Staff Engineer, Wireless Research

Staff 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 the customers in the world.   

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Initiate proposals to advance state-of-the-art wireless technology, including generating patents. 

• Actively engage with standard bodies and OSS community to make technical contributions. 

• Identify research directions and new research areas to realize Sony vision. 

• Collaborate with our global teams around 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 with 4 years of experience, or Master’s degree with 7 years of experience, in electrical/communication engineering or in Computer Science. 

• Excellent wireless communication background including all system or link level aspects. 

• Experience in wireless LAN systems, cellular systems, sensor network technologies, distributed networking technologies, or wireless PAN systems with excellent research record is required. 

• A good knowledge of wireless LAN protocol is required.  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. 

• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally if required. 

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

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 $189,000 to $200,000 In addition to the annual base salary, this role has an annual bonus target of 13%. 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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