Telegent Systems represents a breakthrough opportunity for handset makers, carriers, and broadcasters.
Careers
Telegent Systems is a leading fabless CMOS semiconductor company providing high-performance, single-chip solutions enabling worldwide free-to-air and subscription mobile TV in mobile handsets, portable devices and consumer electronics. Telegent's solutions make television mobile, delivering both analog and digital broadcast reception with unparalleled sensitivity and picture quality in mobile environments, ultra-low power consumption, and the highest integration simplifying mobile device design and manufacture. We are looking for exceptional candidates for the following positions:
» Principal/Staff Systems Engineer
» Mixed-Signal Verification Engineer
» Logic Design Engineer
» Digital Verification Engineer
» Multimedia Software Engineer
» Software Development Engineer
» Software QA Engineer
» Senior Test SW Development Engineer
» Director Product Test Engineering
» Principal RF Test Engineer
» Operations Hardware Technician
» Hardware Field Applications Engineer
» Senior Hardware Application Engineer
» Applications Hardware Engineer
» Applications Hardware Engineer - Board Design
» Characterization Engineer
» Product Marketing Engineer or Manager
» Marketing Communications Manager
» European OEM Director
» North America OEM Director
» Business Development Director for Brazil
» Business Development Director for Mexico
» Business Development Director for Africa
» Sales Director, Taiwan
» Senior Network Engineer/Systems Administrator
» China Controller
To apply for the positions listed, please email your resume to:
careers@telegent.com
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Principal/Staff Systems Engineer
(full-time position in communications systems design, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Job Responsibilities
- Developing algorithms for a digital television receiver -- these may include: mode detection, acquisition and tracking of OFDM symbol window, acquisition and tracking of carrier and sampling frequency offset, estimation and equalization of multipath fading channels, soft-decision decoding of bit-interleaved convolutional codes, tolerance of co-channel and adjacent channel interference, etc.
- Testing the performance of these algorithms by simulation in C++ and MATLAB.
- Reducing the algorithms to finite precision and communicating a specification to digital hardware designers.
- Generating test vectors to verify the design.
- Assisting in the bring-up and verification of hardware in the lab.
Job Requirements
- MSc (with 3 years relevant work experience) or PhD in Electrical Engineering
- Solid understanding of the fundamentals of signal processing and communication theory
- Experienced in simulation of communication systems in C/C++ and MATLAB
- Strong analytical skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work independently
Would be beneficial
- Experience with OFDM systems for wireless applications
- Solid understanding of multi-carrier communications, timing/carrier recovery, convolutional codes, Reed-Solomon codes, channel estimation and equalization, wireless channel modeling
- Direct experience in the implementation of chips for DVB-T, ATSC, or other wireless systems
Mixed-Signal Verification Engineer
(full-time position in VLSI design, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Job Description
- Develop behavioral models in Verilog-A and Verilog-AMS of analog and mixed-signal circuit blocks.
- Implement DSP algorithms in Verilog.
- Verify functionality of design blocks with both analog and digital components.
- Code and automate test bench regressions.
Required Skills
- Experience with Verilog.
- Strong background in mathematics.
- Experience with Cadence tools, including Composer-Schematic Editor, ncvlog, and ncelab.
- Experience with writing makefiles and unix scripting.
- Strong communication skills.
Desired Skills
- Experience with Verilog-A and Verilog-AMS.
- Understanding of DSP algorithms.
- Understanding of basic analog and mixed-signal circuits.
- Experience with Matlab/Simulink.
Education and Work Experience
BSEE with 2 years experience or MSEE or equivalent.
Logic Design Engineer
(full-time position in VLSI design, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Required Skills
- Capable of converting to Verilog a high level specification written in English.
- Capable of converting to Verilog an algorithm written in C, C++, or Matlab.
- Working knowledge of verification techniques such as SystemVerilog, System-C, code coverage, etc.
- Willingness to work in small teams (possibly as small as one) and willingness to contribute in all aspects of the design cycle if and when necessary.
- Basic lab skills. Working knowledge of FPGA based prototyping. Viterbi, FFT, etc).
Desired Skills
- Strong Perl skills.
- Solid understanding of basic DSP blocks (such as filtering, Viterbi, FFT, etc).
- Working knowledge of television standards (such as NTSC, ATSC, etc) preferred but not required.
- Has had ownership for sizeable subsystem and preferably overall chip.
Education and Work Experience
BSEE or MSEE (preferred) +3 years experience.
Digital Verification Engineer
(full-time position in VLSI design, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Required Skills
- Capable of verifying large, DSP centric designs.
- Capable of verifying designs with embedded CPU's and sizeable firmware and host side software.
- Has worked with at least one design in excess of one million placeable instances.
- Experienced with Verilog, SystemVerilog, and C.
- Willingness to work in small teams (possibly as small as one) and willingness to contribute in all aspects of the design cycle if and when necessary.
- Willingness to work with design engineers to build up conceptual understanding and to identify portions of designs that are not adequately tested.
- Willingness to gather and iteratively improve code coverage.
- Experienced with gate level, annotated simulation environments.
- Experienced with SystemC and Testbuilder.
Desired Skills
- Experience with Spyglass and Cadence tools preferred.
- Knowledge in DSP algorithm preferred, NTSC, DVB-T, MPEG.
- Strong Perl skills.
- Knowledge in FPGA implementation, Chipscope, FPGA prototyping or Hardi.
Education and Work Experience
BSEE or MSEE (preferred) +3 years experience.
Multimedia Software Engineer
(full-time position in location: Sunnyvale, CA)Job Description
Develop and verify embedded code applications for real-time audio and video decompression. Responsible for embedded firmware verification and development for video products. Involves embedded system programming, typically in C/C++ languages. Position requires knowledge and exposure to software and hardware design.
Required Skills
- Knowledge of video/audio compression standards (MPEG2, MPEG4, H264, WMV, AAC etc).
- Working knowledge of audio and video systems.
- Experience of programming in C, C++.
- Familiarity with hardware-software integration and debugging methodology.
- Experience in Linux operating systems.
- Good knowledge of scripting languages (Perl/TCL, shell).
- Eager to learn new technologies.
Education and Work Experience
BS EE/CS
Software Development Engineer
(full-time position, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Responsibilities:
This is a position for a Principal SW engineer. The candidate should be a self-starter who can work with other engineers and marketing to help define, develop and deliver a system solution for our silicon products.
Requirements:
- Strong leadership skills with a minimum of 7 years in developing embedded drivers in semiconductor companies.
- Deep understanding of embedded systems architecture and OS theory.
- Fluent in C. C++ and Assembler a plus
- Familiarity with X86, ARM or Tensilica processors.
- Extensive experience developing embedded products for the Consumer Electronics or Multi-media marketplace.
- Extensive background in creating a product and taking it through its full lifecycle.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Proven experience in working well cross-functionally.
- Strong knowledge of development process, bug tracking tools, revision control tools.
- Experience with HW tools such as logic analyzers, JTAG/ICE.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Desired:
- Linux driver and Windows driver experience (SDIO and USB a plus).
- Knowledge of Windows Multimedia (e.g.DirectX, DirectShow, Direct3D).
- Experience with digital TV standards such as DVB-T, DVB-H, TDMB.
- Experience with Analog TV standards such as PAL, NTSC, SECAM.
- Experience with Cellphone, PDA development.
- Experience with MPEG-2 TS, Demux, A/V Decode.
- Experience with MPEG4/H.264 Decode.
- Experience with low level communication protocols such as I2C and SPI.
Software QA Engineer
(full-time position, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Responsibilities:
- Work within QA team to develop verification plan to obtain Windows certification.
- Mainly responsible for software testing at a "Blackbox" level by developing test plans and test procedures and exercising software products from the end users' point of view.
- Verify product functionality based on a specific feature set and submit test reports and defect entries regarding discovered issues.
- Based on specific skills, be able to move testing to a more automated form of application.
Requirements:
- Understanding of the user experience in both the Vista and XP windows environment.
- 5+ years of blackbox test experience developing and executing test plans.
- Able to work independently and have good communication skills.
- Familiar with standard sofware development lifecycle methodologies.
- Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Computer Science related field or equivalent experience.
Desired:
- Experienced in testing embedded system devices with Windows-based host and mulitmedia applications.
- Understands the Microsoft driver certification process.
- Understands some test scripting and automation techniques and methodologies.
Senior Test SW Development Engineer
(full-time position in Software QA, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Job Description
Telegent Systems is looking for a Senior Test SW Development Engineer with experience in testing embedded systems and Microsoft certification process for Windows XP/Vista third-party drivers in multimedia environment. The candidate should be a self-starter who can work with other engineers to develop and deliver Windows driver solutions for our multimedia products.
Responsibilities
- Test and integrate Windows multimedia drivers and DirectShow filters for our silicon products.
- Work within the QA team to develop verifications plan to obtain Windows certification.
- Work with engineering and marketing to identify product QA specs and create customer acceptance test plans.
- Develop integration and system test plan for embedded systems and Windows- based host drivers.
- Work as point of contact for customer support and sales engineers.
Required Skills
- 5+ years experience in QA Application testing in Windows XP/Vista environment.
- Experience in Microsoft Windows Application Certification Process.
- Experience developing test automation framework under Windows using Visual Studio.
- Experience in System Integration testing for multi media applications with MS Windows Media Center.
- Experience in C, C++ and Perl programming languages.
- Able to work independently.
- Familiar with standard software development lifecycle methodologies.
- Good communication skills.
Desired Skills
- Experience testing embedded systems devices with Windows-based host with multimedia applications.
- Experience testing and QA Windows USB and HID drivers.
- Experience with a/v compression technologies such as MPEG2, MPEG4, and H.264.
Education and Work Experience
Bachelor’s degree or better in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree.
Director Product Test Engineering
(full-time position in Engineering Operations, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Job Description
The Director Product Test Engineering is a key liaison and interfaces with management, design, product development and test functions for off shore fabless semiconductor manufacturer. He/she will work with design, process and test engineering to prioritize, identify and implement key testing processes to support key product development and product releases. This position will be responsible for development and attraction of key talent within as well as provide the necessary guidance and/or training as the company strives to achieve BEST IN CLASS in Test Programs. This position will report to the Vice President Engineering Operation and will have the visibility of upper management.
Required Skills
- Must have ten or more years experience in Test Development Engineering for CMOS mixed signal and RF semiconductor manufacturer.
- Minimum of 5 years supervising and managing a technical team.
- Practical experience with product and test workflows.
- Knowledge and experience with new product development and products in semiconductor manufacturing operation.
- Experience with ATE platforms (Verigy and Teradyne).
- Must have familiarity with DFT, DFM, BIST, ATGP and SCAN methodologies.
- A thorough understanding of project management and demonstrate a track record of release products per timelines.
- The candidate must have the ability to communicate well, diagram and present quality reports and work with site managers to improve their program release strategy.
- Must possess strong project management, team-oriented and management skills.
- Be able to interface and share best practices within the PE/TE management and community.
Desired Skills
- Experience with mobile and/or wireless technology.
- Experience with broadcast television technology NTSC, PAL, SECAM, DVB-H and DVB-T.
Education and Work Experience
BSEE required, MSEE preferred.
Principal RF Test Engineer
(full-time position, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Responsibilities:
- Develop ATE RF SOC test programs for advanced RF receivers and related products.
- Develop and implement test plans on ATE from device specifications.
- Be the technical lead for RF test development
- Characterization and production RF receiver parameters
- Generate device characterization test programs on ATE.
- Work with the Product Engineering group to enhance production yield and reduce cost.
- Correlate device parameters between bench and ATE measurements.
- Debug and optimize matching networks for ATE Hardware.
- Interface with Design Engineering to understand and resolve device characterization issues.
- Transfer test solutions to subcontract manufacturers and provide necessary support to subcontractors.
Requirements:
- Experience developing SW/HW for RF SOC products on ATE platforms.
- Experience developing & debugging test capability for RF receiver parametric tests.
- Noise Figure, BER, Phase Noise, VCO and PLL testing.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills as well as strong verbal and written communication skills required.
- Semiconductor industry manufacturing environment experience required.
- Self motivated, highly organized professional capable of working with minimum supervision.
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required + 5 years experience with ATE test development and manufacturing or equivalent experience.
Desired:
- Extensive experience with Verigy PortScale ATE systems.
- Experience with video transmission standards NTSC, PAL, DVBT, CMMB.
Operations Hardware Technician
(full-time position, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Responsibilities:
- Work with Test Engineering development to replicate and debug ATE load boards after initial designs are released to production.
- Work with Test engineers to help maintain uptime of ATE production hardware including ATE load boards and production test sockets.
- Work with Test and Product engineers for data collection of ATE device programs for production release, correlation, and repeatability.
- Work with QA engineers to help run and collect qualification data with ATE programs.
Requirements:
- Basic electrical component, circuit schematic knowledge, and hardware debugging skills.
- Proven soldering skills with small surface mount components and microscope soldering.
- Good working knowledge of PC and Unix/Linux operating systems.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills as well as strong verbal and written communication skills required.
- Self motivated, highly organized professional capable of working with minimum supervision.
- AS in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required +1 years experience with ATE test and manufacturing or equivalent experience.
Desired:
- Experience with ATE test system software is a plus. (Teradyne Catalyst and 93K)
- Experience with semiconductor production test sockets.
- Understanding of basic statistical analysis.
- Experience with Orcad or Allegro software is a plus.
Hardware Field Applications Engineer
(full-time position in Field Applications Engineering, location: Taiwan)Provide hardware support to customers integrating Telegent products into their designs.
Job Responsibilities
- Work closely with customers during initial evaluation, design integration and ongoing manufacturing phases.
- Troubleshoot RF analog and digital design issues at the component level.
- Establish close technical relationships with customer teams to ensure quick and efficient resolution of issues.
- Identify and analyze all reported customer issues, and solve technical issues to the extent possible.
- Work closely with the entire customer team, including Sales, Program Management, and Applications Engineering.
- Escalate, as necessary, critical customer issues and provide timely warning of issues that need attention.
Job Requirements
- Excellent trouble-shooting skills.
- Experience with the operation of a variety of laboratory equipment: signal generators, multimeters, and equipment suitable for RF testing (Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzer).
- Experience with OrCAD schematics and PADS tools, or equivalent ones.
- Organized, self-starter, team player, excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Previous board-level electronic design experience is beneficial.
- Previous experience in a direct customer support role is beneficial.
- Previous experience with any of the following is beneficial: Digital or Analog video standards, mobile video applications, tuners, cellular and/or laptop applications.
Education and Work Experience
- BSEE with 3 years experience or MSEE with 1 year experience.
Senior Hardware Application Engineer
(full-time position, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Responsibilities:
- Develop and evaluate applications and demo boards for RF IC products.
- Develop reference designs.
- Communicate with customers via phone, email and provide help and assistance to customers on the evaluations of RF ICs.
- Provide help and assistance to customers with implementation of RF ICs into customers' products.
Requirements:
- Knowledge of analog / digital communications systems theory.
- A system perspective with a component-level understanding.
- Knowledge of schematics and layout tools (i.e. OrCAD, PADs).
- Experience with high frequency board design up to 3GHz.
- Knowledge of OFDM is a plus.
- Layout experience is a plus.
- Experience with Analog and RF Test equipment (i.e. spectrum analyzers, network analyzer, etc.)
- Good trouble shooting skills and the ability to strictly follow a schedule.
- Ability to effectively interact and communicate with others.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience with multi-cultural teams.
- 3 years or more of directly related experience.
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.
- Mandarin speaking is preferred.
Applications Hardware Engineer
(location: Sunnyvale, CA)Responsibilities:
- Develop reference designs (matching networks, board-level RF filters, etc.) and conduct performance optimization of the overall system, as well as providing help and assistance to customers with implementation of reference designs into customers' products.
- Perform detailed RF parametric measurements such as NF (noise figure), IP2/IP3, CTB, CSO, phase noise, and spur analysis. Drive debug plan surrounding these measurements.
- Characterize and evaluate antenna performance for various mobile TV products.
- Work with partners to develop antenna solutions for broadband wireless products.
Requirements:
- RF and mixed-signal systems testing and debug (minimum 5 years experience).
- Matching network design and antenna interfacing issues.
- Knowledge of antenna performance for rf and broadband systems (TV systems preferred).
- Knowledge of broadcast TV (over-the-air and cable) a plus.
- Experience with analog and RF test equipment (i.e. spectrum analyzers, network analyzer, etc.) as well as common RF measurements such as noise figure, IP2 / IP3, CTB, CSO, XMOD, phase noise, and spur analysis.
- A system perspective with a component-level understanding.
- Ability to work independently and drive projects from start to completion.
- Good trouble shooting skills and the ability to strictly follow a schedule.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience with multi-cultural teams.
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.
Desired:
- Knowledge of broadcast television (over-the-air and cable, analog and digital) systems a plus.
- Familiarity with PCB schematic and layout tools (PADS, Protel, OrCAD, etc.) a plus.
- Knowledge of analog / digital communications systems theory a plus.
Applications Hardware Engineer - Board Design
(location: Sunnyvale, CA)Responsibilities:
- Design, bring-up, test and debug of applications and demo boards (PCBs) for integrated RF IC system-on-chip products (with a focus on RF tuner, video and audio subsystems).
- PCB design includes both schematic and layout RF tuner, video and audio subsystem.
- Develop reference designs (matching networks, board-level RF filters, etc.) and conduct performance optimization of the overall system, as well as providing help and assistance to customers with implementation of reference designs into customers' products.
Requirements:
- RF, mixed-signal, and digital board design (minimum 5 years experience).
- Experience should include all phases of PCB design including: Gathering of requirements, component selection, schematic design, high frequency layout and management of fabrication & assembly house.
- Knowledge of schematics and layout tools (i.e. OrCAD, Protel, PADs).
- Experience with high frequency board design up to 3GHz.
- Understanding of signal integrity and power integrity issues.
- Experience with lab test equipment (multimeters, scopes, etc…) and especially analog and RF test equipment (spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, etc.).
- A system perspective with a component-level understanding.
- Good trouble shooting skills and the ability to strictly follow a schedule.
- Ability to effectively interact and communicate with others.
- Experience with multi-cultural teams.
- Ability to work independently and drive projects from start to completion.
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
Desired:
- Broadband RF Experience and/or experience with over-the-air and cable TV systems a plus.
- Ability to do RF systems design (such as matching networks and antenna interfacing).
Characterization Engineer
(full-time position, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Responsibilities:
The candidate will characterize leading-edge SoCs so as to ensure that all Telegent products released to the field meet the highest standards.
Requirements:
- Min 3 yrs of system characterization experience for SoCs with understanding of device characterization, board development and QA.
- Ability to work across many disciplines with practical hands-on experience.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Strong analysis skills, independent thinker, self-starter, proactive.
- Good team player with mindset to move things forward.
- Familiarity with device specification and parameters is required.
- Experience in test and characterization system development.
- Understanding of test equipment and interfacing to the equipment.
- Experience with at least 2 of the following: Matlab, Labview, C++ and/or Perl.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Desired:
- Experience with Consumer Electronics, Settop box, analog/digital video and audio, RF characterization.
Product Marketing Engineer or Manager
(full-time position in Marketing, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Summary
Product management of video receiver products. The person will be responsible for lifecycle management and customer engagement and support. Drive design-wins into production and high-volume success. Coordinate product related activities, actions, and messaging externally and internally among development teams.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage the product lifecycle including datasheets, PCNs, presentations, competitive analysis, collateral, etc.
- Contribute to the definition of business plans, marketing strategy, and own forecasts for assigned products. Maintains status of customer requirements for existing and future products.
- Promote Telegent products to customers; analyze opportunities to find sockets for Telegent products in customer products and applications.
- Direct Sales and Distributors to identified sockets and enable and assist them to win designs.
- Direct the efforts of the customer team including sales, distributors, and applications.
- Intermittent international travel is expected.
Education and Work Experience
- BSEE with 5 years experience.
Marketing Communications Manager
(full-time position in Marketing, location: Sunnyvale, CA)Job Description
The Marketing Communications Manager, reporting to the VP Corporate Marketing, will work to position and promote Telegent and its solutions to the handset manufacturer, operator and consumer markets.
Responsibilities
- Manage external marketing, design and production resources.
- Manage participation in trade events.
- Manage creation of Web site content, image and video resources.
- Coordinate writing and production of white papers, contributed articles, presentations and product briefs.
- Create sales materials and manage marketing/sales intranet, including communication to the marketing and sales teams regarding available content.
- Manage collateral definition, creation, production and distribution.
- Support internal marketing initiatives as well as marketing needs across global regions.
- Define and manage consumer branding strategy.
- Contribute to the overall marketing plan.
Required Skills
- 3-5 years experience in corporate marketing, experience in telecommunications and field marketing a plus.
- Exceptional writing and communication skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of graphic design and printing processes.
- Prior success with consumer branding campaigns.
- Prior success with event and logistics management.
- Proven track record of on-time deliverables.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively cross-functionally and in teams.
- A self-starter with the willingness and desire to "roll up your sleeves" and get the job done.
- Preference for working in a fast paced and entrepreneurial environment.
- International and market research experience a plus.
Education and Work Experience
- BA/MBA
European OEM Director
(full-time position, location: Scandinavia)Job Responsibilities
- Lead business development, marketing and sales efforts with NOK.
- Devise and implement global business development, marketing and sales strategy for NOK and SE, including:
- Develop business opportunity with NOK and SE: develop, support, coordinate and follow up on discussions with NOK and SE execs in all appropriate areas of their organization HQ marketing, R&D, engineering strategy, etc, local sales and marketing execs worldwide, ODMs, etc.
- Ensure Telegent executives worldwide have a coordinated approach towards NOK/SE.
- Gather intelligence on formal and informal decision making process at customer, as well as product requirements, and competitive situation and craft and communicate a marketing and sales plan to address them.
Required Skills
- Entrepreneurial track record.
- Sales track record in similar context (semiconductor and/or new socket and/or complex product and/or new market, etc), preferably with NOK or SE as a customer and/or strong network within NOK or SE (e.g., former exec).
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills.
- Business judgement and ability to interact effectively and establish relationships with senior management of large corporations.
- Track record of coordinating and working with complex, global teams.
Desired Skills
- Strong network/connections with NOK mobile device unit.
- Capable of leading business and technical discussions.
North America OEM Director
(full-time position, location: Chicago/Libertyville)Job Responsibilities
- Lead business development, marketing and sales efforts with Motorola.
- Devise and implement global sales strategy for Motorola, including:
- Develop business opportunity in multiple fronts within the organization (HQ, local sales and marketing execs, MOT ODMs, etc.).
Required Skills
- Entrepreneurial track record.
- Sales track record in similar context (semiconductor and/or new socket and/or complex product and/or new market, etc.), preferably with MOT as a customer and/or strong network within MOT.
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills.
- Business judgement and ability to interact effectively and establish relationships with senior management of large corporations.
- Track record of coordinating and working with complex, global teams.
Desired Skills
- Strong network/connections with Motorola Mobile Devices unit.
- Capable of leading business and technical discussions.
Business Development Director for Brazil
(full-time position, location: Brazil)Job Responsibilities
- Lead business development, marketing and sales and the establishment of Telegent operations in Brazil.
- Engage operators, broadcasters, and government to promote Telegent's mobile TV solutions (our customers and potential customer products).
- Develop business opportunities for our current and potential customers with Brazilian handset distributors and retailers.
- Develop relationships with local sales, product and marketing leaders of Tier 1 OEMs to market and promote Telegent solutions.
- Support local PR, advertising and co-marketing efforts.
- Establish Telegent operations in Brazil.
Required Skills
- Fluent in Portuguese and entitled to work in Brazil.
- Entrepreneurial track record.
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills.
- Business judgement and ability to interact effectively and establish relationships with senior management of large corporations.
- Sales and business development track record in Brazil or LatAm.
Desired Skills
- Strong network/connections with the Brazilian mobile operators and/or Tier 1 OEM local organizations and/or broadcasters and/or handset distributors and/or retailers.
- Fluent in English.
- Fluent in Spanish.
Business Development Director for Mexico
(full-time position, location: Mexico)Job Responsibilities
- Lead business development, marketing and sales and the establishment of Telegent operations in Mexico.
- Engage operators, broadcasters, and government to promote Telegent's mobile TV solutions (our customers and potential customer products).
- Develop business opportunities for our current and potential customers with Mexican handset distributors and retailers.
- Develop relationships with local sales, product and marketing leaders of Tier 1 OEMs to market and promote Telegent solutions.
- Support local PR, advertising and co-marketing efforts.
- Establish Telegent operations in Mexico.
Required Skills
- Fluent in Spanish and entitled to work in Mexico.
- Entrepreneurial track record.
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills.
- Business judgement and ability to interact effectively and establish relationships with senior management of large corporations.
- Sales and business development track record in Mexico or LatAm.
Desired Skills
- Strong network/connections with the Brazilian mobile operators and/or Tier 1 OEM local organizations and/or broadcasters and/or handset distributors and/or retailers.
- Fluent in English.
Business Development Director for Africa
(full-time position, location: Africa)Job Responsibilities
- Lead business development, marketing and sales and the establishment of Telegent operations in Africa.
- Engage operators, broadcasters, and government to promote Telegent's mobile TV solutions (our customers and potential customer products).
- Develop business opportunities for our current and potential customers with handset distributors and retailers in Africa, with emphasis on South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt.
- Develop relationships with local sales, product and marketing leaders of Tier 1 OEMs to market and promote Telegent solutions.
- Support local PR, advertising and co-marketing efforts.
- Establish Telegent operations in Africa.
Required Skills
- Fluent in Russian and entitled to work in Africa.
- Entrepreneurial track record.
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills.
- Business judgement and ability to interact effectively and establish relationships with senior management of large corporations.
- Sales and business development track record in Africa.
- Capable of reading and writing English fluently.
Desired Skills
- Strong network/connections with the African mobile operators and/or Tier 1 OEM local organizations and/or broadcasters and/or handset distributors and/or retailers.
Sales Director, Taiwan
(full-time position, location: Taiwan)Responsibilities:
- Account management responsibility for Taiwan-based accounts, with a primary focus of driving Telegent revenue at wireless and PC ODM/OEM’s, design houses and contract manufacturers. Secondary focus is driving Telegent penetration of adjacent/new market segments.
- Responsible for managing Telegent’s distribution relationships.
- Responsible for driving Taiwan revenue and meeting quarterly and annual revenue quotas.
- Responsible for securing design wins for Telegent products at target Taiwan accounts and ensuring design wins get to production. Responsible for coordination of technical resources supporting accounts (FAE, etc).
- Responsible for customer satisfaction of Telegent accounts in Taiwan.
- Share responsibility for Telegent success at Global Accounts who use Taiwan ODM’s – even though purchase of Telegent components may occur elsewhere.
- Responsible for successful coordination and teamwork with Telegent marketing, business development and other Telegent sales personnel whose accounts use Taiwan ODM’s or CM’s.
- Share responsibility with Taiwan HQ’ed accounts who conduct R&D, engineering and manufacturing in mainland China. Must work cooperatively with Telegent China team.
- Responsible for on-time and accurate submission of forecasts, weekly reports, design win progress reports, expense reports, etc.
Requirements:
- 10 years or more of relevant/successful Taiwan semiconductor sales or business development experience with companies and product lines focused on the mobile phones and/or the notebook computer market. Or, similar experience in the same market segments on the device side in either product marketing or engineering management.
- Good general understanding of the end markets for mobile phones, notebook computers and consumer electronics.
- A history of doing business with and evidence of success in closing business and building relationships with Taiwan’s top mobile phone ODM’s (Compal, ChiMei, Foxconn/Foxlink, HTC, Arima, etc) and/or Notebook PC ODM/OEM’s (Acer, Quanta, Asus, Foxconn, Inventec, MSI, Wistron). Demonstrated good contacts and good relationships at the senior engineering and executive management levels of these companies.
- Technical degree preferred (BSEE/equivalent) or demonstrated equivalent technical skills. MBA a plus, as is some level of understanding of Mobile TV.
- Some level of management experience supervising a small sales team or
mixed team of sales/field application engineers.
- A history of growing a Taiwan team and hiring best-in-class employees is a plus.
Desired:
- Good spoken and written English and Mandarin communication skills.
- Design win/Socket creation abilities. Demonstrated success in design win selling and supporting a customer engagement from design in to production. Success in getting “greenfield” technologies designed in at an early stage – such as NFC, FM or Bluetooth in Mobile Phones or fingerprint systems in notebook PC’s – is especially desired.
- Solid technical skills. Knowledge of Mobile TV helpful, but demonstrates the capability of first and second level customer engagements without the need of an FAE for technical support (in other words, can engage accounts and conduct design win selling activity without consistently requiring FAE or factory technical assistance).
- Understands the forecasting process and demonstrates knowledge of how
to triangulate forecast data to aid in getting forecast accuracy
- Example: Triangulating a customer forecast with other key component vendors like the antenna supplier or the crystal supplier to validate the customer is providing consistent forecast data.
- Demonstrated ability to keep track of competitive activity, understand competitive strengths and weaknesses and possess a knack for acquiring competitive info for engineering and marketing to evaluate.
- Good conceptual selling skills (solutions selling capability) – can
communicate value propositions and not just pass along technical
specs/product info.
- Understands more than just his/her product – can fully grasp/comprehend the ecosystem in which his/her product(s) resides as well as the ecosystem of the final product manufactured by the customer.
- Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team that includes business development, product marketing, engineering.
- A roll-up-the-sleeves attitude and ability/temperament to start engaging customers immediately – someone comfortable selling hard from day 1 and not expecting to hire/manage a large team as a first priority.
- The standard arsenal of desirable traits for any Telegent employee – self starter, personal discipline, integrity, honesty, etc.
Senior Network Engineer/Systems Administrator
(full-time position, location: Sunnyvale)Responsibilities:
- Manage / maintain global MPLS Network.
- Manage / maintain global Microsoft infrastructure: Server 2008, Active Directory Vista/XP/Linux clients.
- Manage / maintain Exchange 2007 global setup in multiple countries.
- Manage / maintain global OCS infrastructure.
- Manage / maintain Cisco network infrastructure consisting of: 6509, 4506 switches, Cisco Wifi, ASA etc.
Requirements:
- 5+ years advanced working knowledge of Cisco networking (CCNP level), including routing/switching/VLANs/WiFi/security.
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Exchange 2007 unified messaging solution.
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, Hyper-V, Active Directory.
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft OCS 2007.
- Able to work independently.
- Team player.
Desired:
- Experience working in a global infrastructure environment.
- Experience working with vendors.
- Experience with project management methodology.
- Working knowledge of LINUX systems administration.
- Passion for documentation.
- Strong orientation towards process.
- Certifications: Microsoft, Cisco, (ISC)^2, ISACA.
China Controller
(full-time position, location: Shanghai, China)Telegent Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has an employment opportunity for a Controller who will be responsible for managing all financial accounting functions for the company. The controller will also be responsible for timely and accurate financial and management reporting, and is expected to establish, implement and maintain effective controls, policies and systems. This is a critical and high visibility position for the company.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and perform day-to-day operations of the accounting functions, including but not limited to general ledger, payroll, billing and accounts receivable, purchasing and accounts payable, fixed assets, taxes, and cash management.
- Manage and prepare month-end close, reporting, variance analyses and account reconciliations.
- Manage Payroll and compliance of compensation tax.
- Recommend and direct operating policies and control procedures, and ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of accounting functions/processes.
- Implements changes and modifications to accounting operations designed to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- Conduct research and benchmark against/with peer group and industry to provide guiding principles and options for management team.
- Partner with GM of China and his team members to help establish internal controls, review of contracts, internal reviews and approval procedures.
- Work with China GM, US Corporate Controller and US FP&A on financial forecasts. Responsible for the China expense forecasts and assisting on the corporate revenue forecast.
- Prepare monthly reporting package for submission to HQ.
- Manage statutory compliance for the company: financial audit, annual returns, tax returns.
- Convert GL from current system to Oracle Financials.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate is someone who possesses strong and current technicalknowledge as well as relevant operational and industry experience:
- Motivated team player with flexible, "can-do" approach, ability to think outside of the box.
- B.S. or B.A. in Accounting strongly preferred. CPA required. MBA a plus.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience, preferably public accounting experience and industry (semi-conductor or high technology environment).
- Knowledge of US GAAP.
- Successful management experience in accounting, operations and audit procedures in a high growth, start-up environment.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
- Superior analytical, written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong skills in Excel (Pivot table, Vlookup, etc.), Word and PowerPoint.
- Extensive hands-on experience with ERP systems (Oracle preferred).
- Must be highly motivated, a strong team player with a high degree of professionalism.
Other Characteristics
- Able to maintain accurate records while meeting closing dates.
- Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy under pressure.
- Developing close working relationship with non-finance functions.
- Makes sound decisions on routine matters in support of immediate work group's goals.
- Flexible and open attitude with analytical thinking ability.