Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:15:05 -0700 From: "Jeff Goodwin (jegoodwi)"
jegoodwi at obvious

Dear Prof. Adnan,

Please find the attached job description for the intern position we
have open.

Best regards, Jeff

Education Qualification:  (state minimum required and preferred)

B.S.  Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Preferred: M.S. Computers Science or Electrical Engineering

Work Experience:  (state minimum required and preferred)

Required: __2 or more years doing embedded systems software
development. Preferably on embedded Linux.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Description:

Job Description: Your primary task is to take a unit-tested embedded
solution, which has been tested on either another hardware platform
or a simulated environment, and port it to a different/new hardware
platform. This porting process may involve different levels of
integration and customization. In addition to working with the BSP
(Board Support Package), you may need to modify the drivers and other
system software during the integration process. You will also be
required to develop functional modules for the purpose of
customization.

Qualifications:

Overview and Objective:  To be part a part of a team with the market
leader in providing broadband networking equipment to service
providers. To be a significant contributor to providing embedded
software for this equipment, by systematically porting and
customizing embedded software solutions to various hardware
platforms, and developing market leading features to maintain and
extend our lead position.

Experience Required: 5+ years of embedded and network software
development
                                                                                                                
Education: Bachelor degree or above, Masters is preferred.

Programming Language: Experience in C and C++ is required. Candidates
must have experience with object-oriented modeling and software
design, and embedded systems development.

OS Platforms: Experience in either VxWorks or embedded Linux is
required. Embedded Linux experience is preferred.

Networking Knowledge: Candidates must understand the functionality of
OSI Model, and TCP/IP stack protocols.  Must be capable of developing
network applications using the standard socket interface.  Must have
knowledge of protocol stack design and decoding, state machines,
operating system primitives.

Voice Knowledge: Candidates must have experience doing customization
and development of SIP and MGCP based protocols.  Work with TR-104 is
a plus.

Hardware Knowledge: Must understand the basic concepts of interrupts,
I/O, DMA, Flash operation, and interrupt handler routines.
Driver-writing experience is preferred but not required.

About Linksys:

Founded in 1988, Linksys, a Division of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
CSCO) is the recognized leader in Voice, Wireless and Ethernet
networking hardware for consumer, SOHO and small business users.
Linksys is dedicated to making networking easy and affordable for its
customers, offering innovative, award-winning products that
seamlessly integrate with a variety of devices and applications.
Linksys provides award-winning product support to its customers. For
more information, visit www.linksys.com.