Valve hiring to produce new types of input, output, and platform hardware

Okay, so Valve has begun hiring a bunch of people, and the thing that caught our eye was that they wanted an electronics engineer to join their R&D team. They specifically mention in the recruitment page that they are going to create hardware to enhance gameplay experiences, and they are not “talking about me-too mice and gamepads here”, they want “to create whole new gaming experiences.”

Here’s what it says:

For years, Valve has been all about writing software that provides great gameplay experiences. Now we’re developing hardware to enhance those experiences, and you can be a key part of making that happen. Join our highly motivated team that’s doing hardware design, prototyping, testing, and production across a wide range of platforms. We’re not talking about me-too mice and gamepads here – help us invent whole new gaming experiences.

Duties:

• Work with the hardware team to conceive, design, evaluate, and produce new types of input, output, and platform hardware

Requirements:

• Hands on prototyping experience
• Lab and measurement skills
• System level design experience
• Knowledge of embedded systems/microcontrollers
• Experience with high speed serial interfaces
• Experience with schematic entry
• Experience with circuit simulation
• Four years relevant experience

Recommended:

• Board layout (analog and high speed digital)
• Hardware Definition Languages (HDL) for FPGA and chip design
• Power supply management
• Thermal management
• Design for test
• Low frequency analog
• RF and antennas
• Signal integrity analysis
• DSP
• ARM / X86 system design
• Manufacturing pilot runs
• Failure analysis
• FCC/CE/UL certification