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About Aware > Job Opportunities
Aware, Inc. is a 120-person publicly held company based in Bedford, Massachusetts. Aware has three main businesses. First, it is a worldwide leader in the development and marketing of intellectual property for broadband communications. Aware licenses its StratiPHY™ DSL products to semiconductor manufacturers that build integrated circuits for telecom equipment. Second, Aware's Test and Diagnostics modules and software products are used by equipment and phone companies to provision DSL circuits. Finally, Aware’s Biometrics and Image Compression software products enable integrators and government agencies to optimize and transport biometric images according to international standards.
Aware is an innovative, fun place to work which offers excellent career growth opportunities, competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package including vacation days, medical, dental and life insurance, company-matching 401k, an employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, and an on-site fitness facility. Aware is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Following please find the open positions at Aware. Instructions to submit candidates for consideration are included in each job description. Click on the job title to view full job description below.
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Aware seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Senior Analog IC Design Engineer to develop circuit designs for Aware's DSL solutions for high-speed wireline communications. The Analog IC Design Engineer will join Aware's team of engineers at its headquarters in Bedford, MA.
Job Responsibilities
Responsibilities cover all specification, design, implementation, and testing aspects of DSL analog chip design, including design blocks such as filters, programmable gain amplifiers, drivers, ADC’s, DAC’s, PLL’s, switched capacitor filters, and other circuits commonly used in communications devices.
Requirements
- BSEE and 5+ years analog experience, 8+ years analog experience and Master's degree preferred
- Experience in signal-path design of communication circuits in CMOS
- Ability to implement analog and mixed-signal design flows, including Spice and related simulators, transistor characterization and modeling, and parasitic extraction and signal integrity
- Established record of silicon success, including analysis of such factors as process variation, noise, and timing jitter
- Good communication skills and the ability to interact with customers and foundries
- Experience with BiCMOS and bipolar processes a plus, as is experience with VHDL-AMS and/or Verilog AMS.
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Analog IC Design Engineer (DSL)” in the subject line.
Aware, Inc. is a publicly held technology company near Boston that develops intellectual property offerings for DSL and broadband communications. Aware is committed to developing intellectual property offerings that combine technical innovation and real-world experience. Its technical staff is made up of communications systems and digital signal processing experts, chip designers, software engineers, and reference designers, all focused on DSL technology and implementations. As Aware's technology touches millions of DSL lines worldwide, it expands its real-world experiences and gathers new information regarding challenges and improvements to extend and enhance its technology offerings. Aware's goal is to maintain technology leadership and supply a steady stream of innovative solutions to serve the rapidly changing requirements of the market and its customers.
Aware seeks to add a qualified candidate for the position of Senior Analog Hardware Engineer to join its engineering staff at its Bedford, Massachusetts headquarters. This exciting position will enable the right candidate to participate in the design and development of leading edge high-speed DSL modems. This key position will require the candidate to work in a team environment to design and develop board-level reference designs for DSL wireline modems. The engineer will be required to work on digital and analog hardware designs and become familiar with the hardware impact on physical layer and network layer communications systems.
Job Responsibilities
The position's primary responsibilities will be to design and implement analog and digital circuits for telecommunications technology. This engineer will be responsible for development of DSL modem reference designs and networking systems based on Aware's DSL technology.
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have analog experience including designs using DACs, ADCs, op-amps, line drivers, and passive components. A familiarity with transfer functions, programmable gain control, filter design, and impedance matching and a fundamental understanding of analog performance characteristics for communication systems is required. Design experience with noise analysis and noise reduction techniques desirable. Digital experience with networking devices, such as network processors, digital signal processors, Ethernet, OC-3, and mixed signal technologies is important. Use of Viewlogic schematic capture and PADs PowerPCB layout tools a plus along with strong lab skills. Candidates should have a BS/MSEE and 5+ years of design experience.
The Senior Analog Hardware Engineer will join Aware's marketing and product management team at its headquarters in Bedford, MA.
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Senior Analog Hardware Engineer (DSL)” in the subject line.
Aware seeks a qualified candidate for the position of DSP Firmware Engineer to develop C and assembly firmware for Aware's DSL solutions for high-speed wireline communications.
Job Responsibilities
Responsibilities cover all design and development aspects of a communication system, from signal processing and communication algorithms to management channels, state machine logic, and performance testing.
Requirements
- Master's degree in EE or CS
- Strong background in digital communications and digital signal processing
- Experience in real-time embedded programming a plus
- Strong debugging skills
- Experience with hardware/software integration and testing
- Good communication skills and the ability to interact and work with customers
Experience with communication algorithms, such as equalization and coding, as well as communication protocols, such as ATM and HDLC, is a plus. Experience with the management of telecommunication networks is also a plus.
The DSP Firmware Engineer will join Aware's team of engineers at its headquarters in Bedford, MA.
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: DSP Firmware Engineer (DSL)” in the subject line.
Aware, Inc. is looking to strengthen its software engineering team building next generation test and diagnostic software products for the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks. Aware's Test and Diagnostic Server Platform leverages our industry-leading expertise in xDSL technology to provide DSL service providers with a software system to pre-qualify lines for DSL service, troubleshoot faulty lines, and monitor DSL service for potential problems.
Job Responsibilities
The Senior Telecom Java Software Developer's responsibilities will include architecting and developing interfaces to configure and manage diagnostic data collection from network devices, user interfaces to control data collection and display analysis results, and performing system-level test and release procedures. The ideal candidate will be genuinely interested in being a key part of a fun, innovating, fast-paced development effort and have proven ability to quickly master new software development technologies.
Requirements
- BS in computer science or related field of study and 3+ years of hands-on experience with:
- Java/J2EE applications development Web UI technologies (HTML, DHTML, and Javascript)
- J2EE and related technologies - Enterprise Java beans (EJB)
- Java Database Connectivity (JDBS)
- Java Server Pages (JSP), Servlets, Struts
- Strong degree of comfort with running Java-based web services under Tomcat, JBoss or other application framework
Full mastery of the core Java language (threading, file/stream IO, collections, etc.)
- Proficiency with object oriented design and development
- Strong degree of comfort working in a Linux and/or Solaris server and/or development environment
The Senior Telecom Java Software Developer will join Aware's team of engineers at our Bedford, MA headquarters.
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Senior Java Software Developer (DSL)” in the subject line.
Aware seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Digital ASIC Engineer to develop digital designs for Aware's DSL solutions for high-speed wireline communications.
Job Responsibilities
Specify, implement, and verify digital designs in RTL for ASIC's using C, VHDL, and Verilog. Design blocks may include signal processing functions such as fixed and adaptive filters, Fourier transforms, error-correcting codes, data protocols such as ATM and Ethernet, as well as RISC processor systems. Functional verification techniques include directed and random testing with code coverage, functional coverage, and assertion checking.
Requirements
- BSEE or BSCE and 2+ years digital design/verification experience, 5+ years digital experience and Master's degree preferred
- Experience with VHDL or Verilog Hardware Description Languages
- Fluency in C programming
- Experience with revision control systems for design database management
- Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
Experience with PERL, logic synthesis, formal verification, Design For Test, and/or advanced verification techniques is a plus.
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Digital ASIC Engineer(DSL)” in the subject line.
Senior Telecom Software Engineer (DSL)
Aware seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Senior Telecom Software Engineer to join its team of software engineering team building next-generation test and diagnostic software products for the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks at its headquarters in Bedford, MA.
The Senior Telecom Software Engineer will work on Aware's Test and Diagnostic Server Platform, which leverages our industry-leading expertise in xDSL technology to provide DSL service providers with a software system to pre-qualify lines for DSL service, troubleshoot faulty lines, and monitor DSL service for potential problems.
Job Responsibilities
The primary job responsibilities will include architecting and developing interfaces to configure and manage diagnostic data collection from network devices, user interfaces to control data collection and display analysis results, and performing system-level test and release procedures. The candidate will also provide assistance to Aware's customers as they install the software at their sites. The candidate must be able to work independently, research and solve problems quickly and work effectively with other software developers.
Requirements
- 3-5 years experience developing high-throughput, carrier class J2EE applications
- Experience developing and designing applications utilizing J2EE and related technologies, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Java Server Pages (JSP), Servlets
- Full mastery of the core Java language (threading, file/stream IO, collections, etc.)
- Strong object-oriented design and development background
- Good understanding and application of design patterns and UML
- Prior experience with running Java-based web services under Tomcat, JBoss or other application framework
- Experience with performance optimization of software applications
- Strong degree of comfort with web UI technologies (HTML, Javascript)
- Strong degree of comfort working in a Unix/Linux environment
- Experience with creating customer builds and using source control tools
Desired Skills
- Prior experience with EMS development is desirable, including communications with telecommunication equipment via SNMP or TL1
- Experience using Dependency injection frameworks like Spring
- Experience with Hibernate relational persistence service
- Experience in XML technologies: writing xml schemas and using XPATH/XSLT
- Experience working with JMS and JNI is a plus
- Experience with application servers such as JBoss, Weblogic, or Websphere is a plus
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Senior Telecom Software Engineer (DSL)” in the subject line.
Aware seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Release/SW Engineer to develop and maintain release engineering SW tools used by Aware for its various product offerings.
Job Responsibilities
Responsibilities cover development of release engineering SW tools, administration of configuration management tools, and administration of SW builds and releases, as well as development of test and diagnostic SW.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in EE or CS
- Previous experience in release engineering
- Experience with MKS Source Integrity, Subversion (SVN), or other configuration management tools a plus.
- Experience with Visual Basic a plus.
- Candidate must be reliable, dependable, and work well with others.
The Release/SW Engineer will join Aware's team of engineers at its headquarters in Bedford, MA.
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Release Engineer (DSL)” in the subject line.
Aware seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Systems Engineer to support Aware's Dr. DSL product line, which includes software that characterizes, troubleshoots, and optimizes wire line communications systems.
Job Responsibilities
Responsibilities include testing and evaluating performance of the product, troubleshooting, collecting data to support product development, and developing tools to perform quality assurance. Over time the team member will gain exposure to entry-level engineering development tasks with potential for growth into an engineering development role.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in EE or CS
- Ability to process data using scripting languages such as Perl and Linux/Unix shell scripting
- Familiarity with general-purpose programming languages such as C highly desirable
- Matlab knowledge a plus
- Knowledge of basic digital communications theory and signal processing desirable
- Excellent oral and written English communication skills
- Demonstrate a meticulous attention to detail, possess strong organizational skills, and work independently
- Comfortable working in a lab environment with equipment
The Systems Engineer will join Aware's team of engineers at its headquarters in Bedford, MA.
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Systems Engineer (DSL)” in the subject line.
Aware seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Senior Java Software Engineer: Data Visualization with strong Java J2EE experience to join its team of biometric software engineers at its headquarters in Bedford, MA.
Job Responsibilities
The primary job responsibilities include the specification, design and development of a software product for business intelligence-based reporting, writing technical documents and user manuals for this product, supporting customers during installation etc.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience developing multi-tier Java J2EE applications with significant experience developing and designing applications utilizing J2EE and related technologies
- Full mastery of the core Java language (threading, file/stream IO,
collections, etc.)
- Experience with data visualization components like graphs, tables, crosstabs
- Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse experience a plus
- Strong object-oriented design and development background
- Good understanding and application of design patterns and UML
- Experience developing web-based applications using web design frameworks
- Strong experience with JDBC, SQL and databases such as SQLServer, Oracle
All qualified candidates may submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Senior Java Software Engineer: Data Visualization (I&B)” in the subject line.
Aware seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Software Engineer to join its team of software engineers at its headquarters in Bedford, MA. The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated experienced software engineer with understanding of image processing and commercial software development. This position requires a team player with very strong technical skills to develop commercial-grade software based upon Aware’s existing and new product ventures. The Software Engineer will be a technical resource for the staff, and will possess the personal skills to interface directly with Aware’s customers requiring support and service of Aware’s products. This position requires an organized individual with very strong technical skills who is adept at implementing complex technical plans as directed.
Job Responsibilities
Responsibilities include a team-based approach to writing software product engineering specifications, designing and implementing APIs to support the specifications, and supporting Aware’s customers as they integrate the Aware software into their applications. The ability to shift focus quickly from one project to another and to allocate personal resources to more than one project at a time is important.
Requirements
- 1-5 years of experience developing software in a commercial environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in CS or EE.
- Working knowledge of signal processing and image processing with algorithmic implementation experience.
- Significant experience developing code in the MS .NET Framework
- Working knowledge and use of other modern programming languages and operating systems, including: C/C++/C#, Java, Linux/Unix, MS Windows
- Experience working with the Apache project components to build Web applications
All qualified candidates may submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Software Engineer (I&B) " in the subject line.
Director Federal Sales
Aware is seeking a technical sales professional who will be responsible for sales of Aware's biometrics software products to federal government customers and systems integrators. The ideal Director Federal Sales candidate will have five to ten years of successful experience in software sales to systems integrators and/or government customers. Experience with biometrics, security products, and/or smart cards is highly desirable.
Primary Responsibilities
- Identify, qualify, prioritize, develop, and close sales opportunities
- Present and demonstrate software products to potential customers
- Manage customer accounts, including technical support
- Collect and report market information and requirements
- Identify new product feature requirements
- Respond to RFIs and RFPs
- Attend and report on government workshops and industry events
- Establish relationships with both technical and managerial staff
Mandatory Requirements
- Experience selling software to the government sector
- Ability to work proactively with little supervision
- Understanding of software development process
- Effective written and verbal presentation skills
- Proven sales track record
Desirable Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree
- Prior relationships with federal systems integrators
- Prior relationships with government agencies such as DHS, DoD, FBI, State
Travel
- 10%, mostly to HQ near Boston
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Director Federal Sales (I&B)” in the subject line.
Aware is seeking a talented Account Manager to join its DSL intellectual property licensing business. This early-career-level position offers an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to become involved in the technical sales process, acting as a key supporting member of the team responsible for Aware’s IP licensing. The ideal Account Manager will be a motivated self-starter with demonstrated leadership, teamwork, business and product-related savvy, the highest levels of integrity, and a firm commitment to the success of Aware and Aware’s customers.
Primary Responsibilities
- Coordinate IC development and related projects with assigned accounts by organizing, prioritizing and tracking customer activities, facilitating engineering communication between Aware and the account, and managing tasks through to completion
- Monitor key revenue-bearing and non-revenue-bearing deliverables and activities, including both engineering and commercial activities (e.g., engineering deliverables, purchase orders, customer support requests), and report progress on a regular basis
- Manage communication between Aware and assigned accounts
- Identify, evaluate, and actively pursue new-business opportunities, including software upgrades, and engineering and support services with existing customers
- Participate in business development with prospective customers
- Participate in industry and corporate events (e.g., tradeshows) and assist in market research and the creation of marketing and sales collateral and tools
- Execute business development plans by working collaboratively with Aware’s engineering, marketing, management, and the Director of Business Development
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in business or engineering – EE degree preferred
- 2-5 years of experience in a technology-oriented account management, project management, business development or customer-facing engineering or sales engineering role
- Experience in the DSL, semiconductor, IP, or telecommunications industries is preferred
- Travel, both domestically and internationally
The Account Manager will report to Aware’s Director of Business Development at its headquarters in Bedford, MA.
All qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume to: jobs2008@aware.com.
NOTE: Please include “Aware: Account Manager” in the subject line.
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