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[JOB] Hardware Hacker w/ SW Experience, PARC

Contact mikek@parc.com (that’s me!) and I’ll pass your info on to Raj Apte, whose group this is for.  Also, feel free to pass this along.  And, fwiw, PARC is a great place to work.

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Mixed-Signal Design Engineer

PARC, a Xerox company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs®. Practicing open innovation, we provide custom R&D services, technology, expertise, best practices, and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, and government agencies and partners. We create new business options, accelerate time to market, augment internal capabilities, and reduce risk for our clients.

Since its inception, PARC has pioneered many technology platforms – from the Ethernet and laser printing to the GUI and ubiquitous computing – and has enabled the creation of many industries. Incorporated as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002, PARC today continues the research that enables breakthroughs for our clients’ businesses.

The Electronic Materials & Devices Laboratory is a group of physicists, material scientists, electrical engineers, and chemists who have demonstrated a history of innovation in the areas of silicon thin-film transistors, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and optoelectronics. Current research is focused primarily in the areas of printed organic electronics, MEMS, displays, amorphous and polycrystalline silicon systems, x-ray imaging, acoustic imaging, optoelectronic materials, devices and systems, and UV lasers. Our staff enjoys the opportunity to publish externally and engage in strategic research with a variety of partners, from start-ups to the Fortune 50.

We are seeking a mixed-signal design engineer to work with software and device engineers to build experimental and prototype systems. The successful candidate will be able to work independently and with a team to help design, fabricate, build, test, operate, and maintain experimental electronic systems for a broad range of interdisciplinary research efforts.

Specifically, the successful candidate will be capable of designing and testing :

1. low-noise power electronics
2. SOC, embedded controllers, and FPGAs
3. boot loaders, device drivers, or other APIs

Requirements:

B.S. or higher degree in engineering or experimental science.

Knowledge of electronic systems hardware design and firmware

Experience building electronic and mechanical fixtures and systems for experiments and prototype products.