Focus Enhancements Work Values

Daily Duties at Focus Enhancements:

Worked in a mixed design team of RF and digital design engineers developing a UWB wireless chipset targeting the video and wireless USB markets. • Designed the transmit sequencer block for a UWB MAC. • Implemented a multi-layer AMBA bus architecture that included memory interface and mappings, USB and PCI integration and bring-up, ARM microprocessor selection and integration, and multiple smaller peripheral configurations and connections. • Performed all top level synthesis duties and worked with our back end vendor to get the chip signed off through the static timing analysis process. • Studied and implemented some of the latest low power design methodologies. • Wrote scripts for design and simulation automation. • Acted as main USB-IF liaison and worked to get prototype through the wireless USB certification process. • Designed engineering validation PCB for our wireless chipset.

What they like about Focus Enhancements:

A hiring company that offers alternative approaches to pay, performance bonuses, and/or equity in the firm is very attractive to you. You're generally less interested in working for an organization offering only traditional, salary-based compensation, one with limited opportunity to acquire equity in the firm, or one that does not actively promote skill development. In addition, you are more likely to choose a company that offers a variety of internal career options, with defined career paths. You view the learning of new skills and development of your expertise as key to your career advancement. These aspects of an organization may become even more important to you as you progress in your field, and are especially critical if you change career or occupation.

Tags

ASIC, IC design, RTL, verilog, VHDL, static timing snalysis, FPGA, synthesis

Skills

Digital Design, RTL coding, VHDL simulation, verilog simulation, logic synthesis, static timing analysis, C & C++ programming, perl scripting, lab characterization and debug, FPGA prototyping, unix shell scripting, SOC implementation with IP integration, USB, PCI, and packetized data analysis, ARM & Mips system architectures, JTAG, ATPG, BIST and scan insertion, ASIC design, AMBA bus interfacing, PCB design

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