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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=920005300-18012006>I have multiple
Linux contract openings in MA. These are all active clients that have asked us
to help them fill these roles. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P>If you are interested and qualified in any of these openings, please forward
your confidential resume to jspencer@optimaleng.com Please note, your resume
will not go anywhere without your prior approval.</P>
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<P>Multiple Linux Contract openings in MA</P>
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<P>1)</P>
<P>6 Months+ in the Wilmington, MA area</P>
<P>Responsibilities:</P>
<P>As a senior member of the core routing platform group you will be responsible
for developing forwarding engine device drivers for next generation enterprise
products. Drivers will be developed in C on a Linux platform running on MAC and
Layer 1 & 2 chipsets.</P>
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<P>Required Skills & Experiences:</P>
<P>· Strong device driver development experience in C/Linux environments · Solid
Ethernet and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocol experience · Experience with either
MAC or other Layer 1 & 2 chipsets highly desired</P>
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<P>2)</P>
<P>2 months+, Billerica MA area</P>
<P>Our client needs a contractor for 1-3 months. Responsibilities include:
development of new code, bug fixing and maintenance of existing code, porting
and integration of new drivers Skills sets required: Expert level proficiency of
writing code in C/C++, embedded Linux OS (MontaVista), kernel internals, device
drivers, system integration, debugging</P>
<P>Technologies: Networking protocols, data communications, embedded SNMP agent,
wireless protocols (madWiFi)</P>
<P>Experience: minimum 10 years</P>
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<P>3)</P>
<P>6 months, Acton, MA Area (2 positions)</P>
<P>Our customer is looking for 2 software Linux Development Engineers to work in
conjunction with the hardware design team to build an interface to their
backplane. Will be working closely with development team in Taiwan who is doing
most of the work. Ability to speak mandarin a plus but not required.</P>
<P>1st opening:</P>
<P>Must have experience with Linux Device driver kernel, C programming, ability
to write device driver to interface to the FPGA, knowledgeable about performance
issues, Ethernet knowledge important.</P>
<P>6-8 months.</P>
<P>2nd opening:</P>
<P>Linux Driver Systems software experience; responsible for device driver and
user space Unix daemons that need modifications to run on this board. For this
position, person must have FW BIOS (they are hoping the ODM will do this work
but this person may need to work closely with them).</P>
<P>Both of these positions need consultant to be flexible, willing to
participate with ODM conference calls in Taiwan and their is a 13 hr. time
difference.</P>
<P>This is part of a large development effort for a new blade for their
x-services product which is being mainly developed through Taiwan. </P>
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<P>4)</P>
<P>3 months+, Marlboro, MA area</P>
<P>Our client needs a strong C++ coder who is comfortable on Linux systems
within the application space. to do a mix of sustaining and new development for
disk to disk storage. Strong familiarity with Distributed systems highly
desirable. Storage or back-up experience required. </P>
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<P>5)</P>
<P>6 months+, Waltham, MA area</P>
<P>This is a Linux low level (close to the hardware) drivers req.</P>
<P>Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations Mid/Senior level software developer
responsible for design and development of user mode device drivers and system
utilities of Broadcom or Sigma Designs chips (little Indian MIPs based)
platforms based on the Linux operating system. </P>
<P>· Candidate is expected to have a history of design and implementation of
Linux device-drivers and system utilities in a fast paced environment ·
Knowledge of Digital STBs, especially experience with Cable Card development is
desirable</P>
<P></P>
<P>Specifics:</P>
<P>· 5+ years experience with C, C++ or assembly-language programming for Linux
and/or Unix targets.</P>
<P>· 3+ years experience designing, developing and implementing Linux and/or
Unix device drivers.</P>
<P>· The candidate must be adaptable, flexible and willing to take on new
challenges.</P>
<P>· The candidate must be a team player, and must be able to work with multiple
engineering and cross-functional teams.</P>
<P>Additional Desirable Skills</P>
<P>· Experienced in developing software for MIPS targets.</P>
<P>· Experienced with Multi-media processing - including MPEG2, MP3 and JPEG</P>
<P>· Experienced with hardware features such as CPU/memory architectures, DMA
engines, Boot loaders, I2C, PCI, Ethernet, USB, IEEE-1394, RS-232, etc.
Experienced in developing software to interface Cable Cards into digital STBs
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<P>6)</P>
<P>6 months+, Westford MA</P>
<P>*Position:* Senior Embedded Software engineer for 6 months, temp. to perm.
likelihood</P>
<P>*Essential Responsibilities and Duties:*</P>
<P>Responsible for architecting, designing, and developing protocols and system
software for customer's Optical and Cable broadband access products.</P>
<P>Customer is bringing up a brand new board and for that effort they need
someone that can write Linux hardware drivers (currently using v2.6) for a
variety of different devices.</P>
<P>*Required skills, knowledge and abilities*:</P>
<P>Experience with C/C++ in an embedded development environment for</P>
<P>networking equipment (routers, switches) is required. Experience</P>
<P>with VxWorks, and Embedded Linux RTOS is preferred.</P>
<P>Must have current experience writing Linux hardware drivers.</P>
<P>Networking Industry experience spanning the breadth and depth of</P>
<P>Layer Two to Layer Four - from VLAN, Bridging, Switching, DHCP,</P>
<P>IP, TCP, UDP, and Multicast applications.</P>
<P>Experience developing data-path for communication protocols and</P>
<P>NPUs is a plus but not required</P>
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<P>7)</P>
<P>6 months+, Bedford, MA area</P>
<P>Immediate need for Linux expert to write drivers at OS level for a Service
processor.</P>
<P>Lots of work going on in this group.</P>
<P>The current tasks on the Linux based Service Processor that a contractor
would concentrate are ; implementing CLI commands and API functions which maybe
transparent calls to Linux OS functions. Other functions that need to be
implemented are; supporting networking status and configuration, sensor
monitoring, log collection/protection/storage, and field escalation/service mode
features.</P></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Regards,<BR>John<BR><BR>John Spencer<BR>(978)
256-1113 ext 108<BR><A
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