Postion Available: Part-Time Senior FPGA Video Design Engineer

The Company

BDTI is a small company that has a big impact on the electronics industry.

BDTI provides independent, hands-on analysis and benchmarking of processors and other technology for embedded processing applications—especially digital-signal-processing-based applications. To quote the Vice President of Engineering of a top-10 semiconductor company, “BDTI’s benchmarks and analysis are the gold standard.”

BDTI also provides specialized engineering services to help our clients build leading-edge products. We focus on ultra-high-performance software for applications like audio, video, and wireless communication. Recently, we have begun to focus on computer vision applications.

At BDTI, engineers have the opportunity to influence the direction of the industry—BDTI’s analysis often drives key business decisions by companies that make electronic systems, chips, tools, and algorithms. And at BDTI, engineers have the opportunity to do challenging, hands-on work with an exceptionally wide range of chips, tools, and applications. Check out the BDTI customer list and you will see many leading-edge companies developing next generation video, audio, multimedia and other DSP-centric technologies where squeezing the maximum performance from a processor is critical.

The company was founded in 1991 by U.C. Berkeley faculty and researchers.

The Job

We are seeking an experienced self-starter and team player with at least five years’ industry experience implementing video processing algorithms on FPGAs.  

• You must have experience with the entire design flow, from reference code to a tested FPGA implementation  
• Knowledge of video interfaces, such as HDMI, is a plus
• Experience implementing processors within FPGAs is also a plus
• Strong written and oral communications and organizing skills are required, as is an ability and willingness to juggle multiple assignments, adapt to fast-changing circumstances, and do what it takes to get the job done

In this position, your responsibilities will include the implementation and evaluation of a variety of video processing algorithms.  In some cases these implementations will be used for evaluating chips or tools.  In other cases they will be part of product development projects.

The types of algorithms may include:

• Video compression algorithms (including proprietary and standards such as H.264)
• Computer vision / video analytics algorithms
• Video display enhancement algorithms
• A variety of other DSP-intensive algorithms

In addition to implementation and evaluation of algorithms, you will perform analysis to explain the strengths and weaknesses of chips, algorithms, and tools. You will also advise our clients on how to improve their chips, tools, and algorithms.

Some of the unique opportunities provided by this position include:

• Honing your expertise on a wide range of video-processing architectures, tools, algorithms, and applications
• Working on a variety of assignments—not just the same project month after month
• Being exposed to cutting-edge technologies, often months or even years before they are publicly introduced
• Influencing the direction of future chips and tools by providing product designers with feedback on their products’ strengths and weaknesses
• Interacting with senior technical and business people (such as chief architects and marketing directors) at many of the most important technology companies worldwide
• Working with top-notch colleagues 

To be successful in this position, you must be able to manage multiple concurrent assignments, with multiple deadlines.

This is a part-time, contract position.

If interested, send your resume, with cover letter, to:

Personnel
Berkeley Design Technology, Inc.
2101 Webster Street, Suite 1850
Oakland, CA 94612

email: recruiting@BDTI.com
fax: +1 510 451 1885

With your resume, please submit a cover letter that highlights skills and experiences that qualify you for this position.

Please, no phone calls.