[vox-jobs] [fwd] Linux device driver - Sr Software Enginer/Team Lead -Santa Clara, CA

[Bill Kendrick]

Seen on SVLUG's jobs list.  Remember to reply to Siva, not me :^)

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From: Siva Prasad <rsivaprasad at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:20 PM

Hello,
   
  I am looking for both FULL TIME as well as CONTRACT candidate for
Senior Software Engineer or Team Lead. Pretty good billing rate/salary,
if you are the right candidate.
   
  Would like to hear from you if you are good at the basics of how-to on
device drivers. This is good opportunity for people who want to get into
Wireless field which will continue to be HOT going forward with Wi-Fi
success.
   
  ------------ Description --------------
  A leading developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless
communications products - software development team is looking for an
individuals who will lead networking driver development projects.

Responsibilities
The main responsibilities for this position are:

-Architect, design, and develop key features for wireless networking
device drivers on a Linux platform
-Interface with hardware teams on ASIC design features and programming
model
-Assess and scope customer feature requests to determine engineering
project plan
-Support software releases during test and release cycles

Qualifications
The person in this role should have the following capabilities and
qualifications:

-Familiarity with hardware debugging
-Experience in release processes, build and packaging
-Unix/Linux and/or Windows OS driver experience
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills
-Experience with embedded platform development and BSP Development
-Experience with full software life cycle and delivery mechanisms
-Knowledge of multi-threading and synchronization in a driver
environment
-Strong understanding of OS kernel internals
-Product architecture, design, implementation and testing experience
-Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
-Knowledge of networking protocols and security concepts
-Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer
Science, or related field
-4-6 years of applicable work experience

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