Senior VLSI Design Engineer:

Join a team of highly creative development engineers working on the
latest technologies! Creative's Advanced Technology Center has an
immediate opening for a Senior VLSI Engineer. Eligible candidates
will have at least five years proven experience in all phases of
cost-effective, complex ASIC development for embedded and/or audio
signal processing systems. Particular expertise in the front-end
tasks of deriving system technical requirements from marketing
requirements, system performance and bandwidth analysis, and system-
level architecture specification are a must, as well as successful
leadership of the design of a major ASIC block and/or chip.

Requirements:

Min. BSEE plus five years experience in ASIC development
Proven ability to define and architect cost-effective ASICs for
embedded and/or audio systems
Ability to translate marketing requirements into cost-effective
silicon and firmware solution architectures
Familiarity with all aspects of VLSI development, from specification
to tapeout
Fluency in all phases of ASIC development from specification through
silicon verification
Outstanding analytical and critical thinking skills
Outstanding verbal and written communications skills
Ability to work effectively as part of a cross-departmental team
Ability to make HW/FW tradeoffs in order to satisfy competing
cost/performance requirements
Ability to assist in micro-architecture, coding, verification, and
methodology enhancement

Desirable Skills:

Experience in audio signal processing and knowledge of industry-
standard digital audio interfaces and standards.
Knowledge of state-of-the-art SoC design and verification.
Methodologies, including co-simulation and emulation.
Interface standards such as I2S, S/PDIF.
Leadership of a block or chip design is desirable.
Experience with Isochronous serial data protocols in USB 2.0/1394.
Experience with PCI/PCIX/PCI-express.

How to Apply: email to recruiter@creativelabs.com
call 831-430-1784 HR direct
fax 831-430-1725
mail:    Creative Advanced Technology Center
            1500 Green Hills Road
            Scotts Valley CA 95066