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From: abc@pact.srf.ac.uk (Andy Cheese)
Subject: JOBS : Operating System / Kernel Engineers, England
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Operating System / Kernel Development
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Background
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With over 22,000 employees, 9 advanced R&D and 25 design centres, SGS-THOMSON
is one of the worlds fastest growing microelectronics companies. Chameleon,
the largest microprocessor initiative ever seen in Europe, is a new family of
64-bit microprocessors designed to take specific market sectors along new and
unexplored paths. The following opportunities exist:


KERNEL DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS

Role
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To work as members of a team of software engineers responsible for the
provision of Operating System / Kernel support for the Chameleon processor.
The team's work includes:

    Support of 3rd party Realtime Operating System ports to Chameleon
    Provision of a microkernel based "multi-media O/S"
    Porting of "Unix" to Chameleon
    Participating in Chameleon architecture review, support and verification
    activities
        

Experience
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The candidates should have ideally 5+ years of experience in "system" software 
design, implementation and porting, including some of the following:

    Operating systems internals development
    Microkernel porting
    C and C++ programming
    Unix familiarity
    Kernel support for multi-media applications 

The position will require a candidate with initiative who can work with
minimum supervision on challenging and complex areas of software development

If you think you have the relevant experience and would like
to join this exciting project, please send your CV by email to :

abc@bristol.st.com

or FAX to +44 117 9707 171

or letter to

Bob Landau
SGS-Thomson
10 Priory Road,
Clifton
Bristol BS8 1TU
England