Altera hiring for hardware accelerated networking systems with FPGA experience

Altera is looking for a recent and/or experienced college grads who have worked with hardware accelerated networking systems using soft processors and hardware in FPGAs. If you've had any experience with the netfpga project (http://www.netfpga.org), this is ideal to getting your foot in the door for this particular position. The position is described below along with a link to apply. Its an exciting and growing time for Altera...

http://tbe.taleo.net/na3/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=altera&cws=1&rid=1087

As an Embedded Applications Engineer for Altera’s embedded solutions, you will be responsible for the following:

· Application development using Altera’s Embedded solutions highlighting product features

· Supporting Regional Support Centers and Field Application Engineers on escalated customer issues for Altera’s embedded products

· Writing technical documentation such as user guides, tutorials, application notes for key features and applications of these products

· Developing internal technical training material on our embedded solutions and products

· Providing product planning and enhancement feedback to engineering

The successful candidate’s minimum qualifications will include the following:

· BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

· Experience with embedded hardware and real-time software applications on processors such as Nios II, MIPs, or ARM

· Experience with networking protocols, hardware acceleration, and multi-threaded processing using network processors (NPUs)

· Excellent interpersonal and written/oral communication skills

· VHDL and/or Verilog skills required

· C/C++ skills required

· Familiarity with other programming languages such as Java, Perl, Tcl