-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, I'm posting these job opportunities on behalf of John Spencer (jspencer@optimaleng.com). Please contact John directly if you have any interest in these opportunities. Andy =====start===== Multiple Linux Contract openings in MA ********************************************************** 1) 6 Months+ in the Wilmington, MA area Responsibilities: As a senior member of the core routing platform group you will be responsible for developing forwarding engine device drivers for next generation enterprise products. Drivers will be developed in C on a Linux platform running on MAC and Layer 1 & 2 chipsets. Required Skills & Experiences: * Strong device driver development experience in C/Linux environments * Solid Ethernet and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocol experience * Experience with either MAC or other Layer 1 & 2 chipsets highly desired - --------------------------------------------------------------- 2) 2 months+, Billerica MA area Our client needs a contractor for 1-3 months. Responsibilities include: development of new code, bug fixing and maintenance of existing code, porting and integration of new drivers Skills sets required: Expert level proficiency of writing code in C/C++, embedded Linux OS (MontaVista), kernel internals, device drivers, system integration, debugging Technologies: Networking protocols, data communications, embedded SNMP agent, wireless protocols (madWiFi) Experience: minimum 10 years - -------------------------------- 3) 6 months, Acton, MA Area (2 positions) Our customer is looking for 2 software Linux Development Engineers to work in conjunction with the hardware design team to build an interface to their backplane. Will be working closely with development team in Taiwan who is doing most of the work. Ability to speak mandarin a plus but not required. 1st opening: Must have experience with Linux Device driver kernel, C programming, ability to write device driver to interface to the FPGA, knowledgeable about performance issues, Ethernet knowledge important. 6-8 months. 2nd opening: Linux Driver Systems software experience; responsible for device driver and user space Unix daemons that need modifications to run on this board. For this position, person must have FW BIOS (they are hoping the ODM will do this work but this person may need to work closely with them). Both of these positions need consultant to be flexible, willing to participate with ODM conference calls in Taiwan and their is a 13 hr. time difference. This is part of a large development effort for a new blade for their x-services product which is being mainly developed through Taiwan. - --------------------------------- 4) 3 months+, Marlboro, MA area Our client needs a strong C++ coder who is comfortable on Linux systems within the application space. to do a mix of sustaining and new development for disk to disk storage. Strong familiarity with Distributed systems highly desirable. Storage or back-up experience required. - ---------------------------------- 5) 6 months+, Waltham, MA area This is a Linux low level (close to the hardware) drivers req. Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations Mid/Senior level software developer responsible for design and development of user mode device drivers and system utilities of Broadcom or Sigma Designs chips (little Indian MIPs based) platforms based on the Linux operating system. * Candidate is expected to have a history of design and implementation of Linux device-drivers and system utilities in a fast paced environment * Knowledge of Digital STBs, especially experience with Cable Card development is desirable Specifics: * 5+ years experience with C, C++ or assembly-language programming for Linux and/or Unix targets. * 3+ years experience designing, developing and implementing Linux and/or Unix device drivers. * The candidate must be adaptable, flexible and willing to take on new challenges. * The candidate must be a team player, and must be able to work with multiple engineering and cross-functional teams. Additional Desirable Skills * Experienced in developing software for MIPS targets. * Experienced with Multi-media processing - including MPEG2, MP3 and JPEG * Experienced with hardware features such as CPU/memory architectures, DMA engines, Boot loaders, I2C, PCI, Ethernet, USB, IEEE-1394, RS-232, etc. Experienced in developing software to interface Cable Cards into digital STBs - ----------------------------------- 6) 6 months+, Westford MA *Position:* Senior Embedded Software engineer for 6 months, temp. to perm. likelihood *Essential Responsibilities and Duties:* Responsible for architecting, designing, and developing protocols and system software for customer's Optical and Cable broadband access products. Customer is bringing up a brand new board and for that effort they need someone that can write Linux hardware drivers (currently using v2.6) for a variety of different devices. *Required skills, knowledge and abilities*: Experience with C/C++ in an embedded development environment for networking equipment (routers, switches) is required. Experience with VxWorks, and Embedded Linux RTOS is preferred. Must have current experience writing Linux hardware drivers. Networking Industry experience spanning the breadth and depth of Layer Two to Layer Four - from VLAN, Bridging, Switching, DHCP, IP, TCP, UDP, and Multicast applications. Experience developing data-path for communication protocols and NPUs is a plus but not required - ------------------------------------- 7) 6 months+, Bedford, MA area Immediate need for Linux expert to write drivers at OS level for a Service processor. Lots of work going on in this group. The current tasks on the Linux based Service Processor that a contractor would concentrate are ; implementing CLI commands and API functions which maybe transparent calls to Linux OS functions. Other functions that need to be implemented are; supporting networking status and configuration, sensor monitoring, log collection/protection/storage, and field escalation/service mode features. If you are interested and qualified in any of these openings, please forward your confidential resume to jspencer@optimaleng.com Please note, your resume will not go anywhere without your prior approval. Regards, John Spencer jspencer@optimaleng.com =====end===== - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDzZYvHl0iXDssISsRAhOrAJ9IslSUPlOjzguhTHlFvlCnNeHVYwCcDBfV CYxMc3jp5HPP/Rt0zssOtCs= =TyQA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----