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Principal Engineer, Developer Experience (DevEx)
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Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Principal Engineer, Developer Experience (DevEx)
Location: Hybrid / Remote Eligible
Why PlayStation
At PlayStation, we build the platforms and services behind some of the world’s most iconic entertainment experiences.
As our engineering organization grows, Developer Experience (DevEx) has become a strategic focus. We are investing in a unified, intelligent, and opinionated engineering ecosystem that enables teams to move faster, build with confidence, and focus on creating value.
This role helps shape how engineering is done across PlayStation.
The Role
We are looking for a Principal Engineer to lead Developer Experience (DevEx) at scale.
In this role, you will treat developer experience as a product—driving platform adoption, reducing friction across the software development lifecycle, and delivering measurable improvements in productivity, quality, and reliability.
You will work across organizations, partnering with senior engineering leaders to influence standards, platforms, and long-term technical direction.
What You’ll Do
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Define and drive the DevEx strategy across PlayStation.
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Own developer experience as a product, with clear roadmaps and success metrics.
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Identify and eliminate friction across the software development lifecycle.
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Drive platform-first adoption of CI/CD, testing, and lifecycle automation.
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Define and promote golden paths for building, deploying, and operating services.
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Lead the evolution of lifecycle automation platforms.
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Reduce tooling fragmentation through consolidation and strong defaults.
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Influence engineering practices to improve delivery speed, quality, and reliability.
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Partner with senior leaders to align DevEx investments with business priorities.
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Represent DevEx strategy in senior technical and leadership forums.
What We’re Looking For
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Experience leading large-scale platform, infrastructure, or developer productivity initiatives.
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Ability to influence engineering practices across multiple teams or organizations.
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Strong understanding of CI/CD, testing, deployment, and service operations.
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Experience balancing standardization with developer autonomy.
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Proven ability to translate technical strategy into measurable outcomes.
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Clear and effective communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Nice to Have
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Experience building internal platforms as products.
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Familiarity with developer portals (e.g., Backstage).
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Experience with application lifecycle management or automation at scale.
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Exposure to AI-assisted engineering or automation workflows.
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Passion for improving developer experience and engineering excellence.
Why You’ll Love This Role
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Shape how engineering is done at PlayStation.
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Impact thousands of developers and millions of players.
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Work on long-term, high-impact platform initiatives.
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Partner with strong technical leaders across the company.
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Turn developer pain points into durable, scalable solutions.
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights.
At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
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Exactera has offices in New York City, Tarrytown NY, San Diego, CA, London, and Argentina.
The Role
As Staff Data Engineer, you will provide senior onshore technical leadership for the data engineering team. You will own a defined slice of our centralized Databricks data platform with full accountability for decisions and delivery, serve as a technical counterpart to the Principal Data Platform Engineer, and drive architectural judgment and independent problem-solving as platform complexity scales post-migration.
This is a hands-on data engineering role focused on building and maintaining production pipelines, exercising architectural judgment on data modeling and pipeline design, and serving as the onshore escalation point and institutional knowledge backup for platform decisions.
The Business Challenge
We operate multiple product lines (Transfer Pricing, R&D Services, RoyaltyStat, Provisioning), each with distinct databases containing enterprise financial data—journal entries, general ledgers, and financial statements. Our immediate challenge is migrating multi-terabyte datasets from legacy systems to a unified Databricks lakehouse while establishing governance patterns that enable multi-product operations at scale. As the platform matures, the data engineering team needs senior onshore technical presence to drive architecture ownership and maintain platform quality.
What You'll Build
- Production Data Pipelines: Build and maintain production data pipelines within the patterns and governance established by the Lead Data Platform Engineer, ensuring reliability and performance at multi-terabyte scale.
- Data Modeling & Architecture: Exercise architectural judgment on data modeling, pipeline design, and platform usage—translating complex business requirements into scalable data solutions across our product portfolio.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Engage proactively with product and engineering stakeholders to translate requirements into data solutions, serving as the primary onshore technical point of contact for data engineering needs.
- Platform Quality: Drive platform quality through code reviews, testing practices, and engineering standards that ensure the team delivers reliable, maintainable data infrastructure.
- Knowledge & Continuity: Serve as onshore escalation point and institutional knowledge backup for platform decisions, reducing single-point-of-failure risk and building onshore technical depth as the platform scales.
Business Problems You'll Solve
- Multi-Product Data Delivery: Implement data pipelines that serve multiple product lines (Transfer Pricing, R&D Services, RoyaltyStat, Provisioning) with distinct data requirements, ensuring each product gets the data it needs reliably and on schedule.
- Legacy Migration Execution: Lead pipeline implementation for migrating multi-terabyte datasets from legacy systems to Databricks, working within the architecture defined by the Lead Data Platform Engineer.
- Onshore Technical Leadership: Provide the senior judgment layer the current nearshore team cannot—owning problems end-to-end, making independent architectural decisions, and mentoring engineers to raise the quality bar across the team.
- Cross-Team Coordination: Bridge the gap between product teams and data infrastructure, translating business requirements into data solutions and ensuring the data platform delivers on product commitments.
Required Experience
Core Data Engineering
- SQL, Python, and PySpark—production pipeline implementation and performance optimization
- Databricks experience—Delta Lake, Workflows, and Databricks SQL; Unity Catalog familiarity preferred
- 5+ years in data engineering with demonstrated ability to own problems end-to-end without close direction
- Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines at scale, including error handling, monitoring, and data quality validation
- Strong data modeling skills across structured and semi-structured data sources
Platform & Infrastructure
- AWS experience (S3, IAM, VPC) with ability to collaborate on infrastructure decisions
- Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform preferred)
- Familiarity with data governance patterns (Unity Catalog, data lineage, access controls)
Technical Leadership
- Demonstrated ability to exercise independent architectural judgment—not just ticket execution
- Experience mentoring or guiding junior and mid-level data engineers
- Strong written and verbal communication—able to document architecture decisions and engage directly with both technical and business stakeholders
- Onshore (US-based)—role requires timezone overlap, async-light communication, and direct stakeholder engagement
Preferred But Not Required
- Experience with financial data, accounting systems (NetSuite), or enterprise ERP platforms
- Background building pipelines that serve AI/ML workloads (preparing data for downstream ML consumption, RAG, and LLMs)
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks and compliance requirements for regulated industries
- Experience working alongside or transitioning from nearshore engineering teams
What We Offer
(The following only applies to US-based positions)
- A collaborative team culture with opportunities for career development.
- Ample opportunities to be recognized, build valuable skills, and grow your career.
- Generous vacation policy, including paid parental leave.
- Comprehensive health plans with FSA and HSA options.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Life and disability insurance coverage.
- Supplemental benefits like a dependent care savings plan, pet insurance, will preparation, and an employee assistance program.
About Us
At Exactera, a FinTech SaaS start-up founded in 2016, we stand at the intersection of human and machine intelligence. Our corporate tax solutions are powered by AI and cloud-based technologies, serving customers worldwide. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities for all.
What We Offer:
(The following only applies to US-based positions)
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A collaborative team culture with opportunities for career development.
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Ample opportunities to be recognized, build valuable skills, and grow your career.
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Generous vacation policy, including paid parental leave.
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Comprehensive health plans with FSA and HSA options.
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401(k) retirement plan.
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Life and disability insurance coverage.
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Supplemental benefits like a dependent care savings plan, pet insurance, will preparation, and an employee assistance program.
About Us:
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Principal Aircraft Electrical Engineer
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About Us
We’re a combat-tested group of engineers, operators, and entrepreneurs who believe America’s edge depends on autonomous airpower that’s trusted and deployable today not in 2040. Backed by tier-one investors, we’ve secured the runway - financial, regulatory, and literal - to move at startup speed while tackling a national-security mission that matters. We’ve structured the company for radical ownership: no silos, no “systems integrator” overhead, just tightly knit mission-focused IPTs that live and breathe the hardware and code they ship.
If you thrive where hard-tech ambition meets national-security urgency, you’ll build faster here than anywhere else. Let’s get after it.
Culture That Ships
- Strong Core Values, Startup Execution. Integrity, Service Before Self, Excellence, Honor, Courage, Commitment—powered by a bias for action and a “figure it out” mindset.
- Self-Starters Only. You’ll have clear objectives, a blank sheet of paper, and the trust (plus capital) to move fast. Bureaucracy stays out of your way.
- One Team, No Tourists. Whether you’re tuning a control law at 2 a.m. or heat-treating a Ti-6Al-4V spar, everyone sweats the details. We celebrate wins together and own failures together.
What’s In It for You
- Mission With a Pulse. Every line of code, bracket, or test you deliver expands the toolbox of the warfighter on Day 1 of a conflict.
- Resources Without Red Tape. VC speed + DoD customer pull: access to test ranges, flight hours, and operator feedback while retaining startup agility.
- Career-Defining Upside. Significant equity, best-in-class benefits, and the chance to see your product deliver in months, not decades.
What You’ll Do
- Design HV/LV power architecture (28 VDC & 270 VDC), including generation, conversion, and distribution.
- Create wiring diagrams & EWIS bundles per AS50881; run load-flow and failure-mode analysis.
- Ensure compliance with MIL-STD-704,-461, & DO-160G sections 16-19.
- Integrate autonomy compute racks with liquid-cooling or forced-air solutions.
- Support EMI/EMC test campaigns and lightning-indirect effects analysis.
What You Bring
- B.S. EE or similar; >7 yrs aircraft electrical-power-system design.
- CAD experience
- Proven record of integrating air vehicle power conversion and generation
- Proven record solving tricky grounding/noise issues on composite airframes.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Bonus Points
- Experience with high-voltage battery systems or hybrid-electric propulsion.
- DER or ODA UM Experience for EWIS.
Why You’ll Love Working Here (Compensation and Benefits)
Base Salary: $145,000 to 225,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Atropos's total compensation package. Additionally, Atropos offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
- Platinum Healthcare Benefits: Atropos offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with 100% employer-paid premiums and little to no cost to you
- Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Atropos, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents
- Unlimited PTO, with minimum of 15 days enforced
- 20 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting
- Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well
- Tuition and professional development reimbursement for STEM, MBA, and licenses
- Daily Lunch catered
- Company-funded child care stipend
- Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
- Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
- 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). 6% employer matching contribution
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Atropos is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Atropos team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone who is interested in disrupting the way the Department of Defense buys and operates unmanned weapon systems, please apply!
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Principal Propulsion Engineer, UAS Systems
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About Us
We’re a combat-tested group of engineers, operators, and entrepreneurs who believe America’s edge depends on autonomous airpower that’s trusted and deployable today not in 2040. Backed by tier-one investors, we’ve secured the runway - financial, regulatory, and literal - to move at startup speed while tackling a national-security mission that matters. We’ve structured the company for radical ownership: no silos, no “systems integrator” overhead, just tightly knit mission-focused IPTs that live and breathe the hardware and code they ship.
If you thrive where hard-tech ambition meets national-security urgency, you’ll build faster here than anywhere else. Let’s get after it.
Culture That Ships
- Strong Core Values, Startup Execution. Integrity, Service Before Self, Excellence, Honor, Courage, Commitment—powered by a bias for action and a “figure it out” mindset.
- Self-Starters Only. You’ll have clear objectives, a blank sheet of paper, and the trust (plus capital) to move fast. Bureaucracy stays out of your way.
- One Team, No Tourists. Whether you’re tuning a control law at 2 a.m. or heat-treating a Ti-6Al-4V spar, everyone sweats the details. We celebrate wins together and own failures together.
What You'll Do
- Own the Propulsion Architecture
- Lead engine selection and sizing trades
- Define propulsion system architecture including nacelle, mounts, fuel, controls, and thermal integration
- Tie propulsion performance to mission modeling and aircraft-level requirements
- Drive Aircraft-Level Integration
- Lead engine-to-airframe integration across structures, aerodynamics, avionics, and autonomy
- Define propulsion interfaces and manage integration risks
- Partner cross-functionally to retire vibration, thermal, and installation risks early
- Lead OEM & Supplier Engagement
- Serve as primary technical interface with engine OEMs
- Evaluate performance guarantees, integration constraints, and certification pedigree
- Ensure long-lead propulsion risks are proactively managed
- Enable Certification & Airworthiness
- Support FAA and/or military airworthiness compliance strategy
- Contribute to propulsion-related hazard analyses and safety documentation
- Help shape the path from experimental testing to certified operations
- Support Test & Validation
- Define propulsion ground and flight test instrumentation strategies
- Correlate models with test data
- Own performance validation against mission requirements
What You’ll Bring
- Deep Propulsion Expertise
- 10+ years of experience in aircraft propulsion or propulsion integration
- Experience integrating turboprop and/or small turbofan engines
- Strong understanding of engine performance, SFC, installation effects, and mission sizing
- Aircraft-Level Systems Thinking
- Experience leading propulsion integration on a clean-sheet or major derivative program
- Working knowledge of structural loads, vibration, thermal management, and FADEC integration
- Comfort operating at aircraft architecture level, not just component level
- Technical Leadership
- Experience interfacing directly with engine OEMs or Tier 1 suppliers
- Ability to lead trade studies and defend architecture decisions at design reviews
- Strong written and verbal technical communication skills
- Analytical Rigor
- Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, or similar tools
- Experience correlating analytical models with ground or flight test data
Bonus Points
- FAA Part 23 or Part 25 propulsion certification experience
- Military airworthiness or DoD program experience
- Experience with MBSE tools (e.g., Cameo)
- Experience integrating propulsion with autonomy or unmanned systems
- Flight test support experience
Why You’ll Love Working Here (Compensation and Benefits)
Base Salary: $165,000 to 245,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Atropos's total compensation package. Additionally, Atropos offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
- Platinum Healthcare Benefits: Atropos offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with 100% employer-paid premiums and little to no cost to you
- Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Atropos, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents
- Unlimited PTO, with minimum of 15 days enforced
- 20 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting
- Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well
- Tuition and professional development reimbursement for STEM, MBA, and licenses
- In-Office Daily Lunch catered
- Company-funded child care stipend
- Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
- Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
- 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). 6% employer matching contribution
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Atropos is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Atropos team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone who is interested in disrupting the way the Department of Defense buys and operates unmanned weapon systems, please apply!
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STR is hiring a Principal Software Reverse Engineer who has a passion for research and analysis of vulnerabilities in cyber physical systems. This opportunity will be part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers and engineers dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies with significant and immediate impact on our national security. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work at the nexus of computers and real-world physical systems. We believe that each employee has a unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives that are essential to providing our customers with innovative solutions. The skills listed below are representative of those needed for this role but are not the only acceptable set. If you see an overlap with your skills, go ahead and apply!.
Work must be performed onsite and Active Top Secret (TS) Clearance required.
What you’ll do:
- Reverse engineering complex software or firmware targets, ranging from typical Windows/Linux binaries to embedded firmware running non-traditional computer architectures and operating systems
- Developing and applying automated reverse engineering and binary analysis tools to characterize protocols, interfaces, and functionality of target systems
- Developing innovative cybersecurity solutions
- Leading multi-discipline teams to tackle challenging problems from a wide variety of technologies to develop innovative cybersecurity solutions
- Performing vulnerability weaponization, exploit development, payload development, and exploit mitigation on a variety of challenging targets
- Technical marketing to existing and potential customers
- Technical proposal development (idea generation, writing, reviewing, editing)
- Documenting, demonstrating, and presenting research
- Solving real world problems that have an impact on national security
Who you are:
- This position requires an Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by the U.S. Government.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field plus a minimum of 15 years relevant experience
(MS or PhD with equivalent work experience may also be considered) - Substantial experience leading technical teams on advanced reverse engineering and exploitation programs
- Experience with binary analysis of software/firmware
- Experience with disassembly tools, such as IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra
- Proficiency in multiple Assembly Languages: x86, ARM, etc.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C/C++, Python, etc.
- Deep understanding of reverse engineering fundamentals
- Experience in Vulnerability research and analysis
- Knowledge of weaponizing discovered vulnerabilities into exploits
Nice to haves:
- Implant or software patch development
- Familiarity with binary emulation or vulnerability research, including tools such as QEMU or AFL++
- Experience with DSP architectures, such as Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, NXP, or Analog Devices.
- Knowledge of operating system internals including memory/process/thread management
- Embedded systems or firmware analysis
- Experience development custom emulation tools to enable dynamic analysis
- Disassembler/decompiler module development
- Experience analyzing and reconstructing code/data flow
- Automated reverse engineering or software analysis tool development
- Experience debugging software without source code
- Knowledge of binary file structures and formats
- Experience analyzing protocols or message structures
- Knowledge of anti-reverse engineering techniques
- Knowledge of intrusion detection and anti-malware systems and techniques
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $204,000 - $284,000
The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.
STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at appassist@str.us and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.
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STR is hiring a Principal Software Reverse Engineer who has a passion for research and analysis of vulnerabilities in cyber physical systems. This opportunity will be part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers and engineers dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies with significant and immediate impact on our national security. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work at the nexus of computers and real-world physical systems. We believe that each employee has a unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives that are essential to providing our customers with innovative solutions. The skills listed below are representative of those needed for this role but are not the only acceptable set. If you see an overlap with your skills, go ahead and apply!.
Work must be performed onsite and Active Top Secret (TS) Clearance required.
What you’ll do:
- Reverse engineering complex software or firmware targets, ranging from typical Windows/Linux binaries to embedded firmware running non-traditional computer architectures and operating systems
- Developing and applying automated reverse engineering and binary analysis tools to characterize protocols, interfaces, and functionality of target systems
- Developing innovative cybersecurity solutions
- Leading multi-discipline teams to tackle challenging problems from a wide variety of technologies to develop innovative cybersecurity solutions
- Performing vulnerability weaponization, exploit development, payload development, and exploit mitigation on a variety of challenging targets
- Technical marketing to existing and potential customers
- Technical proposal development (idea generation, writing, reviewing, editing)
- Documenting, demonstrating, and presenting research
- Solving real world problems that have an impact on national security
Who you are:
- This position requires an Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by the U.S. Government.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field plus a minimum of 15 years relevant experience
(MS or PhD with equivalent work experience may also be considered) - Substantial experience leading technical teams on advanced reverse engineering and exploitation programs
- Experience with binary analysis of software/firmware
- Experience with disassembly tools, such as IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra
- Proficiency in multiple Assembly Languages: x86, ARM, etc.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C/C++, Python, etc.
- Deep understanding of reverse engineering fundamentals
- Experience in Vulnerability research and analysis
- Knowledge of weaponizing discovered vulnerabilities into exploits
Nice to haves:
- Implant or software patch development
- Familiarity with binary emulation or vulnerability research, including tools such as QEMU or AFL++
- Experience with DSP architectures, such as Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, NXP, or Analog Devices.
- Knowledge of operating system internals including memory/process/thread management
- Embedded systems or firmware analysis
- Experience development custom emulation tools to enable dynamic analysis
- Disassembler/decompiler module development
- Experience analyzing and reconstructing code/data flow
- Automated reverse engineering or software analysis tool development
- Experience debugging software without source code
- Knowledge of binary file structures and formats
- Experience analyzing protocols or message structures
- Knowledge of anti-reverse engineering techniques
- Knowledge of intrusion detection and anti-malware systems and techniques
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $204,000 - $284,000
The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.
STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at appassist@str.us and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.
Ready to apply?
Apply to STR
STR is hiring a Principal Software Reverse Engineer who has a passion for research and analysis of vulnerabilities in cyber physical systems. This opportunity will be part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers and engineers dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies with significant and immediate impact on our national security. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work at the nexus of computers and real-world physical systems. We believe that each employee has a unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives that are essential to providing our customers with innovative solutions. The skills listed below are representative of those needed for this role but are not the only acceptable set. If you see an overlap with your skills, go ahead and apply!.
Work must be performed onsite and Active Top Secret (TS) Clearance required.
What you’ll do:
- Reverse engineering complex software or firmware targets, ranging from typical Windows/Linux binaries to embedded firmware running non-traditional computer architectures and operating systems
- Developing and applying automated reverse engineering and binary analysis tools to characterize protocols, interfaces, and functionality of target systems
- Developing innovative cybersecurity solutions
- Leading multi-discipline teams to tackle challenging problems from a wide variety of technologies to develop innovative cybersecurity solutions
- Performing vulnerability weaponization, exploit development, payload development, and exploit mitigation on a variety of challenging targets
- Technical marketing to existing and potential customers
- Technical proposal development (idea generation, writing, reviewing, editing)
- Documenting, demonstrating, and presenting research
- Solving real world problems that have an impact on national security
Who you are:
- This position requires an Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by the U.S. Government.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field plus a minimum of 15 years relevant experience
(MS or PhD with equivalent work experience may also be considered) - Substantial experience leading technical teams on advanced reverse engineering and exploitation programs
- Experience with binary analysis of software/firmware
- Experience with disassembly tools, such as IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra
- Proficiency in multiple Assembly Languages: x86, ARM, etc.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C/C++, Python, etc.
- Deep understanding of reverse engineering fundamentals
- Experience in Vulnerability research and analysis
- Knowledge of weaponizing discovered vulnerabilities into exploits
Nice to haves:
- Implant or software patch development
- Familiarity with binary emulation or vulnerability research, including tools such as QEMU or AFL++
- Experience with DSP architectures, such as Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, NXP, or Analog Devices.
- Knowledge of operating system internals including memory/process/thread management
- Embedded systems or firmware analysis
- Experience development custom emulation tools to enable dynamic analysis
- Disassembler/decompiler module development
- Experience analyzing and reconstructing code/data flow
- Automated reverse engineering or software analysis tool development
- Experience debugging software without source code
- Knowledge of binary file structures and formats
- Experience analyzing protocols or message structures
- Knowledge of anti-reverse engineering techniques
- Knowledge of intrusion detection and anti-malware systems and techniques
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $204,000 - $284,000
The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.
STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at appassist@str.us and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.
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STR is hiring a Principal Software Reverse Engineer who has a passion for research and analysis of vulnerabilities in cyber physical systems. This opportunity will be part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers and engineers dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies with significant and immediate impact on our national security. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work at the nexus of computers and real-world physical systems. We believe that each employee has a unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives that are essential to providing our customers with innovative solutions. The skills listed below are representative of those needed for this role but are not the only acceptable set. If you see an overlap with your skills, go ahead and apply!.
Work must be performed onsite and Active Top Secret (TS) Clearance required.
What you’ll do:
- Reverse engineering complex software or firmware targets, ranging from typical Windows/Linux binaries to embedded firmware running non-traditional computer architectures and operating systems
- Developing and applying automated reverse engineering and binary analysis tools to characterize protocols, interfaces, and functionality of target systems
- Developing innovative cybersecurity solutions
- Leading multi-discipline teams to tackle challenging problems from a wide variety of technologies to develop innovative cybersecurity solutions
- Performing vulnerability weaponization, exploit development, payload development, and exploit mitigation on a variety of challenging targets
- Technical marketing to existing and potential customers
- Technical proposal development (idea generation, writing, reviewing, editing)
- Documenting, demonstrating, and presenting research
- Solving real world problems that have an impact on national security
Who you are:
- This position requires an Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by the U.S. Government.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field plus a minimum of 15 years relevant experience
(MS or PhD with equivalent work experience may also be considered) - Substantial experience leading technical teams on advanced reverse engineering and exploitation programs
- Experience with binary analysis of software/firmware
- Experience with disassembly tools, such as IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra
- Proficiency in multiple Assembly Languages: x86, ARM, etc.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C/C++, Python, etc.
- Deep understanding of reverse engineering fundamentals
- Experience in Vulnerability research and analysis
- Knowledge of weaponizing discovered vulnerabilities into exploits
Nice to haves:
- Implant or software patch development
- Familiarity with binary emulation or vulnerability research, including tools such as QEMU or AFL++
- Experience with DSP architectures, such as Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, NXP, or Analog Devices.
- Knowledge of operating system internals including memory/process/thread management
- Embedded systems or firmware analysis
- Experience development custom emulation tools to enable dynamic analysis
- Disassembler/decompiler module development
- Experience analyzing and reconstructing code/data flow
- Automated reverse engineering or software analysis tool development
- Experience debugging software without source code
- Knowledge of binary file structures and formats
- Experience analyzing protocols or message structures
- Knowledge of anti-reverse engineering techniques
- Knowledge of intrusion detection and anti-malware systems and techniques
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $204,000 - $284,000
The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.
STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at appassist@str.us and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.
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Senior Process Development Engineer - Instrument
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At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Process Development Engineer - Instrument who will play a pivotal role supporting the ongoing manufacturing, improvement, and reliability of our DNA sequencing instruments. This role is ideal for someone passionate about process development, continuous improvement, complex systems troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration. This role will report to the Associate Principal Engineer, Process Development and will be a San Diego based role.
If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this role.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Process Ownership & Development: Own key instrument manufacturing processes, driving capability, repeatability, and robustness
- Continuous Improvement: Identify inefficiencies and implement structured process improvements using DOE, SPC, lean principles, and data analytics
- Troubleshooting & Problem Solving: Lead investigations into complex manufacturing and system-level failures, performing RCA and implementing corrective/preventative measures
- Support the introduction of new products/processes into manufacturing involving optics, precision motion, fluidics, electronics, and/or system integration
- Supplier & Component Support: Partner with supply chain on supplier qualifications, component lifecycle management, and improvement initiatives
- Quality & Documentation: Create and improve SOPs, work instructions, validation packages, and ensure alignment with ISO/FDA-compliant systems
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline
- 5+ years of experience in process development, manufacturing engineering, or system engineering for complex instruments
- Hands-on experience in two or more areas: optics, precision motion/mechanics, fluidics, electronics, systems engineering.
- Proven capability in structured problem solving and technical troubleshooting
- Experience developing, validating, and improving manufacturing processes
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to drive decisions across multidisciplinary teams
- Familiarity with ISO 13485, FDA, or similar rigor of quality systems preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift to 20 pounds
Location:
- San Diego – on-site
Travel:
- Up to 5% - or as opportunity arises
Job Type:
- Full-time, Exempt
Base Compensation Pay Range:
- $116,000 - $152,000
In addition to base compensation noted above, you will be eligible for stock options, discretionary annual bonus, no cost health insurance plans, 401k with company match, and flexible paid time off.
Please note: Base compensation will depend on multiple factors, including geographic location, qualifications, and experience.
We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
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Principal Engineer, Physical Design
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About InnoPhase IoT
If you are keen to work with a bunch of brilliant people with various backgrounds, if you share the same value of working smart and celebrating successes, if you have enthusiasm for big technology in a small company, if your goals are to learn and experience different aspects of work--not just singing the same song every day, you’ll find your playground at Innophase IoT.
We are looking for people seeking AWESOMENESS! If you’re good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you’re the best at what you do, come work at Innophase IoT!
Overview of Role
As a Physical Design Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for the entire SOC implementation and verification flow from RTL-to-GDS that includes floorplan, place and route, CTS, STA, PV/EMIR/Noise/SigEM cleanup and signoff on lower power SoC. You will be joining a team of engineers dedicated to pushing the envelope for a leading fabless wireless semiconductor platform company specializing in extreme low power wireless radio solutions.
Location
- San Diego or San Jose, CA
Responsibilities
- Complete entire physical implementation of the block and chip level
- Perform synthesis and physical implementation steps – synthesis, floor-planning, power delivery, place&route, timing noise, physical verification, IR/RV.
- Collaborate with the SOC design team to drive architectural feasibility studies, develop timing, power, and area design targets, and explore RTL/design tradeoffs
- Analyze the quality of the floorplan and Customized Clock tree structure and Place & Route
- Implement ECOs for timing closure
- Signal EM/Noise and Power IR/EM analysis and fix
- DRC/LVS/ERC/ANTENNA analysis and clean up
- Timing verification and signoff
- Physical verification and sign off
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree or above in electrical/computer science engineering with 10+ years of industry experience, or bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer science engineering plus 15+ years of industry experience
- Strong experience in Power/Ground grids, Partitioning, Timing ECO implementation, and physical verification.
- The entire SOC implementation and verification flow from RTL-to-GDS that includes fullchip floorplan, place and route, CTS, and layout verification signoff on lower power SoC
- Netlist (or RTL)-GDS physical implementation experience
- In depth knowledge of major EDA tools/design flows
- Strong Cadence experience/background
- Experience with TSMC N22 or below technology
- Experience in chip integration and signoff
- Experience in Perl/TCL language programming
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong experience in Low-power implementation methodology
- Strong experience in Advanced timing signoff methodology
- Knowledge of DFT (BSCAN, MBIST, SCAN) and understanding of their impact on physical design flows
- Able to independently complete Netlist-GDS P&R, signoff task
- Proven record in multi-million gate design production tapeouts
We bring together the best in technology, drive innovation to create the best ULP wireless IoT solutions and user experiences in home, building and industrial automation and wearables.. We create career opportunities across a wide range of locations, disciplines and are at the forefront of change, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and solutions to our customers. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize the IoT industry and our goal to lead the future in technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at InnoPhase IoT.
It is key to unleash the potential in every employee, every team, every leader, and the company herself. We know employees perform best when motivated, appreciated and recognized, and can be themselves. We are committed to building a culture where every voice can be heard, everyone has room for growth and can make meaningful contributions. At the end of the day, we want success not just for the company, but also for everyone who believes in the company, the vision, and the future.
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About InnoPhase IoT
If you are keen to work with a bunch of brilliant people with various backgrounds, if you share the same value of working smart and celebrating successes, if you have enthusiasm for big technology in a small company, if your goals are to learn and experience different aspects of work--not just singing the same song every day, you’ll find your playground at Innophase IoT.
We are looking for people seeking AWESOMENESS! If you’re good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you’re the best at what you do, come work at Innophase IoT!
As a Sr. Staff/ Principal Digital Design Engineer, you will be working with a team of design engineers to develop novel SoC products for connectivity and communications. You will also be a key contributor to product definition and resulting detailed device performance and functional requirements specifications. In addition to delivering high quality digital solutions in the context of the product architecture, the team supports other disciplines with work product such as Verilog stimulus files, test benches for device bring up/characterization, test vectors for product manufacturing, etc.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to/review SoC specifications and architectures
- Front to back digital design and verification – RTL through physical implementation
- Hands on technical leadership
- Support schedule and resource planning
- Help define and socialize digital/system design, implementation methodologies and test strategies and flows
- Debug designs and provide timely closure
- Work with System, Software, RF, Analog, and Test teams and provide necessary support
Job Requirements
- MS/PhD EE/CS preferred
- 10 or more years of experience digital SoC development required
- Experience bringing highly integrated mixed signal SoCs to commercial mass production
- Experience with embedded systems, wireless protocols, power management, signal processing and standard digital interfaces
- Deep RTL design knowledge (Verilog/VHDL) and SystemVerilog, checkers, and other design verification techniques
- Deep knowledge of front-end tools (Verilog simulators, linters, clock-domain crossing checkers)
- Proven knowledge of synthesis, static timing, DFT and (Front to Back) F2B digital SoC design flow
- Experience with ATPG, fault grading, scan, BIST, DFT/DFM
- Proven knowledge of SystemVerilog assertions,
- Knowledge of languages such as C/C++, Perl, Tcl and Python
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Good skills and interest in mentorship
- Ability to foresee issues and design in flexibility and workarounds for both known and unknown unknowns
- Expert in RTL design and implementation (architecture and micro-architecture)
- Deep knowledge of front-end tools and flow - Verilog simulators, linters, synthesis, static timing, clock trees, power simulation, floor plan development, and power supply implementation
- Deep knowledge of system modeling and verification using System Verilog or System C
- Proven knowledge in acquiring and integrating 3rd party IP
- High speed logic design (GHz+) , and high speed clock distribution experience.
- Understanding of mixed signal concepts
Desirable Skills
- Experience with Cadence F2B design tools
- Experience with formal verification tools
- Able to work effectively with incomplete or changing requirements
- Good mentorship skills
- Strong knowledge of mixed signal concepts
- Focused, goal driven finisher
We bring together the best in technology, drive innovation to create the best ULP wireless IoT solutions and user experiences in home, building and industrial automation and wearables.. We create career opportunities across a wide range of locations, disciplines and are at the forefront of change, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and solutions to our customers. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize the IoT industry and our goal to lead the future in technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at InnoPhase IoT.
It is key to unleash the potential in every employee, every team, every leader, and the company herself. We know employees perform best when motivated, appreciated and recognized, and can be themselves. We are committed to building a culture where every voice can be heard, everyone has room for growth and can make meaningful contributions. At the end of the day, we want success not just for the company, but also for everyone who believes in the company, the vision, and the future.
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Apply to InnoPhase IoT