Principal / Lead Wireless Communications System Architect
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Milpitas
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, or related field; PhD strongly preferred.
- 12+years of experience in wireless communications system architecture for advanced SDR systems.
- Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end communication signal chains, including cascaded error budgeting, quantization trade-offs, and performance modeling across RF, ADC/DAC, and DSP blocks.
- Deep expertise in:
- MIMO and multi-user spatial processing architectures,
- Channel estimation,
- SNR/phase-noise budgets and their mapping into mixed-signal design requirements
- System-level modeling using MATLAB or Python,
- Ability to articulate complex system decisions to both internal engineering teams and senior-level customers.
- Proven leadership in defining specifications consumed by RTL design, mixed-signal design, verification, and system validation teams.
- Strong customer communication skills and comfort presenting architectural trade-offs to VP- and CTO-level stakeholders.
Full description
Title: Principal / Lead Wireless Communications System Architect
Location: US, Europe
Job Type: Full-Time / Consultant
Industry: Wireless Communications, Software-Defined Radio (SDR), Semiconductor IP and Advanced SoC
About the Company:
Omni Design Technologies is a leading provider of high-performance, ultra-low power IP solutions across advanced CMOS nodes, enabling differentiated SoC architectures for 5G, optical networks, LiDAR, radar, automotive networking, AI acceleration, imaging, and related high-growth markets. We partner with market leaders globally and are scaling rapidly. We are seeking senior technical leadership talent to define and guide the next generation of adaptive, multi-antenna wireless platforms.
Job Description:
We are seeking a Principal / Lead Wireless Communications System Architect to own the definition and architectural direction of complex wireless and multi-antenna system platforms. This individual will serve as the primary technical interface with customer system teams, lead system modeling and performance analysis, drive architectural decisions across mixed-signal and digital subsystems, and define system-level specifications that translate into silicon implementations.
This is a senior leadership role with substantial influence across product definition, roadmap direction, and customer engagement. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of communications theory, system decomposition across analog/digital boundaries, quantization/error propagation, MIMO signal processing architectures, and end-to-end error budgeting strategies in SDR-based environments.
Key Responsibilities:Technical Leadership and Direction: Define system architecture for next-generation multi-antenna and SDR-based communication platforms, influencing product strategy and long-term roadmap planning.
Customer Technical Ownership: Lead technical engagement with strategic customers, representing system trade-offs, negotiating performance specifications, and aligning joint integration plans.
End-to-End System Modeling: Architect and maintain MATLAB and analytical models capturing the full signal chain, including channel modeling, quantization noise allocation, SNR budgeting, interplay of RF non-linearities, and DSP algorithm design constraints.
Block-Level Specification Ownership: Generate precise block-level specifications for digital baseband, calibration engines, channel processing, mixed-signal converters, and RF interfacing elements; ensure internal teams understand the architectural rationale behind these specifications.