Digital Modem Engineer

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics Physics and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries push through them and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness creativity intellectual honesty and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design develop and deploy technologies that change our world fund start-ups across industries and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Trading Infrastructure is a global organization of Engineers who architect build and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From colo design/implementation to optimizing our exchange connectivity to building world class low latent Wide Area Networks we leverage research and automation to consistently adapt and innovate our infrastructure to scale and drive our trading and evolving business.

Jump is looking for a Digital Modem Engineer to join our world class wireless this role you will you will lead the design and development of custom low-latency modem architectures for our point-to-point wireless networks around the globe.

What Youll Do:

• Design simulate and realize innovative physical layer wireless communication algorithms for low latency applications
• Implement modem/system models and perform detailed performance investigations to allow performance sign-off and enable RTL development
• Collaborate with digital designers and firmware developers to realize algorithms with power and area efficient implementation

Skills Youll Need:

• At least 5 years of experience in the design build and deployment of digital modem systems
• Deep knowledge and demonstrated experience in digital modem design including
• Transmit and receive pulse shaping digital filter design
• Symbol rate throughput latency and spectral occupancy analysis and optimization
• Carrier/symbol clock offset tracking and recovery
• Adaptive equalization using blind training-based and decision-directed algorithms
• Channel modeling and simulation
• Fixed point design simulation and analysis
• Experience with Python C/C and/or Matlab for algorithm development modeling (floating-point and fixed-point) and link-level simulation
• MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Reliable and predictable availability

Bonus Points:

• Experience in logic design for wireless modem FPGAs ASICs or custom data-path components for DSP applications (sequential and arithmetic components)
• Familiarity with Radio Frequency (RF) and microwave components: oscillators mixers attenuators amplifiers couplers isolators Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) layout

If you are currently a student or recentgraduate please see our Campus postings which offer both intern and full-time opportunities.