Current Openings

Description:
A fast growing Semiconductor Distributor, is immediately looking for a field applications engineer to support their customers using Cavium Networks products. This is a high visibility, independent contributor position for uniquely qualified applicants.

In this position you will provide pre and post-sales technical support to customers using Cavium Networks products with a focus on enterprise/consumer networking and security applications. This includes presentation of technical material at customer meetings, demonstration of embedded networking/security products and software development tools. Must be adept at working with customers at all levels, technical discovery of customer needs, solution recommendations, and managing many customer engagements simultaneously.

Requirement:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering.
- 8+ years of work experience in the field of 32b and 64b microprocessors & integrated SoCs (Preferably MIPS, ARM, or PowerPC).
- Previous experience in either a technical support engineering or FAE role is desired.

- Knowledge or Experience in:
- Networking protocols, software, systems, and equipment.
- C programming, troubleshooting, performance analysis in embedded systems environment.
- OS internals, binutils and C libraries in Linux, UNIX, xBSD, VxWorks, or similar operating system
- GNU tool chain, gcc, gdb.
- Device Driver/API development.
- U-boot boot-loader porting.
- Common microprocessor architectures and assembly language programming.

Familiarity with:
- Network security (IPSec/SSL) and/or Layer 2-7 applications.
- Board bring-up practices.
- Debugging tools such as EJTAG debugger tools and other test equipment.
- High speed communications protocols and interfaces such as XAUI, SGMII, PCI-X, PCI-Express, Serial RapidIO, SPI4.2, Interlaken, DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM, etc.
- Datasheets and electrical / mechanical parameters.
- Ability to support and engage with customers from engineering to executive levels.
- Willingness to assist in both simple and complex technical problems.
- Organized, Self-driven and Customer focused.
- Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
- Diligent, detail-oriented, and willing to take initiative and handle assignments with minimal supervision. Inherent sense of urgency and accountability; able to multi-task in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Effective interpersonal, teamwork, and communication skills; able to interface internally and externally with all levels of the organization.

Applicant must be able to successfully work remotely, be able to contact and follow up with customers independently; sometimes cold calling. Must be able to cross sell other company products.

Location: San Jose, CA.

To apply for this position please submit an MS Word doc of your resume and put in the subject Job ID # 1772.