Set-Top Box Video Design Engineer

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:

The Conexant Systems Set-top box VLSI engineering team develops complex multimedia SoC ASICs and subsystems for set-top box applications in the satellite, cable, terrestrial, and IP markets. The candidate will be member of a VLSI design engineering and verification team with a focus on video processing IP design. The responsibilities will involve micro-architecture, RTL design, implementation and verification of the latest video processing algorithms. The designer will create complex designs using Verilog and construct a bit or cycle exact C simulation of the hardware architecture. The candidate will support IP integration, chip level verification, and firmware/software development with detailed design documents, HW simulation, and functional verification models.

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Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have a minimum BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering. They will have a good understanding of the IC development processes and experience in the design, verification and C modeling of VLSI hardware systems. They will be highly motivated, work well in a team environment and have good communication skills. In depth knowledge backed by on-the-job IC experience (4+ years) is required in some or all of the following areas:-Video scaling, image and digital signal processing-Graphics and video displays-Pipelined datapath logic and filter design-The entire ASIC design flow including architecture, Verilog RTL design, simulation, synthesis, and timing closure-C, C++, and/or System-C programming languages-Some scripting (shell scripts, TCL, perl, etc)