Cable Modem Product Applications Engineer (Hardware/Software)

Conexant’s innovative semiconductor solutions are driving broadband communications and digital home networks worldwide. The company has leveraged its expertise and leadership position in modem technologies to enable more Internet connections than all of its competitors combined, and continues to develop highly integrated silicon solutions for broadband data and media processing networks. The company’s semiconductor solutions are found in devices that connect personal access products such as PCs, set-top boxes, and game consoles to voice, video and data processing services over broadband and dial-up connections. They are also used by service providers to deliver broadband data, voice and video content to homes and business around the world. Conexant is a fabless semiconductor company that recorded more than $900 million in revenues in fiscal year 2004. The company has approximately 2,400 employees worldwide, and is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif. The company also has major operations in San Diego, Calif., Palm Bay, Fla., Red Bank, N.J., and in India. To learn more, please visit us at www.conexant.com

Position Description:

This position requires a BSEE, MSEE a plus, and a minimum of 7 years of hardware/software (embedded systems) development. A minimum of 2 years experience in hardware semiconductor applications engineering is preferred. Experience with digital modulation schemes, RF communication IC’s, networking protocols, and video Set Top Box products are essential. Skills, and duties, include hardware design, hardware support, IC debug, Hardware layout recommendations, and development kit and reference design support. This individual should be familiar with schematic capture and PCB layout tools, along with production layout issues for digital and RF systems. Individual should be familiar working with C, assemble, and a variety of RTOS’s. This individual must have experience working with customers in the early phases of development defining reference designs and development boards, as well as providing post-sales customer engineering support. Occasional travel for on-site customer support and trade show demonstrations is required.

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Qualifications:

Required Skills and Experiences • Perform Hardware design reviews for both internal and external customer designs. • Experienced with QPSK, QAM, and DVB-S2 Modulation Schemes.• Experienced with DVB-S2, DVB-C, ITU-J83B, and DOCSIS standards.• Knowledge of digital baseband demodulator layout and design issues.• Assist customer’s in debugging driver code related to the system cable modem interface.• Debug customer hardware & firmware issues and track the changes through engineering. Document appropriate ECN’s within engineering or outside engineering services companies. • Write appropriate documentation to support Conexant’s reference designs and development kits• Create HW/SW related customer support documents, application notes, and FAQ’s. • Work with Engineering to implement hardware/software release standards and track hardware/software revision history among customers who have Conexant’s development kits and reference designs.