Please forward resume and letter of interest to: JoeCastilla@att.net Our start-up has received very generous 1st round funding from 2 leading VC firms and started with a handful of employees with a track record of success from Juniper, Cisco, Motorola, and Sprint. We are actively recruiting for this position: Senior Protocol Software Engineer Job Description Our Silicon Valley Start-Up is looking a senior telecom protocol developer who will architect, develop, implement and test wireless protocol software based on 3GPP UMTS, 3GPP LTE, and/or 802.16 WiMAX. Responsibilities will include: Define software architecture and implement/integrate wireless protocol stacks. Perform unit testing and verification for the wireless subsystem implemented or integrated. Author design documents and specifications. Requirements for this position include Master degree in EE or CE (or Ph.D) plus 5 years experience. Experience with software subsystem development and integration on UMTS RNC or CDMA2000 BSC products. Full understanding of carrier-class engineering requirements. A very good understanding of the role of Radio Resource Control/Management in the performance of wireless systems. Experience with the design and performance validation of mobility mechanisms (softer/soft/hard handoff) including macro-diversity. Good understanding of wireless terminal states (active/sleep/idle) and the design/implementation of area and local paging controllers. Intimate familiarity with higher layer network protocols and the convergence of circuit-switched cellular network architecture with IP network architecture. Hands-on high-caliber software engineering experience. Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment; excellent communication skills; solid team player. Bonus Direct and relevant experience with provisioning and management of wireless network elements (RNC, BSC, BTS) in real deployments. A good understanding of the migration from 3GPP UTRAN to 3GPP Evolution SAE network architecture. A good understanding of high-speed packet-switched air-interface (EV-DO/HSPA/WiMAX/LTE) mechanisms such as resource allocation and scheduling. No Relocation at this time No Agencies at this time No Sponsorship at this time