Senior Systems Design Engineer (DSP)

Posted:
2/23/2026, 2:49:28 AM

Location(s):
Texas, United States ⋅ Austin, Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

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 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. Learn more at www.silabs.com.

Systems Design Engineer (DSP)
Austin, TX
 

Our integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, unmatched ecosystem, and robust support make us the ideal long-term partner in building advanced industrial, commercial, home, and life applications. We make it easy for developers to solve complex wireless challenges throughout the product lifecycle and get to market quickly with innovative solutions that transform industries, grow economies and improve lives. 
 

Meet the Team 

Silicon Labs Systems Team’s mission is to ensure our products have the right features and technologies to win in our target market segments. The team is responsible for generating technical requirements for our products by researching system requirements from the application level to the SoC feature level. 
 

The Role 

This role entails researching targeted applications (E.g., Smart Appliances, Doorbells, E-Metering) or technologies (E.g., Dual Core Architecture, SW Modeling) and generates requirements to drive our IoT hardware and software roadmaps. Requirements are created via strong comprehension of various standards, tearing down end-applications, engaging our customer’s engineering teams, and performing feasibility studies of new system-level solutions or optimizations. These requirements are documented in our requirements management tool and used to develop our product roadmap. 

In addition to requirements generation and documentation, this role will identify and prototype high-value innovations, generate internal collateral, train internal audiences, and publish technical whitepapers. 

 

What you’ll be doing 

  • Collaborating with Product Marketing to guide our technical product roadmap 

  • Collaboration with engineers at our driver customers 

  • End-application teardown analysis 

  • Technical research on standards and applications 

  • Feasibility studies of potential system-level innovations 

  • Ensuring our products have the right features and technologies to win 

  • Using a requirements management tool to capture market and product requirements and track them through development 

  • Helping to train internal audiences on new applications, features, and technologies 

  • Providing the deepest level of technical support to customer-facing teams 

  • Providing mentorship and guidance to less experienced team members 

  • Develop and improve systems team processes  
     

Minimum Qualifications 

  • BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent with 7+ years of industry experience 

  • A strong understanding of embedded microcontroller architectures and features 

  • A good understanding of embedded application design: requirement analysis, HW design, firmware and application development, bench evaluation, and debugging 

  • Basic knowledge of wireless radios and protocols (e.g., Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi) 

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English Must be comfortable explaining technical concepts to a wide range of audiences, including senior engineering leaders. 

  • Experience using lab equipment: oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, etc. 

  • Experience in use of modern project management tools (Confluence, Jira, Portfolio Manager, MS Project, etc.) 
     

Preferred Qualifications 

  • Experience in the semiconductor industry 

  • Good understanding of hardware IP architecture, development and verification 

  • Experience working with High-Speed Interfaces (USB, Ethernet, QSPI, or display buses) 

  • Knowledge in mux configurations and planning on pin constrained packages 

  • Knowledge in the IP Design process for analog or digital IP. 

  • Basic knowledge of security and functional safety 

  • Basic knowledge of HW accelerators, DSP algorithms and edge computing 

  • Experience with one or more RTOS – Free RTOS, uc/OS, Zephyr preferred 

 

Benefits & Perks 

You can look forward to the following 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)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • 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
  • Charitable contribution match
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Free downtown parking
  • Onsite gym
  • Monthly wellness offerings
  • Free snacks
  • Monthly company updates with our CEO
     

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The annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between $124,600 - $231,400 USD. Actual base pay could vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, geographic location where work will be performed and applicant’s skill set. The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus, equity package and a comprehensive benefits package.

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.