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Join a highly technical, fast‑paced team pushing the limits of high‑frequency performance.Responsibilities·      Translate top-level system requirements into detailed specifications for baseband blocks and RF/high-speed transmission channels.·      Develop comprehensive end-to-end system models in MATLAB/Simulink to simulate link performance, accounting for noise, non-linearity, and frequency-dependent losses.·      Conduct link-budget analysis to determine gain, noise figure, and power requirements across the entire signal chain.·      Act as the central integration point for sub-block designs. 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