Staff Diagnostics MultiMedia Software Engineer

Be part of the world's most leading graphics accelerator team developing test applications for the functional and behavior verification of state-of-the-art graphics accelerators. This role is responsible for designing and implementing test plans, as well as analyzing and debugging the results.
Candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of related experience in the diagnostic or verification environments with emphasis on ASIC system-level testing. Please be sure your relevant experience is highlighted on your resume.
The candidate would be responsible for planning, designing, writing, debugging and optimizing functional and stress tests for Multi Media hardware IP.
Must be able to work with hardware architects and logic designers to solve functional issues, and customer support engineers to help resolve testing deficiencies.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
§  Develop diagnostics software to bring-up and validate ASIC features on both pre-silicon environment (FPGA, C-Model, Palladium) and post-silicon system (real ASIC and platform)
§  Participate in APU/GPU silicon bring up
§  Identify and help resolve ASIC, board and firmware issues, provide diagnostics support to external customers and internal engineering teams
 
REQUIREMENTS
§  B.Sc. or M.Sc. In EE or CS or equivalent is required
§  Good English required – verbal and written
 
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
§  A minimum of 3 years of experience on diagnostic, driver or embedded SW development and closely interact with HW designers
§  Strong mix of large-scale software development ability and hardware understanding
§  Proficient in C/C++ programming
§  Familiar with source controls systems like Perforce, SVN and Git
§  Familiar with Linux, knowledge and experience of device driver or firmware development is required
§  Hands-on experience with any of SoC/board bring up, video encoding/decoding is preferred.
§  Familiar with video processing and enhancement algorithms
§  Familiar with Video CODEC decode/encode, HEVC, H.264, VP8/VP9, VC-1, MPEG4,  SVC
§  Strong debugging and testing skills
Strong communication skills