[vox-jobs] [fwd] GNU / Linux internship [at Ricoh]

[Bill Kendrick]

Seen on SVLUG's jobs list:

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Charles Notley
   Sent: Mon 3/17/2008 2:25 PM
   To: jobs at lists.svlug.org
   Subject: [SVLUG-Jobs] GNU / Linux internship

   Ricoh Innovations, Inc. is looking for a summer intern with Linux
   platform-level skills, enthusiastic about embedded systems, open-source
   software, eager to google-up and learn new skills. This person will work
   closely with a team of system hardware and software designers.

   This is a full-time, PAID, summer internship and is open to all
   qualified STUDENTS working toward a CS, CE, or EE degree at an
   accredited academic institution.

   Sample projects:

   1. Build a bootloader (RedBoot or Uboot) for a custom hardware platform,
   flash and debug it with JTAG.
   2. Explore system migration issues for a new hardware architecture,
   kernel, toolchains and build system.
   3. Configuring embedded Linux platform for a custom hand-held device: 
   kernel configuration, device drivers, installed system-level software,
   and user applications.
   4. Bring-up a new hardware component (WiFi module, USB Gadget interface)
   on a custom hardware / embedded Linux platform.

   Desired skills:
   - kernel hacking, including compiling custom Linux kernel, modifying
   existing kernel modules, and designing new ones;
   - setting up cross-compiler toolchains and platform build environment;
   - application development in Unix environment, using shell scripts
   (Bash), C/C++, Python;
   - source versioning software: Subversion, git;
   - Working knowledge of Debian Linux, Debian software development
   process, open-source bootloaders for Linux, and experience with JTAG is
   a plus.

   Work Environment:

   The California Research Center (CRC) of Ricoh Innovations, Inc.
   http://rii.ricoh.com offers a unique opportunity to enjoy the
   environment of a top industrial research laboratory.  We are a small
   group (about 20 researchers) that has been very successful in research
   relevant to Ricoh and the scientific community in general.  Located on
   Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, near Stanford University.

   To Apply:

   If you are interested in following up on this opportunity, please send
   your resume to notley AT (substitute the Ricoh Innovations, Inc. domain
   here, starting with rii.ricoh and ending with .com).

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