| Application Engineer, RF |
| Freemont, CA |
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Our client develops and manufactures a high quality line of probe card products for testing semiconductors. They are profitable and are looking to expand their operations in Fremont, CA. |
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- Evaluate customer RF chip test requirements
- Specify test hardware features and configurations to meet customer requirements
- Design, develop and implement cost effective hardware for testing customer RF Chips
- Specify and perform internal RF product tests, and provide product performance specifications to field engineers and customers
- Provide instruction to PCB and Flex design engineers to achieve specified RF performance
- Work closely with process, modeling and design engineers to drive product correlation between models and actual measurements
- Provide guidance to product optimization and validation
- Complete specifications and procedures for new products
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| Requirements |
- BSEE and 5+ yrs RF circuit design and testing experience
- Familiar with test equipment (probers, handlers, testers) is desired
- Knowledge of RF Device types; RE Receivers, RF Transmitters, RF Switches and custom ASIC
- Good understanding of semiconductor device physics
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| Communication System Engineer, RF & DSP |
| Santa Clara, CA |
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Our client is a fabless semiconductor company, which offers high performance and low power receivers optimized for the mobile market. Using its innovative architecture and technology, our client is developing market leading silicon solutions to receive digital multimedia broadcast for the
mobile market. Target customers include leading OEMs selling MP3, cell phones and other portable media players. |
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Responsibilities |
- Develop digital communication platforms including digital HW and RF circuitry
- Lab bring-up of reference boards, performance evaluation and system debugging
- Develop algorithms, performance simulation
- Implement algorithms on DSP processor for a wireless communication product
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| Requirements |
- Strong experience in developing HW for wireless communication systems, including RF components
- Strong experience in system integration & bring-up
- Experience in implementing demodulation and communication algorithms on DSPs
- Good understanding of digital communication theory and wireless systems
- BSEE in DSP or digital communication systems, with 5+ years in design & implementation
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| Engine Design Engineer |
| San Diego, CA |
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With founding from top tier VC's and with its proprietary technology, our client is developing a high efficiency engine that is clean and light. This new engine will be used in commercial and military applications. |
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Responsibilities |
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Work with other members of the design team to develop required engine components including detailed drawings
- Interface with members of the analysis group to refine the engine component designs
- Develop engine and component test plans including required instrumentation and fixtures
- Work with component suppliers to support the manufacture of prototype parts
- Provide direction and support to technicians during assembly and test of engines
- Provide detailed written reports to document test results
- Plan, schedule, and complete activities in support of the overall project goals and objectives
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| Requirements |
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BSME and 7+ years of hands-on design and development of new engines which have been put into production
- Strong knowledge of good design practices for cast, forged, and machined components
- Must be an expert ProE user including Pro Mechanica with a strong understanding of GD&T per ASME Y14.5
- FEA experience a plus
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| Product Marketing Manager |
| Hillsboro, Oregon |
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Our client is a division of a Fortune 500 company with sales over 50 billion. This division supplies electronic materials to the semiconductor, automotive, telecommunications, aerospace and the consumer industry. Products include high purity silicon carbide ceramics, display glass and
synthetic quartz. |
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Responsibilities |
- Develop product implementation strategies for Hard Drive Glass Substrate group
- Provide both technical and marketing interface with R&D and Sales organizations
- Provide initial customer contact and interface until product implementation is suitable for transferring to the Technical Marketing Representatives
- Provide ongoing support for Technical Marketing Representative Organization
- Coordinate sales strategies and tactics
- Provides competitor analysis including manufacturing capacities and pricing
- Perform market size surveys
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| Requirements |
- Ability to relocate or work out of a home office
- B. S. or B. A. in Engineering, Physics, Material or Chemistry
- Minimum 5 years experience in the hard drive industry
- Knowledge of the hard drive industry materials and supply chain required
- International business experience in Europe and Asia electronic materials
market a plus
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| Software Architect, Real-Time Embedded Systems |
| Santa Clara, CA |
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Our client is a fabless semiconductor company, which offers high performance and low power receivers optimized for the mobile market. Using its innovative architecture and technology, our client is developing market leading silicon solutions to receive digital multimedia broadcast for the mobile market. Target customers include leading OEMs selling MP3, cell phones and other portable media players. |
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Responsibilities |
- Application and system architecture design, based on published standards and internal requirements
- SDK design and implementation
- Development, testing and maintenance of application and firmware for real-time embedded system
- Champion best software practices and processes
- Interface with customers and partners
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| Requirements |
- BS/MS in Computer Science or EE and 10+ years of experience in embedded application and system-level software development (firmware and driver development)
- Strong embedded C programming skills and some assembly level programming experience
- Experience with multiple embedded RTOS's at the BSP level
- Successfully completed bring up of boards
- Familiarity with debug tools such as emulators, ICE debuggers, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes
- C or C++ development experience on embedded systems
- Proven experience in reading standards and translating them to SW
- SDK development experience
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| Software Engineer, MPEG Audio System |
| Sunnyvale, CA |
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Our client is a fabless semiconductor company that is shipping millions of ICs which enable TV reception in mobile handsets, portable devices and consumer electronics. |
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Responsibilities |
- System integration of MPEG audio codecs
- Implementation of audio signal processing algorithms
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BSEE/CS and 5 plus years related experience
- Knowledge MPEG1 and MPEG-2 audio layers 1, 2, and 3 decoding or encoding algorithms, hardware or firmware implementation
- Expertise in coding and decoding algorithms and implementations
- Experience in A/V synchronization
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| Software Engineer, Real-time Embedded |
| Sunnyvale, CA |
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Our client is a fabless semiconductor company that is shipping millions of ICs which enable TV reception in mobile handsets, portable devices and consumer electronics. |
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Responsibilities |
- The candidate should be a self-starter who can work with other engineers and marketing to help define, develop and deliver a system solution for silicon products.
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| Requirements |
- Strong leadership skills with a minimum of 7 years in developing embedded drivers in semiconductor companies
- Deep understanding of embedded systems architecture and OS theory
- Fluent in C/C++, assembler is a plus
- Familiarity with X86, ARM or Tensilica processors
- Extensive experience developing embedded products for the Consumer Electronics or Multi-media marketplace
- Extensive background in creating a product and taking it through its full lifecycle
- Strong knowledge of development process, bug tracking tools and revision control tools
- Experience with HW tools such as logic analyzers, JTAG/ICE
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| Software Engineering Manager, Embedded |
| Sunnyvale, CA |
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Our client is a fabless semiconductor company that is shipping millions of ICs which enable TV reception in mobile handsets, portable devices and consumer electronics. |
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Responsibilities |
- This position is for a manager of an embedded software development team
- The candidate should have strong technical and leadership skills and have a demonstrated ability to deliver products in a timely and efficient manner
- The candidate must have strong cross-functional communication skills
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| Requirements |
- Strong leadership skills with a minimum of 4 years in management of embedded SW development in semi-conductor companies
- Deep understanding of embedded systems architecture and OS theory
- Fluent in C and familiarity with X86, ARM or Tensilica processors
- Extensive experience developing embedded products for the Consumer Electronics or Multi-media marketplace
- Proven experience in working well cross-functionally with marketing, application engineering, quality assurance etc.
- Experience with one or more of the following are desired: MPEG, H.264, PAL, NTSC, and/or DVB
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Structural Dynamics Engineer |
| San Diego, CA |
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With founding from top tier VC's and with its proprietary technology, our client is developing a high efficiency engine that is clean and light. This new engine will be used in commercial and military applications. |
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Responsible for single and multi-body kinematics and kinetics, linkages and mechanism, vibrations in single and multi-degree-of-freedom systems, practical vibration analysis and measurement techniques, theory of elasticity, vibrations in elastic structures, modal analysis, forced vibrations and finite element analysis
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M.S. degree Mechanical, Structural, Aerospace or Civil Engineering is required with 5+ year’s related experience
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas is desirable: plasticity, materials and materials testing methods and fatigue behavior
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| Test & Characterization Engineer, Hardware |
| Sunnyvale, CA |
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Our client is a fabless semiconductor company that is shipping millions of ICs which enable TV reception in mobile handsets, portable devices and consumer electronics. |
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Responsibilities |
- The candidate will characterize leading-edge SoC's so as to ensure that all products released to the field meet the highest standards.
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| Requirements |
- Min 3 yrs of system characterization experience for SoC's with understanding of device characterization, board development and QA
- Familiarity with device specification and parameters is required
- Experience in test and characterization system development
- Understanding of test equipment and interfacing to the equipment
- Experience with at least 2 of the following: Matlab, labview, C++ and/or Perl
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| Test & Characterization Manager, Hardware |
| Sunnyvale, CA |
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Our client is a fabless semiconductor company that is shipping millions of ICs which enable TV reception in mobile handsets, portable devices and consumer electronics. |
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Responsibilities |
- The candidate will lead a group of characterization engineers to ensure that all products released to the field have a qualified behavior.
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| Requirements |
- Strong leadership skills with a minimum of 3 years in managing teams in semiconductor companies
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in this field is required
- Experience in characterizing and delivering SoC’s to the field in significant volume
- Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions and drive things forward
- Clear understanding of how device characterization, fabrication process development and QA relate to each other
- Must be comfortable in managing SoC designs with a large RF/mixed-signal component, in addition to working with embedded processors and software
- Extensive background in creating complete and thorough characterization plans
- Strong quantitative analysis skills, the ability to understand complex systems at the macro-level
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| Test Engineer, Hardware |
| Santa Clara, CA |
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Our client is a fabless semiconductor company, which offers high performance and low power receivers optimized for the mobile market. Using its innovative architecture and technology, our client is developing market leading silicon solutions to receive digital multimedia broadcast for the
mobile market. Target customers include leading OEMs selling MP3, cell phones and other portable media players. |
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Responsibilities |
- Characterization of communication system performance under various impairments
- Responsible for developing test plans and test procedures
- Will develop automated test setup environment
- Responsible for running automated and manual tests in lab and field
- Will analyze & debug test results
- Will work closely with system/HW/software developers to resolve software/firmware defects
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| Requirements |
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
- Extensive experience with lab equipment such as scope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, channel simulators and noise generators
- Experience with LabView
- Experience in setting an automated testing environment
- Experience in characterization/testing of communication systems
- Knowledge of communication theory and understanding of communication systems
- Familiarity with wireless communication standards is a plus
- Knowledge of C/C++, Matlab, Pearl, RTL is a plus
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