Earlystageresearcher Under Horizon-msca-dn

**Responsibilities**:

- Design efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) layer scheduling algorithms for heterogeneous dense Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), based on existing mobile RF standards such as IEEE 802.11
- Design of MAC scheduling algorithms for IEEE 802.11 networks
- Investigate on ML/AI-based MAC scheduler algorithms
- Experimental validation of the designed MAC scheduling algorithms in a set of reference scenarios of interest using Network Simulation tools, and (iv) detect and extract Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to evaluate the performance of the designed MAC scheduling algorithms
- Planned secondments: The ESR will visit to Universitat de València (UV) (3 months - embedded system development and electronic design strategies), Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) (3 months - MAC algorithms e. g. based on coordinated OFDMA), and Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) (3 months - SDN control plane implementations for MAC protocols)

Qualifications:

- Must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers (Early-Stage Researchers)
- Be of any nationality, but not having resided or carried out their main activity in Spain for more than 1 year in the past 3 years (Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account)
- Have not been awarded a PhD degree yet
- Very good communication skills in English
- Good theoretical and practical experience in wireless communication systems
- Experience in C++, MATLAB, and Python programming
- Good theoretical and practical experience with ML/AI algorithms
- Experience with event-based simulation tools for wireless communication systems such as NS-3 or OMNET++ is a plus
- Knowledge of WiFi IEEE Standards is also a plus
- Master's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunications Engineering or a similar

Company Overview:
We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Waltham, Massachusetts; Vancouver, Canada; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore and Chennai, India; Villach, Austria; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,500 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.