benefits program that offers coverage and support for employees and their family’s physical, emotional, and financial well-being.  

 What we offer you:

Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage with coverage for spouses/domestic partners and child dependents, including access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Employee assistance plan and comprehensive behavioral health benefits

Fertility benefits, including surrogacy, and adoption assistance programs

Basic and supplemental life insurance for employees as well as supplemental life insurance coverage for their spouses/domestic partners and children

Voluntary benefits such as group legal, identity theft protection, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance

Short-term & long-term disability plans

Paid parental and caregiver leave

401(k) Plan with pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax options and company match with immediate vesting

Education assistance and student loan programs

Other Programs: 

Flexible Work Arrangements, including remote and hybrid work schedules

Time off to include vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, Summer Fridays (early release), and a winter break between Christmas and New Year’s Day (based on business needs)

Referral bonuses (subject to eligibility)

Matching gift program

A wide variety of employee business resource groups (EBRGs)

Special discounts on Sony products, offered exclusively to Sony employees

Employee stock purchase plan (Sony covers commissions and fees for your Sony stock purchases made through after-tax payroll deductions)

Annual incentive bonus

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $160,000 to $170,000. In addition to the annual base salary, this role has an annual bonus target of 10%. This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

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SCA will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

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