Working at Magnum is the best of two worlds, a successful
international technology company with a strong established product
line and excellent long-term relations with recognized name-brand
customers, and a dynamic pre-IPO emerging-company environment, with
abundant opportunities for growth. Magnum offers attractive salaries
and a comprehensive benefits package.
Why take your talent and passion anywhere else?
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Sales Director, #1073
Magnum is currently seeking a Sales Director to join our team in Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for key accounts in the U.S. and Europe.
Industry Experience:
Sales management experience at the national level with long strategic selling cycles at VP levels
Prior demonstrated experience in the semiconductor or embedded software markets
Experience selling to Broadband Set-Top Box, Professional Broadcast; Video domain is preferred but will also consider High Speed Communication
Performance Skills:
Successful track record achieving design wins, measurable market share gain,
customer satisfaction and revenue growth;
Proven ability to create and manage
sales forecast
The ability to follow through on all commitments and execute to plan, creating
a sense of urgency leading to action, and driving the execution of critical
tasks;
Advanced communication skills - ability to change the thinking of, or gain
acceptance of others in sensitive situations; ability to manage controversial
situations, customer negotiations, and/or influence/persuade other senior level
executives;
Strong motivator, charismatic, action oriented and confident with
an entrepreneurial, creative and systematic approach to business and people
management;
Experience working effectively with a variety of international cultures
and manage limited number of direct sales reports and sales representativesTeam
oriented style;Passionate about the growth of the business and the team;
High level of personal and professional integrity;
A thorough understanding
of one or more of the company's markets and a demonstrated ability to adapt
readily to dynamic and demanding markets with rapidly emerging opportunities;
Proven ability to develop and manage direct reports and rep organizations
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, MBA a plus
We offer an attractive compensation plan, tremendous growth opportunity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1073, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Design Verification Engineering Manager to join our team in
Waterloo, Canada to lead verification activities on next generation Media Processor SoC, implementing the latest technology in audio/video processing, encoding/decoding and signal processing.
Job Responsibilities:
Create project verification
plans, track/report progress, help establish and implement verification
strategies, methodologies, and tape-out and sign-off checklists;
Hire and manage Verification
Engineers and contractors
Architect and implement
verification environment for complex blocks using advance Coverage Driven
Verification methods;
Participate in
establishing/implementing automated company wide flows
Work closely with Software to
carry out emulation-based chip bring-up
Lead Silicon bring-up effort.
Education/Experience:
BSEE/MSEE/PhDEE equivalent with at least 5 years full-time
experience in the relevant field
Solid background in VLSI design, Processor/System
architecture, Chip Verification flow. Experienced through the entire chip
design project from architecture to silicon debug multiple times
Experience with SOCs
Extensive Verification background
Solid programming skills, knowledge in C, OOP, HVLs,
Verilog, assembly
Capability of creating, tracking, managing project plans
and reporting progress
Experience in establishing and enforcing work flows
Experience in mentoring and managing engineers,
supervising contractors
Excellent analysis and problem solving skills
Independent work ethic to bring tasks to completion
Experience with Media processors a plus
Experience in Signal processing, including audio/video
processing and/or compression (H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1) a plus
Experience with System Verilog, Specman, ERM/URM/OVM
methodologies a plus
Experience with emulation platforms, Silicon Validation a
plus.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1009, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Design Verification Engineering Manager to join our team in
Milpitas, CA to lead verification activities on next generation Media Processor SoC, implementing the latest technology in audio/video processing, encoding/decoding and signal processing.
Job Responsibilities:
Create project verification
plans, track/report progress, help establish and implement verification strategies,
methodologies, and tape-out and sign-off checklists;
Hire and manage Verification
Engineers and contractors
Architect and implement
verification environment for complex blocks using advance Coverage Driven
Verification methods;
Participate in establishing/implementing
automated company wide flows
Work closely with Software to
carry out emulation-based chip bring-up
Lead Silicon bring-up effort.
Education/Experience:
BSEE/MSEE/PhDEE equivalent with at least 5 years full-time
experience in the relevant field
Solid background in VLSI design, Processor/System
architecture, Chip Verification flow. Experienced through the entire chip
design project from architecture to silicon debug multiple times
Experience with SOCs
Extensive Verification background
Solid programming skills, knowledge in C, OOP, HVLs,
Verilog, assembly
Capability of creating, tracking, managing project plans
and reporting progress
Experience in establishing and enforcing work flows
Experience in mentoring and managing engineers,
supervising contractors
Excellent analysis and problem solving skills
Independent work ethic to bring tasks to completion
Experience with Media processors a plus
Experience in Signal processing, including audio/video
processing and/or compression (H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1) a plus
Experience with System Verilog, Specman, ERM/URM/OVM
methodologies a plus
Experience with emulation platforms, Silicon Validation a
plus.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1030, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Senior ASIC Design Engineer to join our team in
Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for our new line of consumer application processors, all post RTL physical implementation activities up to netlist handoff - including synthesis, timing analysis, packaging, and test insertion. Responsibilities also include supporting P&R group with layout activities through tapeout and supporting PE group with silicon qualification and volume production.
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Senior ASIC Design Engineer to join our team in
Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for our new line of consumer application processors, all post RTL physical implementation activities up to netlist handoff - including synthesis, timing analysis, packaging, and test insertion. Responsibilities also include supporting P&R group with layout activities through tapeout and supporting PE group with silicon qualification and volume production.
U.S., Milpitas, CA: Senior Video Software Engineer, #1051
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Senior Video Software Engineer to join our team in
Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for video output pipeline of the video SOC, poly phase filter kernel calculations, horizontal scaling, vertical scaling, gamma correction, skin tone correction, video adjustments and field compare statistics for still detection, cadence detection and motion adaptive de-interlacing for our next generation solutions.
Education/Experience:
BSEE or above and at least 5 years of digital video
experience is required;
Understanding of elementary stream time stamps,
audio/video synchronization after video post-processing is a plus;
Strong C and embedded programming skills;
Detailed understanding of digital video and video
processing is a must.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1051, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Design Verification Engineer to join our team in
Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for architect and implementing coverage driven verification test-benches.
Education/Experience:
BSEE required, MSEE or PhD
preferred;
3 or more years experience in the relevant field
Solid background
in VLSI design, Processor/Sytem architecture, chip verification flow. The candidate should have gone through the entire chip design project from architecture to silicon debug at least once
Experience in C,
HVLs, verilog, Shell scripting. Experience in implementing Coverage
Driven Verification Methodology using HVLs such as System Verilog or
Specman. Shell/Perl scripting is required for process automation
Plus - Experience
in Digital Media Processors, DSP, Video processing algorithms, Standard
connectivity peripherals
Plus - Experience
in ERM/URM/OVM methodology
Plus - Python
scripting
Strong analytical
skills. The candidate is expected to be involved in simulation and silicon
debugging activities, which require strong problem solving skills
Should be
committed to take ownership and drive issues to resolution.
Job Responsibilities:
Reference Modeling
- Work closely with the Architect and software team to implement the model
from specification for score-boarding
Develop test-plan,
coverage plan and present verification reviews
Synthesizable
test-bench design
Flow automation
Test and Debug RTL
implementation
Participate in
post-silicon chip bring-up
Actively
participate in Architecture, Micro-Architecture reviews
Provide feedback
to design and architecture teams
Performance
Estimation and Analysis.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1029, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team in
Waterloo, Canada. The successful candidate will work with a small group of engineers to architect and develop embedded applications on Magnum Semiconductor's next generation media processor. Key applications include Magnum's industry-leading Professional multi-format video encoder and transcoder platforms as well as encoding and transcoding in Consumer devices, such as set-top boxes, PVRs and HD-DVD/BluRay recorders. You will be involved in the implementation of designs for leading consumer electronics and professional video equipment manufacturers. The group develops bootcode, inner loop assembly code and device drivers for a highly optimized and proprietary multi-RISC media processor. The group also develops middleware and application code, optimizing system and memory performance. Finally the group works on pre-silicon modeling and architecture as well as encode/transcode/display quality tuning. The group interacts daily with VLSI and Systems teams on a variety of topics including architecture, modeling, and various levels of debugging/verification. You will also be responsible for coordinating certain project activities within the group, and will have ownership of specific design areas.
Skills/Experience:
Solid real-time
embedded firmware and software design
Extensive C
programming experience required
Knowledge of real-time
operating systems
Linux/Unix
Capability of
taking on responsibility for a substantial portion of a project
Good analysis and
design skills
Independent work
ethic to bring tasks to completion
Two to five years
of full-time, non-co-op work experience.
The following additional skills
would be preferred but not required:
Assembly language
programming
Experience with
device drivers and/or consumer electronics
Signal processing,
including audio/video processing and/or compression (H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1)
Experience
debugging with oscilloscopes and/or logic analyzers
OOA/OOD.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1007, and click on:
Magnum is
currently seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our team in
Beijing, China todesign, develop and
support old and new features for customer platforms as well as reference systems.
Design, modify, develop, write and implement software programming
applications; responsible for multimedia systems-on-a-chip builds and the
configuration integrity of all production release software for the home
entertainment market; develop real-time multithreaded embedded systems; perform
audio & video compression and synchronization; develop core drivers and
services for high-performance multimedia hardware.
Education/Experience:
BSEE/CE/CS + 5
yrs. related exp. in hardware and/or software engineering
Fully proficient
in C development
Experience on
embedded systems
Experience with
real-time and video is a plus.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1032, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Hardware Engineer to join
our team in Beijing, China todesign multimedia I.C. products
including module specs & architecture, VHDL & Verilog RTL design,
block-level verification, logic synthesis, gate level simulation, system level
in-circuit emulation, chip bring-up & driver development.
Education/Experience:
MS in EE/CE/CS
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1037, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Hardware Engineer to join
our team in Beijing, China todesign multimedia I.C. products
including module specs & architecture, VHDL & Verilog RTL design,
block-level verification, logic synthesis, gate level simulation, system level
in-circuit emulation, chip bring-up & driver development.
Education/Experience:
MS in EE/CE/CS
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1038, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Design Verification Engineer to join
ourteam in Waterloo, Canada. The successful candidate will be
responsible for architect and implementing coverage
driven verification test-benches.
Education/Experience:
BSEE
required, MSEE or PhD preferred;
3 or more years
experience in the relevant field
Solid background
in VLSI design, Processor/System architecture, chip
Verification flow.
The candidate should have gone through the entire chip design project from
architecture to silicon debug at least once
Experience in C,
HVLs, verilog, Shell scripting. Experience in implementing Coverage
Driven Verification Methodology using HVLs such as System Verilog or
Specman. Shell/Perl scripting is required for process automation
Plus - Experience
in Digital Media Processors, DSP, Video processing algorithms, Standard
connectivity peripherals
Plus - Experience
in ERM/URM/OVM methodology
Plus - Python
scripting
Strong analytical
skills. The candidate is expected to be involved in simulation and silicon
debugging activities, which require strong problem solving skills
Should be
committed to take ownership and drive issues to resolution.
Job Responsibilities:
Reference Modeling
- Work closely with the Architect and software team to implement the model
from specification for score-boarding
Develop test-plan,
coverage plan and present verification reviews
Synthesizable
test-bench design
Flow automation
Test and Debug RTL
implementation
Participate in
post-silicon chip bring-up
Actively
participate in Architecture, Micro-Architecture reviews
Provide feedback
to design and architecture teams
Performance
Estimation and Analysis
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1008, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an
experienced Product Test Engineer to join our teamin
Shanghai, China responsible for
PTE functions for Domino and Magnum products.
Education/Experience:
BS in Electrical
Engineering (or related field) or equivalent experience
2+ years semiconductor
testing experience on Verigy’s 93000 SoC test platform
Credence Quartet
or Teradyne’s J750, Flex and Catalyst or other platform experience is a
plus
Solid background
in ATE testing, test methodology and mixed-signal testing experience
required.
Job Responsibilities:
Work with product
and design engineers to define test coverage and methodology and devleop
test program for new products
Cooperate with
design engineers to debug new products and characterize circuit
performance of digital/analog circuits
Responsible for
test time reduction and test program maintenance and optimization after
program release to production
Cooperate with
product engineers for yield enhancement and customer return analysis.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1002, and click on:
China, Shanghai: ARM System Firmware Engineer, #1043
Magnum is currently seeking an
experienced ARM System Firmware Engineer to join our team in
Shanghai, China focused on ARM CPU Drive, embedded OS design coding
including silicon validations.
Education/Experience:
BS in Computer
Science or Electrical Engineering
5+ years experience
in software development
Fluency in English
Very good at ARM
architecture, ARM coprocessor MMU, CACHE software development, ARM
assemblers
C, C++ programming
Experienced in
Linux ARM development
Hard working,
proactive and enthusiastic team player.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1043, and click on:
U.S., Milpitas, CA: Video Post-Processing Algorithm Engineer, #1013
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Video Post-Processing Algorithm Engineer to
join our team in Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will work with
a team of experienced scientists and engineers to develop algorithms and
proposals for video quality enhancements and video post-processing (VPP), VLSI
architecture algorithms and SoC architectures for video processing. You will apply
expertise in state-of-the-art multi-format video compression technology,
including processing techniques and simulation tools in a multiprocessing
environment with full exposure to the entire product development cycle, from
algorithmic development, implementation, verification and customer
satisfaction.
Education/Experience:
PhD or Masters Degree in EE/ECE or Computer Science with
3-5 years of experience
Experience in Video Post-Processing development is a must;
Proficient in C/C++, Perl
Operating System: Linux/Unix, Windows;
The candidate should have 3-5 years of practical
experience developing algorithms and hardware architectures for VPP
including:
Anamorphic Scaling
2-2 Cadence Detection
Mixed Film/Video
De-interlacing
Improved Directional Filter
Cross Color Suppression Filter
Improved Motion Detection
Decisions
Filtering of Motion Maps
Noise Reduction
Edge Enhancement (sharpness
circuit)
Gamma Corrections
Mosquito Noise Reduction
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1013, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced
Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join our team in Milpitas, CA.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing world class embedded
systems software for our next generation AV codec chip sets.
Education/Experience:
BSEE or above and at least 5 years of experience with real time embedded
system software development is required
Strong C and embedded systems programming skills
Strong experience with RTOS, device drivers and system software
Strong knowledge of linux device driver and multi process communication
is a big plus
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Understanding of audio/video streaming is a plus
Knowledge of oscilloscope and logic analyzer is a plus
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1070, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to
join our team in Waterloo, Ontario. The successful candidate will
manage a team of engineers to develop embedded applications on Magnum Semiconductor’s
industry-leading next generation Professional encoder/transcoder platform. You will
be involved in the implementation of designs for leading professional broadcast
and Set Top Box manufacturers. The group develops bootcode, inner loop assembly
code and device drivers for a highly optimized and proprietary multi-RISC media
processor. The group also develops middleware and application code, optimizing system
and memory performance. Finally the group works on pre-silicon modeling and architecture
as well as encode/transcode/display quality tuning. The group interacts daily with
VLSI and Systems teams on a variety of topics including architecture, modeling,
and various levels of debugging/verification. You will also be responsible
for coordinating certain project activities within the group, and will have ownership
of specific design areas.
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or
equivalent)
7-10 years software developer experience
Solid real-time embedded firmware and software design
Extensive C programming experience required
Knowledge of real-time operating systems (VxWorks, embedded Linux, others)
Linux/Unix
Good analysis and software design skills
Coaching and mentoring of projects in the execution of Software related
activities, including:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer to join
our team in Waterloo, Ontario. The successful candidate will be responsible
for the Quality assurance and configuration management of Magnum Semiconductor's
Professional Broadcast encoders, decoders, and transcoders. You will work
closely with the software engineers to develop and implement a test plan for each
standard product, as well as develop scripts to perform automated testing.
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering and at least two to
five years of full-time, non-co-op work experience
Solid real-time embedded firmware and software testing ability
Emphasis on testing methodology and building a framework for test
C/C++ programming experience required
Experience in scripting languages (Perl, Python, Ruby)
Knowledge of real-time operating systems
Linux/Unix
Capability of taking on responsibility and growing a team
Good analysis and design skills
Independent work ethic to bring tasks to completion
Experience with consumer electronics is a plus
Signal processing, including audio/video processing and/or compression is
a plus
Job Responsibilities:
Review requirements and design documents
Coordinate testing activities for assigned projects
Create, maintain and execute automated test scripts for assigned projects
Run automated test scripts and prioritize report problems in bug repository
Follow up on reported issues in the bug repository
Run Automated regression testing scripts on internal releases
Work with the development staff to resolve software testing issues
Consult with product managers and developers to determine software requirements
Develop strong knowledge and understanding of the products assigned
Provide QA resource estimates
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1071, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking a Director of Corporate Marketing
to join our team in Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will
be responsible for developing and executing marketing programs that will enable
our company to succeed in its chosen markets. The Director is responsible for leading
and coordinating all marketing communications, public relations, and customer marketing
efforts, including branding & positioning, corporate web site, directing market campaign
programs, corporate and product marketing collateral and management of corporate events.
Primary Responsibilities:
Drive all public relations and marketing communications strategy and tactics.
Develop and execute company's strategy for building, managing, and measuring
the effectiveness of the company's brand positioning.
Corporate Marketing will organize product launches and determine timing, location, messaging etc.
Drive all aspects of direct marketing activities including on-line and print.
Develop and implement measurement and metrics for evaluating programs.
Work with all tiers of the sales organization to drive revenue generating marketing programs.
Effectively co-manage lead generation and qualification processes w/sales. Monitor and
report on closed-loop lead generation processes, utilizing company CRM and ERP systems.
Manage web properties and facilities for key content delivery, sales support
and messaging including sales tools.
Manage outside agency(ies), drive the company's PR plan, including media and
analyst relations, feature stories and byline articles, speakers bureau and awards programs.
Ensure all marketing communications messaging and print collateral is consistent
with established branding goals.
Responsible for development of corporate, product, industry, and channel marketing
collateral including corporate brochures and promotional communications.
Responsible for overseeing corporate events planning efforts.
Responsible for customer marketing (referencing programs, seminars events, case studies etc.).
Manages the corporate communications spending to meet departmental goals,
ensure expenditures do not exceed budget guidelines and estimates, and demonstrate value (ROI).
Ability to travel approx 25% domestic and international.
Education:
12+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience. Must be a strong leader
with excellent communication and people skills.
Candidates should be well versed in a wide range of demand creation and lead
generation techniques, direct/campaign marketing, customer and executive-level events and advertising.
Strong understanding of and experience in managing key marketing communications
activities (brand identity and positioning, PR, promotions and advertising, corporate
marketing collateral development, product marketing collateral development, communications
quality control, and corporate events planning and management).
Bachelor's, MBA a plus
We offer an attractive compensation plan, tremendous growth opportunity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1077, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Sr. Manager or Director of Marketing
to join our team in Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for
definition of the entire software stack for Advanced STB products which includes but
not limited to IPTV, Cable, and Satellite based services. Responsible for working
closely with major STB vendors and forming partnerships with 3rd party SW developers
to interface with a variety of Middleware, Applications and Security/DRM software stacks.
Participate in standards activities, conferences, and tradeshows and promote Magnum SW
architecture for xcoding technology.
Primary Responsibilities:
Identify software requirements for each class of STB products (Hub and Client)
for multi-room DVR applications;
Define and present Magnum SW solutions and roadmap to key players of STB/
Broadcast Ecosystem (Service providers, STB vendors, 3rd party SW developers);
Conduct competitive analysis of STB silicon providers and their software solutions;
Work closely with each major STB vendor and ensure flawless execution of the
software deliverables;
Ability to travel regularly within and outside of the U.S.
Education:
MSEE / MBA desirable;
Knowledge of software and hardware STB platforms and understanding software
and applications trends for STB products is essential;
Ability to work with 3rd party developers to influence product definitions,
forming strategic alliances to expedite applications SW development is a key;
Highly technical, experience with Semi, Software, having worked at Set Top
Silicon companies or Set Top Software companies;
Working as a software developer or an architect in a STB company is a plus;
IPTV experience is preferred.
We offer an attractive compensation plan, tremendous growth opportunity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1080, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Product Marketing Manager to join our
team in Milpitas, CA. Reporting to the Broadcast Marketing Director, the Product
Marketing Manager will be responsible for Magnum's complete line of Broadcast Products.
At Magnum, Product Marketing Managers play a key role and have full responsibility
for their product lines including program management. You will be responsible for
continuously gathering and updating market, product and competitive data and you
will be responsible for regularly managing the short and long term forecast and ensuring
customer satisfaction. You will define new Broadcast products and support the lifecycle
from concept to EOL.
The successful candidate will support the efforts of the Sales Team to manage
the customer and life-cycle including: market assessment, target account selection,
business review, technical review, competitive analysis and training. You will provide
direction to sales on targeted customers and criteria for selection of new opportunities.
You will help Sales in the discovery process as needed and drive opportunities to closure.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced marketer or a senior engineer already
in the broadcast space desiring a change into marketing. Some Broadcast experience
is required, preferably in the video production or video serving space.
Education:
BA/BS or equivalent.
Strong knowledge of the Broadcast industry, the key suppliers and the key
requirements.
5+ plus years of high-tech product management and/or engineering experience
in the pro video industry.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills. Can quickly correlate
data from multiple sources into a coherent document, for example Product Requirement
documentation, Product Briefs, Datasheets, and Press Releases.
Must be able to communicate well with customers and vendors world-wide.
Ability to ask the right questions "read between the lines" and extract necessary
information about customer needs and competition.
Works extremely well with cross-functional groups managing multiple projects
simultaneously. Communicates needs clearly and efficiently and knows when and
how to escalate issues.
Must work well with Sales to develop and close deals and then support the
customer. Provide presentations, documentation and other tools to support Sales.
Hands on experience marketeering or engineering video product or broadcast systems.
Solid knowledge of MPEG-2 and H.264.
Direct experience with a variety of digital video production equipment is desirable.
Ability to travel 20-30% domestic and international.
We offer an attractive compensation plan, tremendous growth opportunity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1081, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Product Marketing Engineer to join our team in
Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing marketing collateral and reference platforms for Magnum’s flagship products while providing tactical support to the field sales team.
Primary Responsibilities:
Preparation of marketing collateral (data sheet, errata, technical manual, reference design development kit, schematics, design guide and user manual) for Magnum products
Track bug fix and errata status of Magnum products
Preparation of reference platform
Define requirement by consolidating customer/market requests
Write Platform Requirement document including ROI, development kit collaterals and Platform Development Schedule for approval
Work with System group to coordinate development plan
Be hands on to provide system demonstration to customers
Provide Tactical support to Field Sales Team
Prepare customer proposals and presentations
Feature and schedule negotiation with the field and manage customer expectation
Coordinate with Engineering to provide response to customer
Take a support role on BOM, performance, and competitive products analysis
Education:
BS EE, CS, or related field, Master’s a plus
5+ years of technical product marketing in video related and System-on-a-chip semiconductor
Must have prior experience in bringing new chips to the market particularly in preparation of market collateral and reference designs
Prior system development experience on reference designs like STB, DVD Player/Recorder or DVB/ATSC related products
Strong presentation and verbal skills, extensive interaction with customers, sales, and engineering
Fluent in Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Visio
Prior experience (2 years) with H.264 technology and related applications a plus
Field application experience in DVB, Set-top Box, DVD Playback /Recorder related products a plus
Working knowledge of digital video systems including DVD, DVB PVR, DVB STB, MPEG, H.264
Good understanding on H.264 profile, level and features
Embedded system bring up and development environment
Embedded software for consumer electronics with Nucleus and Linux OS
Digital Television Broadcast Standards: DVB; ARIB (Japan), ATSC (US) a plus
Familiarity with DVB system, middleware and system requirement a plus including. TNT, Free view, MHEG and Digital Gemstar
Ability to travel up to 25% both domestic and international
We offer an attractive compensation plan, tremendous growth opportunity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1095, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Product Marketing Engineer to join our team in
Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing marketing collateral and reference platforms for Magnum’s flagship products while providing tactical support to the field sales team.
Primary Responsibilities:
Analysis on BOM, performance, and competitive products
Coordination of demonstration and reference platforms
Create marketing collateral (technical literature / customer presentations) for product launch
Provide tactical support to Field Sales Team
Support of customer proposals and responses
Work with engineering to help manage customer/business issues
Education:
BS EE, CS, or related field, Master’s a plus
5+ years of product marketing
2+ years of direct semiconductor SoC experience
Solid analysis and written communication skills (generate basic marketing literature), including creation of spreadsheets
Strong presentation and verbal skills, extensive interaction with customers, sales, and engineering
Working knowledge of digital video systems including DVD, Blu-ray, MPEG, H.264
Digital Television Broadcast Standards: DVB, ISDB, ATSC
Home Networking: DLNA, UPnP, USB, 802.11
Embedded software for consumer electronics
Foreign language is a plus (Japanese, Mandarin, Korean)
Ability to travel up to 25% both domestic and international
We offer an attractive compensation plan, tremendous growth opportunity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1096, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking a highly motivated Director of Software Quality to join our team in
Milpitas, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing existing QA processes, test methodologies and QA metrics, making recommendations for continuous improvement while collaborating with the software development team to establish release processes and code management.
Primary Responsibilities:
Establish QA methodologies and process improvements to ensure software
quality.
Develop test strategy, test plan, test cases, hands on test execution,
defect management, metrics management.
Work with customers QA group to review test plan, methodology and process.
Conduct reviews with software development teams and customers after
completion of projects.
Manage offshore teams located in disperse geographic locations.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s Computer Science, Master’s a plus, or equivalent experience.
12+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience.
Expertise in Software Quality Assurance, Release Methodology and Test
Automation.
Experienced in managing a large number of complicated software QA projects
and releases.
Experienced in applying SOA process for real-time applications on consumer
electronics device.
Background in code-development is a plus.
Successfully established and managed QA/Test groups in multiple locations.
Must be a strong leader with excellent communication and people skills.
We offer an attractive compensation plan, tremendous growth opportunity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
For immediate consideration, please reference Job Req #1098, and click on:
Magnum is currently seeking an experienced Design for Test (DFT) Architect/Engineer
in Milpitas, CA to define and implement the DFT and Design for Debug (DFD) hardware on our next generation Media Processor SOC. This SOC will embody the latest techniques in audio/video processing, encoding/decoding, signal processing and silicon technology. In addition, this candidate will have broad DFT responsibilities encompassing both legacy and future generations of consumer as well as professional media processing chips.
Job Responsibilities:
Define and implement the DFT and DFD architecture of next generation Media Processor
Implement techniques for maintaining the integrity of various content protection schemes in the presence of DFT structures
Deploy test compaction techniques
Implement Memory BIST using commercial tools, but ensure that power and control overhead is minimized
Adapt DFT techniques for low power
Comprehend and adapt DFT techniques for Physical design issues
Research and deploy analog testing techniques for a multitude of analog IP
Implement techniques for exploiting DFT structures for silicon debug
Support legacy products by interacting with Product and Test group
ATPG and functional vector generation
Advanced fault modeling and delay test generation for 65 nm and beyond
Job Requirements:
Self motivated individual with a strong mix of technical and analytical skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to operate in both individual and team environments
Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (MS or PhD preferred)
Very strong technical background (university work a plus) in
